Hadhrat Uthmaan Bin Maz’oon (radhiyallahu anhu) died during this year. He is the first Sahaabi who was buried in Jannatul Baqi (the Qabrustaan in Madinah near to Musjidun Nabawi). He was the first among the Muhaajireen to have died.

Hadhrat Hasan (radhiyallahu anhu) was born in this year in the month of Ramadhaan.

The Battle of Uhd in which 700 Muslims participated took place in this year. The number of the kuffaar was 3000. Rasulullah (صلى الله عايه وسالم) on reaching the proximity of Mount Uhd outside Madinah with his devotees set out the battle-formation of his men. He placed 50 archers under the command of Hadhrat Abdullah Bin Jubair behind the army to guard a vulnerable point. They were left near to the Hill Dirrah to prevent the enemy from making an attack from the rear. Rasulullah (صلى الله عايه وسالم) issued strict instructions to this group to remain at their post regardless of the success or defeat of the main army.

The Muslims achieved victory and the kuffaar fled in disarray in all directions. The Muslims then started to collect the spoils of war. The archers guarding the rear thought that their instruction to guard the rear was only while the battle was in progress and had now terminated with the ending of the battle and a clear victory for the Muslims. There was no need now to remain there. So they thought. Although their Ameer, Hadhrat Abdullah Bin Jubair (radhiyallahu anhu) vehemently forbade them from abandoning their post, they disobeyed him. Only the Ameer and ten men were left at the post. The danger which Rasulullah (صلى الله عايه وسالم) had foreseen in an unguarded rear thus materialized.

Khalid Bin Walid, who was not yet a Muslim, was swift to take advantage of the unguarded mountain pass. Taking the army he made a sudden attack on the Muslims from this point. In consequence of this sudden swoop, 70 Sahaabah were martyred among whom was Hadhrat Ameer Hamzah (radhiyallahu anhu) as well.

The aim of the kuffaar was to attack the very person of Rasulullah (صلى الله عايه وسالم). In pursuit of this aim, Utbah Bin Abi Waqqas struck Nabi-e-Akram (صلى الله عايه وسالم) with a stone, breaking a tooth and wounding his lower lip. Ibn Qumayyah made a severe attack with his sword on Nabi-e-Kareen (صلى الله عايه وسالم). As a result he fell into a deep ditch with his mubaarak face covered with blood. The profuse bleeding weakened him greatly. Hadhrat Ali (karramallahu wajhahu) repeatedly washed his face. But the flow of blood did not stop. Hadhrat Faatimah (radhiyallahu anha) then burnt a piece of a straw-mat and filled the wounds with the ashes to stem the flow of the blood.

The sudden attack had broken the ranks of the Muslims who were forced to scatter in disarray. The senior Sahaabah such as Hadhrat Abu Bakr, Hadhrat Umar, Hadhrat Ali and Hadhrat Talhah (radhiyallahu anhum) had remained firm on their places fighting the kuffaar attack. Hadhrat Humzah (radhiyallahu anhu) loudly called the scattered Sahaabah. After regrouping, the Sahaabah valiantly faced the kuffaar in battle. The ultimate result of the ensuing intense fighting was the defeat of the kuffaar who were routed.

Very senior Sahaabah were martyred in this battle. Hadhrat Hamzah fell at the hands of the Habshi slave, Wahshi, who struck him with his sword. Hadhrat Hamzah (radhiyallahu anhu) took two or three steps forward and fell down.

The news of the progress of the battle’s events reached Madinah Tayyibah. Women and old men became fearful. A sense of fear had gripped everyone in Madinah. Everyone was anxiously awaiting news of Rasulullah (صلى الله عايه وسالم) and the Sahaabah. Nabi-e-Kareem (صلى الله عايه وسالم) finally entered Madinah on the 15th Shawwaal in this third year. In their sheer happiness to see Rasulullah (صلى الله عايه وسالم) safe, they forgot about their grief for their martyred ones, although those who had fallen were their brothers, husbands and young sons.