| The Battle of Badr (Arabic غزوة بدر),
fought March 17, 624 CE (17
Ramadan 2 AH in the Islamic
calendar) in the Hejaz of western Arabia (present-day Saudi
Arabia), was a key battle in the early days of Islam and a
turning point in Muhammad's struggle with the Meccan Quraish.
The battle has been passed down in Islamic history as a decisive
victory attributable to divine intervention or the genius of
Muhammad. Although it is one of the few battles specifically
mentioned in the Muslim holy book, the
Quran, virtually all
contemporary knowledge of the battle at Badr comes from
traditional Islamic accounts, both hadiths and biographies of
Muhammad, written decades after the battle. |
