Early Muslim–Meccan conflict
| Early Muslim–Meccan conflict | |||||||
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| Part of the early Muslim conquests | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| First Islamic State of Medina | Meccan Quraysh | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Muhammad ibn Abdullah Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib Abdullah ibn Abd al-Asad Abdallah ibn Jahsh Zayd ibn Haritha Amir ibn al-Jarrah Abu Qatada al-Ansari |
Amr ibn Hisham Umayyah ibn Khalaf Sakhr ibn Harb Miqsam ibn al-Rabi Amr ibn Abd al-Wud Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid Uthman ibn Amir | ||||||
The early Muslim–Meccan conflict refers to a series of raids, in which the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions participated. The raids were generally offensive and carried out to seize trade goods of caravans of the Quraysh. His followers were also impoverished. The raids were intended to harm the economy and in turn the offensive capabilities of Mecca by Muhammad. The Muslims felt that the raids were justified in that the items being sold in the caravans were their own items, stolen by the Meccans when they had migrated to Medina.