and other numbers have also been reported. He fought in nine of these campaigns: Badr, Uhud, the Trench, Qurayzah, al-Mustaliq, Khaybar, the Conquest, Hunayn, and al-Tā’if. It is also said that he fought at Banū al-Nadīr, al-Ghābah, and Wādī al-Qurā, which belonged to the district of Khaybar.
His detachments and missions numbered approximately (1) sixty (2).
The seven principal campaigns were Badr, Uhud, the Trench, Khaybar, the Conquest, Hunayn, and Tabūk. Quranic passages were revealed concerning these campaigns. Surah al-Anfāl is the surah of Badr. Concerning Uhud, the concluding portion of Surah Āl ‘Imrān was revealed, beginning with His words:
“And when you left your family in the morning to station the believers at their positions for battle” [verse: 121],
and continuing until shortly before the end of the surah. The opening portion of Surah al-Ahzāb concerns the events of the Trench and Qurayzah (3). Surah al-Hashr concerns Banū al-Nadīr. Surah al-Fath concerns the events of al-Hudaybiyah and Khaybar; it also alludes to the Conquest, which is mentioned explicitly in Surah al-Nasr.
He, peace and blessings be upon him, was wounded in one of these campaigns (4), namely Uhud. The angels fought alongside him at Badr and Hunayn. They also descended on the day of the Trench, shaking the polytheists and routing them (5). During these campaigns (6), he threw pebbles into the faces of the polytheists, and they fled. Victory came in two campaigns: