Uhud أحد (جبل )

A mountain just outside Madina much loved by the Prophet Muhammad may Allah bless him and grant him peace at the foot of which the Muslims fought their second major battle against the pagan Qur aish of Makka in The Qur aish army of men under the leadership of Abu Sufyan attacked the Muslim army of about men The battle went well at first but the Muslims nearly lost the battle for two reasons Firstly some fifty archers disobeyed the Prophet Muhammad and left their posts leaving the Muslims open to an attack from their rear and secondly there was treachery on the part of some Munafiqeen hypocrites led by Abdallah ibn Ubai who deserted the Muslims during the battle Many great companions and in panicular the uncle of the Prophet Hamza the lion of Allah were killed in this battle See Bani Nadheer See Holy Qur an Aali Imran