Nakhla ka Hamla: Haram Mahine mein Pehla Khoon aur Ayat 2:217

Rajab ki Aakhri Shaam ka Ek Teer

Makkah aur Taif ke darmiyani raste par Nakhla ki wadi hai. Hijrat ke doosre saal, Rajab ke mahine mein — taqreeban January 624 Eeswi — Quraish ka ek chhota sa qafila wahan se guzar raha tha: kishmish, chamra aur tijarati saman lade hue, chaar aadmiyon ki hifazat mein. Qareeb hi Madina se aaye hue aath aadmi parao dale baithe the. Un mein se ek, Ukkasha bin Mihsan, ka sar munda hua tha. Use dekh kar qafile wale mutmain ho gaye: "Yeh to Umrah karne wale hain, in se kya khatra!" Unhon ne saman utara aur khana pakane lage.

Phir ek teer chala. Amr bin al-Hadrami wahin dher ho gaya. Do tajir bandh liye gaye, ek bhaag nikla. Shaam tak Madina ke yeh aadmi qafila hankte hue wapsi ki raah par the. Seerat ki sab se qadeem kitab is waqiye ko teen "pehlon" ke taur par darj karti hai: is naye deen ki raah mein pehla maqtool, pehle qaidi, aur pehla maal-e-ghanimat. Aur sath hi ek mushkil bhi darj karti hai: aksar riwayaat ke mutabiq yeh sab Rajab mein — ya Rajab ki bilkul aakhri shaam — hua, jo Arab ke un chaar mahinon mein se ek tha jin mein poora Arab, qadeem ittefaq ke sath, khoon bahana haram samajhta tha.