Expedition of Hamza ibn 'Abdul-Muttalib ( ar, سرية حمزة بن عبد المطلب), also known as Sīf Al-Baḥr platoon ( ar, سرية سِيفُ البَحْرِ) was the first expedition sent out by the Islamic prophet

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. It was sent in A.H. 1 of the

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in the month of

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(March, 623 CE). The raid, which was to intercept a caravan that belonged to

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, was undertaken by the

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(Muslim exiles in

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) alone (none of the Ansar, Helpers of Madinah, participated in it).Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar (Free Version), p. 127.

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The raid was ordered by

seven to nine months after the

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. It was led by Hamza ibn 'Abdul-Muttalib (Muhammad's uncle) and comprising 30 to 40 men with a definite task of intercepting a caravan that belonged to

. ‘Amr ibn Hishām ( Abu Jahl), the leader of the caravan was camping at al-‘Is with 300 Meccan riders.Mubarakpuri, When the Moon Split, p. 147. The book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic. English versio
here
/ref> The two parties encountered each other, aligned and stood face to face in preparation for battle but

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, a Quraysh who was friendly to both the parties intervened between them; so both parties separated without fighting. Hamza returned to Medina and Abu Jahl proceeded towards Mecca. On that occasion, Muhammad accredited the first flag of Islam. It was white in color and was entrusted to Kinaz ibn Husain Al-Ghanawi, to carry.Muḥammad Ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb, Mukhtaṣar zād al-maʻād, p. 345.

Location

The event took place on the seashore in the neighborhood of aI-‘Īṣ (العيص), in the territory of

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, between Mecca and

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;Books and journals * {{s-end 623 620s conflicts Campaigns ordered by Muhammad Muhammad in Medina

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