Expedition of Dhu al-Ushayra

In late Jumada al-Ula 2 AH (November 623 CE) the Prophet went out with a hundred and fifty (or two hundred, it is said) of the Muhajirun to intercept a Quraysh caravan bound for al-Sham carrying great wealth of the people of Mecca. ¹

The Prophet left Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Asad al-Makhzumi in charge of Medina; the banner was white, carried by Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib. ^{2 3}

The Prophet reached the place of Dhu al-Ushayra in the district of Yanbu and found the caravan had passed him by days; it was the same caravan he would later go out after on its return from al-Sham — the direct cause of the great battle of Badr. ¹

On this expedition the Prophet concluded a treaty of non-aggression and truce with Banu Mudlij and their allies of Banu Damra, and returned to Medina in early Jumada al-Akhira without fighting. ^{1 4}