After Badr

After the victory of the Muslims at Badr, the Meccan nonbelievers had grown even more hateful and revengeful towards the believers. Tragedy had hit almost every home in Mecca after the great battle. Mecca was now after revenge. People were taking oath after oath for its sake. In fact, there were even some in Medina that had been disturbed by the victory of the Muslims at Badr. They were none other than the polytheists who secretly supported the Quraysh and the Jews who did not like the thought of superiority of anyone else besides themselves. The Muslims, on the other hand, connected even deeper to one another after this glorious victory that had been granted to them from their Lord. That year, for the very first time, they had fasted during the month of Ramadan and were going to celebrate their first festival, Eid al-Fitr. Also, the special Tarawih Prayers were performed for the very first time, and the charity of fastbreaking was deemed necessary for a practicing believer. At the same time, during the month of Ramadan of the second year after Emigration, alms-giving was deemed obligatory while sacrificing an animal in the month of Dhu al-Hijjah and performing the Eid (Festival) Prayer were deemed necessary. It was during these days of bliss and serenity that the Muslims lined up behind the Messenger of Allah and performed the Eid Prayer for the first time.

Again it was on one of these days that Ali, son of our Prophet’s uncle Abu Talib, was wed to our Prophet’s daughter, Fatima. A year later, their son, Hasan, came into this world. His birth made our beloved Prophet truly happy.