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Uhud-Defeat Comes From Disobedience
When the survivors of the defeated Quraysh at Badr t
Mecca gathered to speak with Abu Sufyan. They said
'Muhammad has best men, so help us to fight him so that w
may avenge those we have lost.' In order to do this it wa
agreed that everyone who had had a share in the carava
should put his profits towards the cost of a new army, whic
would be three times as big as the one at Badr. Among thos
who joined the new army was an Abyssinian slave calle
Wahshi; who was known for his accuracy with the spear. Hi
master, Jubayr ibn al-Mut’im, said to him, 'Go with the arm
and if you kill Hamzah, the uncle of Muhammad, in revenge fo
my uncle's death, I will set you free when Hind, Abu Sufyan'
wife, heard about this she sent a Wahshi to say that she woul
clothe him in gold and silk if he would carry out his master'
wish, for she, too, wanted Hamzah dead because he had bot
her father and brother.

While the Meccans made their plans, the Prophet's uncle
‘Abbas, one the few Muslims still living in Mecca, sent a lette
of warning to the Prophet (pbuh) in Medina. He told him tha
Quraysh were setting out with a huge arm for Uhud, a plac
just outside Medina. On receiving this timely warning th
Prophet (pbuh) gathered his companions around him t
discuss what they should do. He thought it would be better t
wait for the enemy inside city rather than go out to mee
them, because it would be easier to defend Medinahfrom
inside the city walls. But the young Muslims were go out an
face Quraysh. They said, '0 Prophet of Allah, lead us ou
against our enemies, or else they will think we are to
cowardly and too weak to fight them.' One of the rulers o
Medina, ‘Abd Allah ibn Ubayy, however, agreed with th
Prophet (pbuh) and advised him to remain in the city, saying
'Whenever we have gone out to fight an enemy we have me
with disaster, but none has ever come in against us withou
being defeated.'