BATTLE OF TRENCH/KHANDAQ/ALLIES

• After the Battle of Uhud, the Muslims regained their former position.
• The Quraish could not reconcile themselves with the growing power of the Muslims.
• The Jewish tribe of Banu Nazir plotted against the Muslims and sought help from the Quraish and other tribes.
• other tribes were invited as well, namely, banu bakr, banu murrah and ghatafan.
• An army of 10,000 men under Abu Sufyan marched to Madinah.
• The Holy Prophet (pbuh) consulted his companions and decided to dig a trench to protect Madinah.
• Hazrat Salman Farsi advised digging the trench.
• Three thousand companions worked with the Holy Prophet (pbuh) to dig the trench.
• theres drought in madinah, so prophet even ties a piece cloth with stones on his stomach.
• The Banu Quraiza initially refused to support the unbelievers but later broke their treaty with the Holy Prophet (pbuh).
• The battle is known as the Battle of Ahzab or the "Battle of Allies".
• Hypocrites among the Muslim army asked permission to return home, citing unsafe homes.
• And a party of them asked permission of the Prophet, saying, 'Indeed, our houses are exposed [i.e., unprotected],' while they were not exposed. They did not intend except to flee.”
• The siege lasted for a month, during which the Muslims faced hunger, cold, and constant attacks.
• Allah helped the Muslims by sending a severe storm that forced the enemy to withdraw.
• "O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allah upon you when armies came to [attack] you and We sent upon them a wind and armies [of angels] you did not see. And Allah is, of what you do, Seeing.”
• Islam emerged successful from the trial and was more firmly established than ever.
• The Battle of Trench marked the end of the aggressive power of the chiefs of Makkah.