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Meanwhile, Abu Sufyan had ridden on in advance of the caravan, no doubt to
make sure that it was safe for the caravan to proceed. There were other routes to
Mecca but the one that passed through Badr was the quicker, and he wanted to
reach Mecca as quickly as possible.
Abu Sufyan reached the well only a short time after the scouts had left and found
a villager drawing water. Abu Sufyan inquired if he had seen any strangers
recently, whereupon the villager told him that the only strangers he had seen
were two men that had come over the hill and stopped to draw water.
When Abu Sufyan learned of the two men he left nothing to chance and glanced
furtively around for some camel's dung. Medina, or Yathrib as the City had until
recently been called, was famous for its plump dates and it was more than
probable that if the camels were from Medina their dung would contain pieces of
undigested date fiber and some date stones. He followed the tracks back up the
hill, found a piece of dung and examined it quickly. As he broke the dung in half
his adrenaline raced as his eyes fell upon some date stones and undigested
dates, and cried out: "By Allah, it is the food of Yahrib!" His worst fear were
make sure that it was safe for the caravan to proceed. There were other routes to
Mecca but the one that passed through Badr was the quicker, and he wanted to
reach Mecca as quickly as possible.
Abu Sufyan reached the well only a short time after the scouts had left and found
a villager drawing water. Abu Sufyan inquired if he had seen any strangers
recently, whereupon the villager told him that the only strangers he had seen
were two men that had come over the hill and stopped to draw water.
When Abu Sufyan learned of the two men he left nothing to chance and glanced
furtively around for some camel's dung. Medina, or Yathrib as the City had until
recently been called, was famous for its plump dates and it was more than
probable that if the camels were from Medina their dung would contain pieces of
undigested date fiber and some date stones. He followed the tracks back up the
hill, found a piece of dung and examined it quickly. As he broke the dung in half
his adrenaline raced as his eyes fell upon some date stones and undigested
dates, and cried out: "By Allah, it is the food of Yahrib!" His worst fear were