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protect themselves for the hostilities.
Immediately, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa salaam) shrewdly sent word
to his followers in the outlying areas of Medina to return to the City, and
called for a meeting to discuss the strategy that would best serve them.
Once more he reminded the Companions that if they obeyed Allah and were
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patient, victory would be theirs. His words made an indelible impression
upon the Companions as they remembered the disobedience of some
among them with its consequences at Uhud a little while before.
Ideas abounded from every quarter, however Salman proposed a plan that
had been both used and proven effective in Persia. Salman advised the
Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa salaam) that when the Persians feared a
cavalry attack, they would dig a large, circular trench around them as it was
Immediately, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa salaam) shrewdly sent word
to his followers in the outlying areas of Medina to return to the City, and
called for a meeting to discuss the strategy that would best serve them.
Once more he reminded the Companions that if they obeyed Allah and were
3
patient, victory would be theirs. His words made an indelible impression
upon the Companions as they remembered the disobedience of some
among them with its consequences at Uhud a little while before.
Ideas abounded from every quarter, however Salman proposed a plan that
had been both used and proven effective in Persia. Salman advised the
Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa salaam) that when the Persians feared a
cavalry attack, they would dig a large, circular trench around them as it was