Expedition of al-Kharrar

In Dhu al-Qa'da 1 AH (May 623 CE) the Prophet sent a third detachment under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas of twenty men of the Muhajirun to intercept a Quraysh caravan passing the place of al-Kharrar near al-Juhfa. ¹

The Prophet bound a white banner for the detachment, carried by al-Miqdad ibn Amr, and ordered them not to go beyond al-Kharrar. The fighters travelled on foot, lying hidden by day and marching by night, until they reached al-Kharrar on the morning of the fifth day — to find the caravan had passed the day before, and the detachment returned without an encounter. ^{1 2}