Battle of Hunain or Ghawa Hunain is one of the few battles mentioned by name in Quran.

Speaking about the Battle of Hunain, the Glorious Quran says:

“Allah has already given you victory in many regions and [even] on the day of Hunayn, when
your great number pleased you, but it did not avail you at all, and the earth was confining for you
with its vastness; then you turned back, fleeing.

Then Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Messenger and upon the believers and sent down
soldiers angels whom you did not see and punished those who disbelieved. And that is the
recompense of the disbelievers.

Then Allah will accept repentance after that for whom He wills; and Allah is Forgiving and
Merciful.”
(Surah At-Taubah: 25-27)

Hunain was the last battle led personally by the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) and it was fought
by the Muslims against the Badawi / Beduin tribe of Hawazin and the tribe of Thaqif
(neighboring tribes of Makkah), in 630 CE (Shawwal, 8 AH), in the Hunain valley, situated
approx. 18-20 Km on route from Makkah to Taaif.

Background of the Battle:

The Hawazin tribe had been longstanding enemies of the people of Makkah. When tribe of heard
the news of the Prophet (S.A.W.) and the Conquest of Makkah, they made an agreement with
another tribe from Taaif, called Thaqif, to fight the Muslims and destroy them before they could
spread their religion throughout Arabia. More tribes such as Nasr, Jusham, Bani Hilal and other
tribes also joined these two tribes against the Muslims.

Malik Ibn Awuf, the chief of Hawazin tribe, put forward a plan. He ordered his men to bring
their families and belongings with them thinking that this would compel his men to fight fiercely.
Durayd, an old blind man, blamed Malik for doing so arguing that,
"If a man is so cowardly as to leave the battle, then he will leave his family as well. The women and
children will be a great worry for us and if we are defeated, all our wealth will fall into the enemy’s
hands."

But Malik ignored this advice and stuck to his original plan.

When the Prophet (S.A.W.) heard what the enemy tribes were planning to attack Muslims, he
(S.A.W.) found himself forced to fight and ordered his army towards Taaif.
Prophet (S.A.W.) Prepares the Army:
Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) had twelve-thousand armed soldiers under his command. Out of
them, ten-thousand were those, who had accompanied him from Madinah and had taken part in
the conquest of Makkah and the other two-thousand were from amongst Quraish, who had
embraced Islam recently. The Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) made Attab Ibn Asid Ibn Abu Al-
Aas Ibn Umayyah Ibn Abd Shams in charge of Makkah to look after the men who had stayed
behind. Then he (S.A.W.) went forward to meet Hawazin tribe and their allies.

The Commencement of Battle:

On the night of 10th of Shawwal, the Muslim army arrived at Hunain valley. News of Muslim
Army’s arrival was conveyed to Malik bin Awf by his spies. He gave orders to his army of four-
thousand men to hide inside the valley and lurk for the Muslims on roads, entrances, and narrow
hiding places. His orders to his men were to hurl stones at Muslims whenever they caught sight
of them and then to make one-man attacks against them.
The Commencement of Battle:
On the night of 10th of Shawwal, the Muslim army arrived at Hunain valley. News of Muslim
Army’s arrival was conveyed to Malik bin Awf by his spies. He gave orders to his army of four-
thousand men to hide inside the valley and lurk for the Muslims on roads, entrances, and narrow
hiding places. His orders to his men were to hurl stones at Muslims whenever they caught sight
of them and then to make one-man attacks against them.

Prophet’s (S.A.W.) ordered Muslim who fled from Battle:

When Muslims started camping, arrows began showering intensely at them. Their enemy’s
battalions started a fierce attack against the Muslims, who had to retreat in disorder and utter
confusion.
According to Ibn Ishaq, Jabir Ibn Abudllah (R.A.), who witnessed Battle of Hunain, said:
‘When we approached the valley of Hunain, we came down through a valley wide and sloping. We were
descending gradually in the morning twilight. The enemy had got there before us and had hidden
themselves in it by paths and side tracks and narrow places. They had collected and were fully prepared
and by Allah, we were terrified when, as we were coming down, the squadrons attacked us as one man,
the people fled none heeding the other. The men ran away except that a number of Muhajreen (Muslims
migrated with Prophet (S.A.W.) from Makkah to Madinah) and Ansar (Muslim residents of Madinah) and
men of his family remained with the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.). Abu Bakr Siddiq (R.A.), Umar Ibn
Khattab (R.A.), Ali Ibn Talib (R.A.), Al-Abbas bin Abdullah (R.A.), Abu Fadl Al-Abbas (R.A.), Usamah
Ibn Zaid (R.A.) and Abu Sufyan were amongst the Muhajireen who stood firm with the Prophet
(S.A.W.).

