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TheBattleofBadr, page : 12
the money I owe." It was the news the scouts had been hoping for. They wasted
no time and rode in all haste back to the Prophet's camp, which was but a days'
ride away, to tell him the news.
ABU SUFYAN AT THE WELL OF BADR:
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
no time and rode in all haste back to the Prophet's camp, which was but a days'
ride away, to tell him the news.
ABU SUFYAN AT THE WELL OF BADR:
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