The second year after the Hijra:

The Expedition of al-Abwāʾ:
In Safar the Prophet ﷺ set out from Madinah with a raiding party, leaving Saʿd ibn ʿUbādah in charge of the city. He marched until he reached Waddān, aiming at Quraysh and the clan of Banū Ḍumrah. There he concluded a pact of non-aggression with Banū Ḍumrah ibn ʿAbd Manāh ibn Kinānah, the agreement being ratified by their chief, Makshī ibn ʿAmr. The Prophet then returned to Madinah. Waddān is four stages’ march from the city.

The Detachment of Ḥamzah:
Later, during one of the two months of Rabīʿ, he dispatched his uncle Ḥamzah with 30 mounted Emigrants to the coastal region near al-ʿAys. Ḥamzah encountered Abū Jahl, who had 300 men with him. Al-Zuhrī, however, puts the figure at 130 mounted men. Majdī ibn ʿAmr al-Juhanī and his tribe were allies of both sides, and Majdī intervened, preventing any fighting.

The Detachment of ʿUbaydah:
During the same period the Prophet sent ʿUbaydah ibn al-Ḥārith ibn al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Manāf with about 60 mounted Emigrants. He advanced until he reached a watering-place in the Ḥijāz at the lower end of the pass of al-Murrah, where he came upon a Quraysh force led by ʿIkrimah ibn Abī Jahl—others say it was Makraz ibn Ḥafṣ. No fighting took place between them, except that Saʿd ibn Abī