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The cooler winter months were upon them and the number of caravans to the north
dwindled. Since the time of their ancestor Hashim, caravans had taken advantaged of
these cooler months to cross the inhospitable, desolate southern part of the desert to
Yemen.
It was in the month of Safar 2H (623 CE) that the Messenger of Allah (salla Allahu alihi
wa sallam) set out together with seventy men who were for the most part from the
Emigrants. Their intention was to intercept a caravan of camels belonging to the
Koraysh. They reached Al-Abwas near Waddan which is between Mecca and Medina
but found that the caravan was no longer there.
The Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) appointed Sa‟ad, the son of Ubaydah to
attended to the affairs in Medina while he was away.
The tribe of Damrah
During this time the Prophet, (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) spent fifteen days with Amr,
Makhshi Ad-Darami, the chief of the tribe of Damrah and succeeded to sign a non-
aggression pact with him. It was agreed that the wealth, lives and security of tribe
dwindled. Since the time of their ancestor Hashim, caravans had taken advantaged of
these cooler months to cross the inhospitable, desolate southern part of the desert to
Yemen.
It was in the month of Safar 2H (623 CE) that the Messenger of Allah (salla Allahu alihi
wa sallam) set out together with seventy men who were for the most part from the
Emigrants. Their intention was to intercept a caravan of camels belonging to the
Koraysh. They reached Al-Abwas near Waddan which is between Mecca and Medina
but found that the caravan was no longer there.
The Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) appointed Sa‟ad, the son of Ubaydah to
attended to the affairs in Medina while he was away.
The tribe of Damrah
During this time the Prophet, (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) spent fifteen days with Amr,
Makhshi Ad-Darami, the chief of the tribe of Damrah and succeeded to sign a non-
aggression pact with him. It was agreed that the wealth, lives and security of tribe