Al Kudr Invasion

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Al Kudr Invasion

| date = 624 AD, AH 2

| place = Al Kudr

| result = {{ublist|Muslim victory}}

• Banu Saleem tribe members all flee
• 500 camels of the Banu Saleem, taken by Muhammad as war booty{{citation| title=When the Moon Split |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xJL6gxPUV4EC&pg=PA159| first=Saifur Rahman | last=Al-Mubarakpuri | year=2002 | publisher=DarusSalam | pages=159}}.

| combatant1 = Muslims

| combatant2 = Banu Sulaym tribe

| commander1 = Muhammad

| commander2 = None

| strength1 = 200

| strength2 = Unknown

| casualties1 = None

| casualties2 = None; 500 camels captured

}}

{{Campaignbox Campaigns of Muhammad}}

The expedition against the Banu Saleem tribe, also known as the Al Kudr Invasion,{{citation| title=The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r_80rJHIaOMC&pg=PA280| first=Saifur Rahman Al| last=Mubarakpuri| year=2005| publisher=Darussalam Publications| isbn=978-9960-899-55-8| page=280}}. occurred directly after the Battle of Badr in the year AH 2 of the Islamic calendar. The expedition was ordered by Muhammad after he received intelligence that the Banu Salim were planning to invade Madina.

This was Muhammad's first interaction with the people of Bahrain. He had gotten news that some tribes were amassing an army on march from Bahrain.Yahiya Emerick, [https://books.google.com/books?id=GAxh0K8-BVgC&pg=PA185 Critical Lives: Muhammad], p. 185, Penguin, 2002.Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 147. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110826203308/http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/SM_tsn/ch4s6.html online])

Muhammad responded by launching a pre-emptive strike against their base in Al Kudr, which was a watering place at the time.Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 204. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110623155708/http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/SM_tsn/ch4s11.html online]) When the tribe heard of this, they fled. Muhammad captured 500 of their camels from the raid, and distributed them between his fighters. He also kept a fifth of the spoils as khums.{{cite book|isbn=5872528906|title=The Sealed Nectar|author=Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri|author-link=Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri|page=107|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2q4KAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq="He+stayed+there+for+three+days,+took+their+500+camels+as+booty"|chapter=ALKUDR INVASION|quote=He stayed there for three days, took their 500 camels as booty and distributed them to the fighters after he had set aside the usual one-fifth}}{{citation|title=The Life of Muhammad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOyO-TSo5nEC&pg=PA267|first=Husayn |last=Haykal |year=1976 |publisher=Islamic Book Trust |isbn=978-983-9154-17-7 |pages=267}}{{cite book|author=Watt, W. Montgomery|author-link=Montgomery Watt|title=Muhammad at Medina|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1956|isbn=978-0-19-577307-1|page=17}} ([https://archive.org/details/muhammadatmedina029655mbp online])

This event is mentioned in Ibn Hisham's biography of Muhammad and other historical books.{{Cite web |url=http://military.hawarey.org/military_english.htm |title=List of Battles of Muhammad |access-date=2011-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726142128/http://military.hawarey.org/military_english.htm |archive-date=2011-07-26 |url-status=dead }} Modern secondary sources which mention this include the award-winning book Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar).[http://store.dar-us-salam.com/NW/004a.html Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum - The Sealed Nectar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708231936/http://store.dar-us-salam.com/NW/004a.html |date=2011-07-08 }}. Dar-us-Salam Publications.