Battle of Uhud: Difference between revisions

==Preparation for the Battle==

[[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] stationed Muslim soldiers on the slopes of [[Mount Uhud]] and facing [[Medina]] so that they could face enemies while protected by the towering Mount Uhud. He assigned a group of archers on [[Mount 'Aynayn]] with [['Abd Allah b. Jubayr]] as their commander.<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 1, p. 219-220</ref> The Meccan army faced Muslim soldiers, [[Khalid b. al-Walid]] and [[Ikrima b. Abi Jahl]] were commanders of right and left flanks of their army.<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 1, p. 220</ref> Before the battle commenced, Prophet Muhammad (s) gave a speech to Muslim soldiers. He ordered archers never to leave their positions under any circumstances and only protect the other soldiers.<ref>Ibn Isḥāq, ''al-Sīyar wa l-maghāzī'', p. 326; Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 1, p. 224-225; Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-Nabawīyya'', vol. 2, p. 65-66; Bukhārī, ''al-Ṣaḥīḥ'', vol. 5, p. 29</ref>