On seeing the men fleeing, the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) withdrew to the right and said:
"Where are you going men? Come to me. I am Allah's Messenger. I am Mohammad, the son of
Abdullah."
 (As narrated by Ibn Kathir in his book “The Battles of Prophet”)

Another Hadith narrated by Al-Bukhari on the authority of Abu Ishaq, who said:
‘I heard Al-Bara narrating when a man came and said to him,

"O Abu Umara! Did you flee on the day (of the battle) of Hunain?"

Al-Bara replied, "I testify that the Prophet (S.A.W.) did not flee, but the hasty people hurried
away and the people of Hawazin threw arrows at them. At that time, Abu Sufyan bin Al-Harith
was holding the white mule of the Prophet (S.A.W.) by the head, and the Prophet (S.A.W.) was
saying,

"I am the Prophet (S.A.W.) undoubtedly: I am the son of Abdul-Muttalib."

Muslim Warriors gathers strength again:
The Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) said to his uncle Abbas (R.A.), who was holding the reins of
Duldul (Prophet’s horse), “O Abbas! Call out this, ‘O Ansar! O Companions who paid allegiance
to the Messenger of Allah under Samura tree! Where are you?’” Abbas called out in a strong
voice. (Narrated by Ibn Hisham)

After hearing the strong voice of Abbas (R.A.), the muslim warriors, who were running away,
stopped. After the dawn, it was getting bright. Muslim came to their senses by getting rid of the
fear that covered their hearts. They said to themselves, “Where are we going? Who are we
leaving the Messenger of Allah to?”

They stopped and remembered their promise to the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) and started to
come to their senses and they started to run toward the Prophet (S.A.W.). The same thing had
happened during the Battle of Uhud, too.

After that, hundred men were gathered by the Prophet (S.A.W.) and they went forward and
fought. Companions, who surrounded the Prophet (S.A.W.), drew their swords by saying “Allah-
u-Akbar” and started to attack the infidels. The enemy soldiers were terrified and frightened all
of a sudden. Companions like Uthman Ibn Affan (R.A.), Ali Ibn Talib (R.A.) and Abu Dujana
(R.A.) fought in front of the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) by using their bodies as shields for the
Prophet (S.A.W.).

During the most severe moment of the battle, Ali (R.A.) and Abu Dujana (R.A.) killed one of the
flag-bearers of the enemy. When Hawazins saw that, they started to feel scared.

The Prayer of Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) and Muslim’s Victory:

When the muslim army started to fight strongly and the enemy started to feel scared, the
Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) got off his mule and prayed to Allah for His help and then picked a
handful of sand (some sources say pebbles) and threw it against the enemy soldiers, saying,
“May their faces be deformed” (Ref. Sahih Muslim: 1777)
Abbas (R.A.) narrated the events in the following Hadith:
‘……. This is the time when the fight is raging hot. Then the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) took (some)
pebbles and threw them in the face of the infidels. Then he said: “By the Lord of Mohammad, the infidels
are defeated.” Abbas said: I went round and saw that the battle was in the same condition in which I had
seen it. By Allah, it remained in the same condition until he (S.A.W.) threw the pebbles. I continued to
watch until I found that their force had been spent out and they began to retreat.” [Sahih Muslim: 1775
(a)]

Soon Hawazin, Thaqif and their allies realized that their efforts were in vain and that they faced
destruction and defeat. They turned around and started to flee, leaving behind their women,
children and all their properties (camels, goats and silver etc.). The captives which numbered
approx. 6,000 were taken by Muslims. The enemy army that was defeated and they left the
battlefield.

Martyrs and deaths of the Battle:

At the end of the fighting, it was found out that four Muslims had been martyred but seventy
enemy soldiers had been killed.
Shaima: Foster Sister of Prophet (S.A.W.):
Among the captives of battle was Shaima, daughter of Halima Saadia (R.A.). Muslim warriors
took her to the presence of the Prophet (S.A.W.) to find out whether she was telling the truth or
not. Prophet (S.A.W.) recognized her and put his garment on the ground and let her sit on it.
Then, he (S.A.W.) said to Shaima,
“If you want, stay here with me; I will show respect to you; or I can give you some goods and send you to
your tribe.”
Shaima said: “Give me some goods and send me to my tribe.”

