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Similar Expedition of Dhat al‑Riqa, Battle of Hamra al‑Asad, Invasion of Banu Mustaliq, Banu Qaynuqa | ||
The patrol of Buwat took place in October 623 or 2 A.H. of the Islamic calendar, in the month of Rabi' al-awwal. Muhammad went with a force of 200 men, to search for raiding parties of the Quraysh. Muhammad stayed at Buwat for some time and left without engaging in combat.
Background and raid
Approximately a month after the patrol of Wadden, Muhammad personally led two hundred men including Muhajirs and Ansars to Bawat, a place on the caravan route of the Quraysh raiders, led by Umayyah ibn Khalaf. Ibn Khalaf was beilived to have totured a Muslim Bilal Ibn Rabah and had strongly opposed Islam. However, no battle took place. According, to Haykal, Umayyah ibn Khalaf took another route. Muhammad then went up to Dhat al-Saq, in the desert of al-Khabar. He prayed there and a mosque was built at the spot.