The second Badr — Quraish do not come

Abu Sufyan had promised to meet the Muslims at Badr again a year after Uhud. The Prophet ﷺ arrives with 1,500 men and waits; Quraish set out and turn back. The Muslims regain their standing across Arabia.

As the book dates it: Sha’ban, 4 A.H. (January 626 A.D.)

Who was there

• ASAbu Sufyan bin HarbLeader of Quraish in the wars against the Muslims, who accepted Islam just before the Conquest of Makkah.
• AT‘Ali bin Abi TalibThe Prophet’s young cousin, among the very first believers, who slept in his bed on the night of the Hijrah and later married Fatimah.