Patrol of Buwat

Date	October 623 A.D/2 AH
Location	Buwat
Result	No military engagement as the caravan took another unknown route^[1]^[2]

Belligerents

Muslims of Medina

Quraysh of Mecca

Commanders and leaders

Muhammad

Umayyah ibn Khalaf

Strength

200

100 (1500-2500 Camels)

Casualties and losses

Campaigns of Muhammad

The Patrol of Buwat^[3] took place in October 623 or 2 A.H. of the Islamic calendar, in Rabi' al-Awwal. Muhammad went with a force of 200 men in order to raid parties of the Quraysh.^[3] Muhammad stayed at Buwat for some time and left without engaging in combat.^[3]

Background and raid

Approximately a month after the patrol of Wadden, Muhammad personally led two hundred men including Muhajirs and Ansars to Bawat, a place on the caravan route of the Quraysh raiders led by Umayyah ibn Khalaf.^[3]^[4]^[5] Ibn Khalaf was believed to have tortured a Muslim named Bilal Ibn Rabah and had strongly opposed Islam.^[6] However, no battle took place.^[3] According to Haykal, Umayyah ibn Khalaf took another route.^[5] Muhammad then went up to Dhat al-Saq in the desert of al-Khabar. He prayed there and a mosque was built at the spot.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman Al (2005), The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet, Darussalam Publications, p. 244, ISBN 978-9960899558
^ Haykal, Husayn (1976), The Life of Muhammad, Islamic Book Trust, pp. 217–218, ISBN 9789839154177
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Afzalur Rahman (1993), Muhammad As a Military Leader, Kazi Publications, p. 119, ISBN 9781567441468
^ Safiurahman Al-Mubaraki (1996), The Sealed Nectar, Dar-us-Salam, p. 203, ISBN 9781484974858
^ ^a ^b Muhammad Husayn Haykal (May 1994), The Life of Muhammad, Islamic Book Trust, p. 217, ISBN 978-983-9154-17-7
^ Muhammad Mohar Ali (1997), The Biography of the Prophet and the Orientalists, King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an, p. 547, ISBN 9960-770-68-0