Expedition of Bashir ibn Saʽd al-Anṣari (Fadak) explained

Conflict:	Expedition of Bashir ibn Sad al-Ansari
Date:	December 628 AD, Shaban 7AH
Place:	Fadak
Result:	Captured a lot of camels and cattle as booty 29 Muslims killed, Bashir injured^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Commander1:	Bashir ibn Sad al-Ansari
Commander2:	Unknown
Strength1:	30
Strength2:	Entire tribe (unknown population)
Casualties1:	29 killed (Bashir wounded)
Casualties2:	Many Killed (unknown number)

The first expedition of Bashir ibn Sad al-Anṣari (بشير بن سعد الأنصاري),^[4] which was to Fadak, took place in Shaban, 7AH i.e. December 628 AD, 3rd Month 7AH, of the Islamic Calendar.^{[4] [5]}

30 men with Bashir bin Sad Al-Ansari as the commander, headed to Fadak to confront the Banu Murrah in Sha'aban. Bashir and his men killed a large number of the enemy and seized a lot of their camels and cattle, Bashir drove off the camels and flocks. On his way back, the enemy gathered up forces and overtook the Muslims at night. They showered Basheer and his men with arrows, and killed all the Muslims except Bashir.^{[1] [2]} Bashir managed to escape back to Muhammad.^[3]

See also

• Military career of Muhammad
• List of expeditions of Muhammad

Notes

1. Web site: Thirty men with Basheer bin Sad Al-Ansari headed for Bani Murrah . Witness-Pioneer.com . 19 April 2011 . 16 August 2011 . https://www.webcitation.org/60y5XJmQz?url=http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/SM_tsn/ch6s3.html . dead .
2. Web site: The Sealed Nectar. Darussalam Publishers . Safiur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri . 2014.
3. Book: Muir, William . William Muir

   . The life of Mahomet and history of Islam, Volume 4 . William Muir . 83 . 3.Bashir was sent with 30 men against the B.Murra.

4. Book: Atlas Al-sīrah Al-Nabawīyah . Darussalam . 2014 . 205. 9789960897714 .
5. Web site: List of Battles of Muhammad . 19 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726142128/http://military.hawarey.org/military_english.htm . 26 July 2011 . dead .