Meanwhile, Shaima became a Muslim and the Prophet (S.A.W.) gave her with abundance of
gifts including two slaves and then she returned to her tribe.

The Captives and Booty taken to Jiranah:

Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) sent the booty and captives obtained in the Battle of Hunain to the
place called Jiranah which is located approx. 24KM from Makkah. The booty was then
distributed amongst the Muslims.
‫‪Aftermath of the Battle:‬‬
‫‪In the battle, Muslims had counter-attacked with such reckless courage that the enemy's ranks‬‬
‫‪were broken and their forces split into two groups. One group went back, resulting in the Battle‬‬
‫‪of Autas, while the larger group found refuge at Taaif (situated approx. 85 KM from Makkah),‬‬
‫‪where Prophet (S.A.W.) besieged them. Muslim’s victory in Battle of Hunain played a major‬‬
‫‪role in setting the stage for Arab tribes to join the Islamic movement.‬‬

‫غزوہ حنین ان چند معرکوں میں سے ایک ہے جن کا قرآن میں نام لیا گیا ہے۔‬

‫حنین وہ آخری جنگ تھی جس کی قیادت رسول ہللا (ص) نے ذاتی طور پر کی تھی اور یہ مسلمانوں نے‬
‫‪ 630‬عیسوی (شوال‪ 8 ،‬ہجری) میں ہوازن کے قبیلہ اور قبیلہ ثقیˆˆف کے خالف لˆˆڑی تھی۔ )‪ ،‬وادی حˆˆنین‬
‫میں‪،‬جو کہ تقریبًا ‪ 20-18‬کلومیٹرمکہ سے طائف کے راستے میں واقع ہے۔ ۔‬

‫‪:‬جنگ کا پس منظر‬
‫ہوازن قبیلہ اہل مکہ کا دیرینہ دشمن رہا ہے۔ جب قبیلہ نے رسول ہللا (صˆˆلی ہللا علیہ وآلہ وسˆˆلم) اور فتح‬
‫مکہ کی خبر سنی تو انہوں نے طائف کے ایک اور قبیلہ ثقیف سے معاہدہ کیا کہ وہ مسلمانوں سے لˆˆڑیں‬
‫اور ان کو ختم کردیں اس سے پہلے کہ وہ اپنا دین پورے عرب میں پھیال دیں۔ مزید قبائل بھی مسلمانوں‬
‫کے خالف ان دونوں قبائل میں شامل ہو گئے۔‬

‫قبیلہ ہوازن کے سردار مالک ابن عوف نے ایک منصوبہ پیش کیا۔ اس نے اپنے آدمیˆˆوں کˆˆو حکم دیˆˆا کہ‬
‫وہ اپنے اہل خانہ اور سامان اپنے ساتھ لے آئیں یہ سˆˆوچ کˆˆر کہ یہ اس کے آدمیˆˆوں کˆˆو سˆˆخت لˆˆڑنے پˆˆر‬
‫مجبور کر دے گا۔‬

‫جب رسول ہللا صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم نے سنا کہ دشمن کے قبائل مسلمانوں پر حملہ کرنے کا ارادہ کر رہے‬
‫ہیں تو آپ صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم نے خود کو لڑنے پر مجبور پایا اور اپنی فوج کو طائف کی طرف بڑھنے‬
‫حکم دیا۔‬

