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PRELUDE TO THE BATTLE OF BADR:
The increased persecution of Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon
him, and his followers had made it necessary for them to migrate from their
beloved Mecca to Medina where they had been offered support and freedom to
worship. However, their migration had not been a mass exodus rather, it had
been spread over a period of time in order to escape the immediate attention of
the Koraysh.
When the migrants arrived in Medina they had very few possessions, so in the
true spirit of Islam, the believers of Medina, welcomed them into their homes and
shared everything they owned with them. The Prophet named those that
migrated the "Muhajir" and those who welcomed them the "Ansar", or helpers.
Most of the migrants had been deprived of a livelihood in Mecca and whatever
wealth they might have once had, had either been plundered by the Koraysh,
used to sustain each other or to release convert slaves from their bondage.
The increased persecution of Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon
him, and his followers had made it necessary for them to migrate from their
beloved Mecca to Medina where they had been offered support and freedom to
worship. However, their migration had not been a mass exodus rather, it had
been spread over a period of time in order to escape the immediate attention of
the Koraysh.
When the migrants arrived in Medina they had very few possessions, so in the
true spirit of Islam, the believers of Medina, welcomed them into their homes and
shared everything they owned with them. The Prophet named those that
migrated the "Muhajir" and those who welcomed them the "Ansar", or helpers.
Most of the migrants had been deprived of a livelihood in Mecca and whatever
wealth they might have once had, had either been plundered by the Koraysh,
used to sustain each other or to release convert slaves from their bondage.