Location Fadak | ||
200 Entire tribe (unknown population) None Everyone who came into contact were killed Results Successful operation, All those who came in contact with Muslims were killed, large amounts of booty captured People also search for Expedition of Ibn Abi Al-Awja Al-Sulami | ||
Expedition of Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laithi to Fadak took place in January 629 AD,2nd Month (Safar) 8AH, of the Islamic Calendar.
Expedition
Many of Muhammad's followers were killed in the Expedition of Bashir Ibn Sa’d al-Ansari (Fadak), so Muhammad sent Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laithi to avenge the death of his comrades. Muhammad said to Ghalib according to Ibn Sa'd:
Go to the place where the companions of Bashir Ibn Sa'd were killed
[Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2, Pg 156]
Muhammad also said to al-Zubayr, another leader of this 200 man team:
“If Allah makes you victorious do not show leniency to them.”
[Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2, Pg 156]
Ghalib bin ‘Abdullah at the head of 200 men was despatched to Fadak, and they successfully avenged there comrades. They killed all the rebels who fell into the hands of the Muslim force, and a captured a lot of booty (i.e. the camels were captured, which they drove back to Medina).