Battle of Khadaq

WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF
KHANDAQ
The main reason Battle
of Khandaq started

What is the strategy of
the Muslims

When did the Battle of
Khandaq happened
Commanders in the
Battle of Khandaq

How many people were
involed in the Battle of
Khandaq

Model of the Battle of
khandaq

How did the Battle of
Khandaq ends
how did the muslims
won the Battle of
Khandaq
THE QURAN VERSE ABOUT
BATTLE OF KHANDAQ

The Battle of the Trench
also known as the Battle

of Khandaq and the
Battle of the

Confederates was a 27-
day-long defense by

Muslims of Yathrib (now
Medina) from Arab and

Jewish tribes.

THE REASON FOR THIS
BATTLE WAS TO SAVE
MEDINA FROM ATTACK,
AFTER BANU NAZIR AND
BANU QURAYZAH TRIBES
FORMED AN ALLIANCE WITH
THE QURAYSH TO ATTACK
HIM AS REVENGE FOR
EXPELLING THEM FROM
MEDINA DURING THE
INVASION OF BANU
QAYNUQA AND INVASION OF

BANU NADIR.

Prophet Muhammad
and his army played a
defensive strategy
and dug a deep trench
to stop the Quraysh
confederates from
entering the city of

Madinah.

626 AD – 627 AD

• Ali IBN Abi Talib
•Salman Al Farisi
•Ubadah Bin Samit

The strength of the
confederate armies

is estimated at
around 10,000 men
with six hundred
horses and some
camels, while the
Medinan defenders
numbered 3,000.



MUSLIMS WON THIS
BATTLE VERY EASILY,
ALTHOUGH MUSLIMS WERE
JUST 3,000 AND ENEMY
FORCES WERE 10,000 YET
MUSLIMS ONLY SUFFERED
1 TO 5 CASUALTIES WHILE
THE OPPONENTS ENDED UP
LOSING 80% OF THEIR

ARMY.

THE LARGELY OUTNUMBERED
DEFENDERS OF MEDINA, MAINLY
MUSLIMS LED BY THE ISLAMIC
PROPHET MUHAMMAD, DUG A
TRENCH ON THE SUGGESTION OF
SALMAN THE PERSIAN, WHICH,

TOGETHER WITH MEDINA'S
NATURAL FORTIFICATIONS,
RENDERED THE CONFEDERACY'S
CAVALRY (CONSISTING OF
HORSES AND CAMELS) USELESS,
LOCKING THE TWO SIDES IN A

STALEMATE.

And Allah repulsed the
disbelievers in their wrath;
they gained no good. Allah
averted their attack from the
believers. Allah is ever Strong,
Mighty. And Allah turned back
(the ones) who disbelieved in
their rage; they attained no

charity, and Allah was a
sufficient (protector) to the
believers from fighting. -

Surat Al-'Ahzab [33:25]

1. Victory comes from Allah regardless of the
number and material strengths of the
enemies of Islam.

2.Reliance on Allah (tawakul) must be
preceded by the necessary human efforts or
preparation. e.g the digging of the trench
prior to the approach of the Makkan army.

3.There is no harm for a Muslim leader to
accept wise counsel from among the rest of
the Muslims. For instance, the idea of
digging of a trench (Khandaq) was initiated
by Salman al Farsy.

4.Leadership demands that the leader must
lead from the front. For example the Prophet
(P.b.u.h) took active role in the preparation
for this battle.

5.Muslim affairs require that they are decided
through mutual consultations (shura). The
decision not to go for an open battle was
arrived at through consultation among the
Sahabas of the Prophet.

The end