maghazi

The word Maghazi(literally, stories of military expeditions) refers to the


ghazwas and the surayas. It is worth much importance for a Muslim to learn all these. As they have a significant value in the history of Islam and the world itself.


Ibn e Asakar has copied Hazrat Imam Zain ul Abideen Ali bin Hussain bin Ameer ul Momineen Ali RA as saying,


“we were taught the Maghazi as we were taught the chapters of Quran”


Similarly, he has mentioned Ismael bin Muhammad bin Saad bin Abi Waqas RA as saying,


“My father, Muhammad bin Saad taught me about Maghazi and told me while counting the


ghazwat and surayas on his hand and used to say O my son, this is your forefathers’ honour


dont spoil it, your better in this world and the hereafter is in knowing these Maghazi.”


so here you can see that how our elders used to know and learn about them and here are we


who just know about three wars which we have got to learn due to our syllabus and nothing


more. Here I will try to summerize all the Maghazi which I know so that you can learn


something about them.


First of all, we must differentiate between Ghazwa and suraya.


Suriya:In the Arabic language the word sīra (Arabic: سيرة‎) comes from the verb sāra which


means to travel or to be on a journey. In which the Prophet (Sallal la ho alehe wa aal e he wasallam) had not taken part.


Ghazwa: Those military expeditions (Arabic: غزوة ‎)in which the Prophet (Sallal la ho alehe wa aal e he wasallam) had Himself taken part. Weather there was a war or it was merely a journey.


There are given almost 27 Ghazwat in the books of Islamic history. Which are as follow


Ghazwa Al Abwa


Ghazwa Buwat


Ghazwa Safwan


Ghazwa Al Usheera


Ghazwa Badr


Ghazwa Bani Sulem


Ghazwa As SAweeq


Ghazwa Ghatfan


Ghazwa Ze Amar


Ghazwa Al Dara’


Ghazwa Bani Qeenqa’


Ghazwa Uhad


Ghazwa Hmra’al Asad


Ghazwa Bani nuzair


Ghazwa Badr ul Akheera


Ghazwa Duma tul Jandal


Ghazwa bani Mustaliq


Ghazwa Khandaq


Ghazwa bani Quraiza


Ghazwa banu Lajban


Ghazwa hudaibiah


Ghazwa Ze Qurd


Ghazwa Khaiber


Ghazwa Zaat ur Raqa’


Ghazwa Umra’ tul Qaza


Ghazwa Fatah Makka


Ghazwa Hunain


Ghazwa At Taif


Ghazwa Tbook


similarly there number of surayas are 35, :


Sarya Hazrat Hamza RA


Sarya Ubaid bin Haris RA


Sarya Saad bin Waqas RA


Sarya Abdullah bin Jahash RA


and others which will be discussed in future posts In Sha Allah.