The Battle of Autas or Awtas was an early battle involving Muslim forces, fought in the year 630 in

Awtas Autas or Awtas ( ar, أوطاس) is a location in Saudi Arabia where the Battle of Hunayn and the Battle of Autas took place. Awtas is located between Mecca and Taif at a distance of fourteen to fifteen Miles from Mecca Mecca (; officiall ...

, after the

Battle of Hunayn :''This is a sub-article to Muhammad after the conquest of Mecca.'' The Battle of Hunayn ( ar, غَزْوَة حُنَيْن, Ghazwat Hunayn) was between the Muslims of Muhammad and the Bedouins of the Qays, including its clans of Hawazin a ...

, but prior to the

siege of Ta'if The siege of Ta'if took place in 630, as the Muslims under the leadership of Muhammad besieged the city of Ta'if after their victory in the battles of Hunayn and Autas. One of the chieftains of Ta'if, Urwah ibn Mas'ud, was absent in Yemen d ...

. Muhammad came with 12,000 fighters against a coalition of tribes. An ambush took place and a rain of arrows were fired on the Muslims. The Muslims, however, came out victorious.

Background

A league of mountain tribes hostile to Muhammad formed an alliance to attack him. The league consisted of

Thaqif The Banu Thaqif ( ar, بنو ثقيف, Banū Thaqīf) is an Arab tribe which inhabited, and still inhabits, the city of Ta'if and its environs, in modern Saudi Arabia, and played a prominent role in early Islamic history. During the pre-Islami ...

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s, Joshimites, Saadites and several other hardened mountain tribes. According to Islamic tradition the valley of the Banu Sa'd (who Irving called "Saadites") is where Muhammad was nurtured as a child and was also purified by an Angel.. Note: A Full version of this book is available free on Google books The

s were idolaters who worshipped

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. They controlled the productive area of

Ta'if Taif ( ar, , translit=aṭ-Ṭāʾif, lit=The circulated or encircled, ) is a city and governorate in the Makkan Region of Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat M ...

, and were also the tribe which drove Muhammad out of Ta'if, pelting stones at him in the public square, when he was first preaching

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Battle

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went to Autas with 12,000 men. As the Muslim army passed through the valley of Hunain, a group of hostile tribes fired rain of arrows on the Muslims. The attacked surprised the Muslims, and many fled away from the arrows. Only nine men remained with Muhammad. After a while the Muslim regrouped and gathered around Muhammad. They then marched to Autas, after a confrontation, the tribes were defeated and the Muslims captured a large amount of war booty. ''Page 31 in which volume?''

Autas captives

The Muslims took many captives on the day of Hunayn and Utas, and they hated the women of captivity if they had husbands, so they asked the Messenger of God about that, so he revealed . Abu Saeed: We caught captives on the day of Utas, and they had wives, so we thought we should fall on them. And the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, commanded in the captivity of Hunayn and Awtas that a pregnant woman from captivity should not have intercourse until she gave birth, and that a non-pregnant woman should not have intercourse until her menstruation period. They asked about isolation, and he said: “It is not from all water that a child is born, and if God wants to create something, nothing prevents him.�
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