Fighting begins

Fighting begins  (70)

Heading the truncated army, the Prophet ﷺ marched towards
Uhud through a short route leaving the enemy forces in the western part of the area. He descended into the valley of Mount Uhud, all the while keeping his back to the mountain.

Thus the enemy stood between the Muslims and Madinah. Then the Prophet ﷺ drew up his troops for battle. On Mount Ainain, which later became known as Mount Ramaah, he formed a unit of fifty archers under Abdullah bin Jubaur AlAnsari , and instructed them to hold back the enemy and guard the backs of the Muslim troops.

He stressed that under no circumstances were they to withdraw. They were to await his instructions regardless of which way the battle went.

The pagans also drew up their troops towards the battlefield,
marching to the songs and cheers of their own women who whipped up their zeal. Moving through the rows and rattling their tambourines, they sang: 

“If you go ahead, we shall embrace you, and spread carpets; if you retreat, we shall take offense and be estranged.”

They addressed the standard bearers reminding them of their
duty: “Look, Banu Abdul Dar! O defenders of your generation, strike violently with swords.”

Fighting begins

When both armies drew near, the standard bearer of the
pagans, the most valiant man of the Quraysh, Talha bin Abi Talha Abdari, came forward on his camel and issued a challenge. He was answered by Zubayr bin Awwam . Zubayr jumped on to Talha’s camel, threw him down to the ground and slew him.
“Allahu Akbar!” cried the Prophet ﷺ, and all his men echoed the cry.

After the first ritual encounter, the two armies set upon each
other. Khalid bin Waleed, who was then head of the pagan cavalry, attempted three times to reach the rear. Each time he was pushed back by the shower of arrows launched by the Muslim rear-guards.

The Muslim soldiers concentrated their attack on eleven standard bearers of the pagans until they were all wiped out. As the enemy sank to the ground, the Muslim soldiers hurled themselves against the enemy. They charged into the ranks of the enemy forces and slew them in large numbers.

Two Muslims, Abu Dunjana and Hamzah, fought with great prowess, and their heroic feats on the battlefield were to become legendary in Muslim military history.

Tragically, Hamzah bin Abdul Muttalib , the Lion of Allah,
was martyred in the same battle he had dominated. He was killed by the javelin of Wahshi bin Harb, and Abyssinian slave, who with that successful throw earned his freedom from his master, Jubayr bin Mutim.

Hamzah had killed Jubayr’s uncle, Tu’ayma bin Aidy, in the
battle of Badr, and the grieving Jubayr promised Wahshi his freedom in return for Hamzah’s head. With his freedom in sight, Wahshi sat behind a rock awaiting his chance to strike. As Hamzah stood deftly beheading Saba bin Arfat, Wahshi launched his javelin. It pierced Hamzah’s abdomen and came out from between his legs. The Lion of Allah had fallen.

Despite the loss of Hamzah, the Muslims managed to overcome the unbelievers who, faced with yet another defeat, began to flee. The pagan women also scattered as some of the Muslim soldiers gave chase.

Some of the Muslim troops set about putting the fallen enemy to the sword and looting the enemy camp. It was at that point of perceived victory that events began unravelling. The archers who had been entrusted with the safety of their brothers in faith disobeyed the Prophet’s explicit orders and deserted their stations to join the looting. Forty of the rearguards descended the mountain and left the Muslims vulnerable to a comeback attack by the enemy.

When Khalid bin Waleed saw the sudden vacuum created by
the disappearance of the Muslim rear-guards, he decided it was time to strike again. He and his men wiped out the ten archers guarding the rear. They then went around the mountain and surprised the Muslims from behind. Now that the Muslims were surrounded, Khalid’s cavalrymen raised a war cry and rushed back to retrieve their lost honour.

But The Prophet ﷺ is rumoured dead

So What do you think will happen next 

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