‫‪:‬رسول ہللا صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم فوج کو تیار کرتے ہیں‬
‫آپ ہللا صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم کی کمان میں بارہ ہزار مسلح سپاہی تھے۔ ان میں سˆˆے دس ہˆˆزار وہ تھے جˆˆو‬
‫مدینہ سے آپ کے ساتھ آئے تھے اور فتح مکہ میں حصہ لیا تھا اور باقی دو ہˆزار قˆریش میں سˆے تھے‬
‫جنہوں نے حال ہی میں اسالم قبول کیا تھا بعض لوگوں کو لشکر کے پیش نظر یہ بھی کہتے سˆˆنا گیˆˆا کہ‬
‫آج ہم تعداد اور طاقت میں بھی زیادہ ہے تو آج ہماری شکست نا ممکن ہے اور یہ بات رسول ہللا پر بہت‬
‫گراں گزری‪ -‬۔‬
 ‫شوال کی رات مسلمانوں کی فوج وادی حنین میں پہنچی۔ مسلم فوج کی آمد کی خبر مالک بن عوف ‪10‬‬
‫کو اس کے جاسوسوں نے پہنچائی۔ اس نے اپنی چار ہزار آدمیوں کی فˆˆوج کˆˆو حکم دیˆˆا کہ وہ وادی کے‬
‫اندر چھپ جائیں اور سڑکوں‪ ،‬داخلی راستوں اور تنگ جگہوں پر چھپ جائیں۔ اس کا اپˆˆنے آدمیˆˆوں کˆˆو‬
‫حکم یہ تھا کہ جب بھی وہ مسلمانوں کو دیکھیں تو ان پر پتھراؤ کریں اور پھˆˆر ان پˆˆر یˆˆک طˆˆرفہ حملے‬
‫کریں۔ جب مسلمانوں نے پڑاؤ ڈالنا شروع کیا تو ان پر تیروں کی شدید بارش شروع ہˆˆو گˆˆئی۔ مسˆˆلمانوں‬
‫کے خالف شدید حملے شروع کر دیے گئے‪ ،‬اور انھیں بدنظمی اورھڑبڑی کے عالم میں پیچھے ہٹنا پڑا۔‬
‫کˆˆافی لˆˆوگ پیچھے کی طˆˆرف بھˆˆاگ پˆˆڑے سˆˆوائے چنˆˆد مہˆˆاجرین اور انصˆˆار (مˆˆدینہ کے رہˆˆنے والے‬
‫مسلمان) اور آپ کے چند صحابی بھی رسول ہللا صلی ہللا علیہ وسˆˆلم کے سˆˆاتھ رہے۔حضˆˆرت ابˆˆو بکˆˆر‬
‫صدیق رضی ہللا عنہ‪ ،‬عمر بن خطˆˆاب رضˆˆی ہللا عنہ‪ ،‬علی ابن طˆˆالب رضˆˆی ہللا عنہ‪ ،‬العبˆˆاس بن عبˆˆدہللا‬
‫رضی ہللا عنہ‪ ،‬ابو فضل العباس رضˆˆی ہللا عنہ‪ ،‬اسˆˆامہ ابن زیˆˆد رضˆˆی ہللا عنہ اور ابˆˆو سˆˆفیان رضˆˆی ہللا‬
‫عنہم شامل تھے۔‬

‫‪:‬لوگوں کو بھاگتے ہوئے دیکھ کر رسول ہللا صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم دائیں طرف پیچھے ہٹ گئے اور فرمایا‬
‫۔‬
‫‘‘میں نبی (صلی ہللا علیہ وآلہ وسلم) ہوں‪ ،‬بالشبہ میں عبدالمطلب کا بیٹا ہوں۔’’‬

‫رسول ہللا (صلی ہللا علیہ وآلہ وسلم) نے اپنے چچا حضرت عباس (رضی ہللا عنہ) سے جو حضور کے‬
‫گھوڑے کی لگام پکڑے ہوئے تھے) ان سے فرمایا‪ :‬اے عباس! انھیں پکارو تو حضرت نے زور دار‬
‫آواز میں کہا۔ اے انصار! صلح حدیبیہ والوں‬
‫‘‘رسول ہللا صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم کی بیعت کرنے والوں! تم کہاں ہو؟‬

‫عباس رضی ہللا عنہ کی زوردار آواز سن کر مسلمان جنگجو جو بھاگ رہے تھے‪ ،‬رک گئے۔۔ مسلمان‬
‫اپنے دلوں پر چھائے ہوئے خوف سے نجات پا کر ہوش میں آنےلگے۔ وہ اپنے آپ سے کہنے لگے‪" ،‬ہم‬
‫کہاں جا رہے ہیں؟ ہم رسول ہللا صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم کو کیسے پیچھے چھوڑ رہے ہیں؟‬

