Introduction

Last week we talked about the preparations for the Battle of Badr and why it is named after a well. The other battle of Badr is not even quite a battle, it was just a minor skirmish as we had mentioned. So what happened after the dream of Attikah? Not a single family in Makkah remained behind except that somebody was sent on behalf of that family. Every household was sending a person an emissary if they couldn't send someone from within the household. Abu Lahab decided not to go and instead he found somebody to go in his place. He said: "If you go in my place I will forgive this large amount"