First Expedition to Badr
{{Short description|Important Islamic Event}}
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The First Expedition to Badr{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=31tscfPF4tkC&pg=PA292|title=Muhammad, the Messenger of Islam: His Life & Prophecy|author=Hajjah Amina Adil|page=292|publisher=Islamic Supreme Council of America|year=2002|isbn=1-930409-11-7}} ({{langx|ar|غزوة سفوان}} ghazwa Safawān) or the Preliminary Badr Invasion occurred in year 2 AH of the Islamic calendar, in Rabi ul Awal (September 623). Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri raided Muslim territory and stole pasturing camels belonging to Madinah. Muhammad was a three days distance away.{{unreliable source|date=September 2017}} Muhammad mobilized 70 men.{{citation|title=The Sealed Nectar|author=Safiurahman Al-Mubaraki|year=1996|page=203|publisher=Dar-us-Salam|isbn=9781484974858}} By the time Muhammad reached the valley of Safawan, al-Fihri fled.