‫وہ رک گئے اور رسول ہللا (صلی ہللا علیہ وآلہ وسلم) سے اپنا وعدہ یاد کیا اور ہوش میں آنے لگے اور‬
‫وہ رسول ہللا (صلی ہللا علیہ وآلہ وسلم) کی طرف بھاگنے لگے۔ اس کے بعد رسول ہللا صلی ہللا علیہ‬
‫وسلم کے پاس سو آدمی جمع ہوئے اور وہ آگے بڑھنے اور لڑنے لگے۔ صحابہ کرام‪ ،‬جنہوں نے رسول‬
‫ہللا صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم کو گھیر لیا‪" ،‬ہللا اکبر" کہہ کر اپنی تلواریں کھینچ لیں اور کفار پر حملہ کرنے‬
‫لگے۔ دشمن کے سپاہی اچانک خوفزدہ ہو گئے۔ حضرت عثمان رضی ہللا عنہ‪ ،‬علی ابن طالب رضی ہللا‬
‫عنہ اور ابو دجانہ رضی ہللا عنہ جیسے صحابہ نے رسول ہللا صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم کے سامنے اپنے‬
 ‫جسموں کو رسول ہللا صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم کی ڈھال کے طور پر استعمال کیا۔ جنگ کے شدید ترین‬
‫لمحات میں علی (رضی ہللا عنہ) اور ابو دجانہ (رضی ہللا عنہ) نے دشمن کے پرچم برداروں میں سے‬
‫ایک کو قتل کردیا۔ ہوازن نے جب یہ دیکھا تو ڈرنے لگے۔‬

‫جب مسلمانوں کی فوجیں زور سے لڑنے لگیں اور دشمن خوف زدہ ہونے لگے تو رسول ہللا صلی ہللا‬
‫علیہ وسلم اپنے خچر سے اترے اور ہللا سے مدد کے لیے دعا کی اور پھر ایک مٹھی ریت (بعض‬
‫ذرائع نے کنکریاں) اٹھا کر پھینک دیں۔ دشمن کے سپاہیوں کے خالف یہ کہتے ہوئے کہ ’’ان کے‬
‫چہرے بگڑ جائیں‘‘ (حوالہ صحیح مسلم‪ )1777 :‬پھر ہّٰللا کی غیبی مدد اور نصرت آئی جلد ہی ہوازن‪،‬‬
‫ثقیف اور ان کے اتحادیوں نے محسوس کیا کہ ان کی کوششیں رائیگاں گئی ہیں اور انہیں تباہی اور‬
‫شکست کا سامنا ہے۔ وہ پلٹ گئے اور اپنی عورتوں‪ ،‬بچوں اور اپنی تمام جائیدادیں (اونٹ‪ ،‬بکری اور‬
‫چاندی وغیرہ) چھوڑ کر بھاگنے لگے‬
‫۔۔ اسطرح دشمن کی فوج کو شکست ہوئی اور وہ میدان جنگ سے نکل گئے‬
‫یوں مسلمانوں نے غزوہ ھنین میں فتح حاصل کی‬

‫مسلمان ‪4‬‬
‫‪70 killed from Hawazin 300 killed from Thaqif‬‬
‫‪6,000 logo Qed kia gaya‬‬

‫اب بات آتی ہے مال غنیمت کی‬

‫رسول صلی ہّٰللا علیہ وسلم نے زیادہ مال غنیمت مکہ والوں کو عنایت کیا جنھوں نے ابھی اسالم قبول کیا‬
‫تھا جب مکہ والوں کو زیادہ مال تو انصار نے جو مدینہ کے مہاجرین تھے انہوں نے آپس میں یہ باتیں‬
‫کرنا شروع کردی کہ‬
Ham ne itni qurbanian di hui hn hamen bhot thora Mal )Mila h Ap sallahu aleh
wassalam tk jb ye bat phonchi to apne sbko ikhatta kia khas Tor pe ansaar ko or
Apny unko unky Ahsanat yad karway keh ap logo ne ALLAH ke nabi or musalmano
ki kitni madad ki or unhen panah di or doosri bat ye farmai ke. Ap log hamary
any se pehly kitny andhere mn thy ek doosry se Lara krty thy hamary any se Allah
ne apko aman ata farmaya is trha samjhany se unke ye mamlat hal hue
‫ جنگ حنین سے جو سبق ہم سیکھ سکتے ہیں وہ یہ ہے کہ فتح‬fog or saz o Saman ki farawani
se nhi milti balke Fatah hamesha allah ki madad wa Nusrat se hi milti h‫ہ‬
‫اور ہللا کی طرف سے انہی کو ملتی ہے جو اس پر ایمان التے ہیں‬
‫اس جنگ کا ذکر قرآن کی سورہ توبہ میں کچھ اس طرح آیا ہے۔‬

70 killed from Hawazin 300 killed from Thaqif many killed from Sulaym[1]
6,000 captured