Hamra al-Asad

Hamra al-Asad is a location in Saudi Arabia about eight miles from Medina. The Invasion of Hamra al-Asad took place here on the orders of Muhammad

According to the Muslim scholar Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri there are Quran verses about this location and the events that took place there. The first is:

The Muslim Mufassir Ibn Kathirs commentary on this verse in his book Tafsir ibn Kathir is as follows:

This occurred on the day of Hamra' Al-Asad. After the idolators defeated the Muslims (at Uhud), they started on their way back home, but soon they were concerned because they did not finish off the Muslims in Al-Madinah, so they set out to make that battle the final one. When the Messenger of Allah got news of this, he commanded the Muslims to march to meet the disbelievers, to bring fear to their hearts and to demonstrate that the Muslims still had strength to fight. The Prophet only allowed those who were present during Uhud to accompany him, except for Jabir bin `Abdullah Al-Ansari, as we will mention. The Muslims mobilized, even though they were still suffering from their injuries, in obedience to Allah and His Messenger .

Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that `Ikrimah said, "When the idolators returned ﴿towards Makkah﴾ after Uhud, they said, `You neither killed Muhammad nor collected female captives. Woe to you for what you did. Let us go back.' When the Messenger of Allah heard this news, he mobilized the Muslim forces, and they marched until they reached Hamra Al-Asad. The idolators said, `Rather, we will meet next year', and the Messenger of Allah went back ﴿to Al-Madinah﴾, and this was considered a Ghazwah (battle). Allah sent down

The other verses about this incident are ^{[Quran 3:173]} and ^{[Quran 3:174]}.

The Sunni Muslim scholar Ibn Kathir mentions in his book Tafsir ibn Kathir that this event is also mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari, it is mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari, 5:59:404

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