Badr, Saudi Arabia did not join Quraish on their way to a festival in Badr. He returned with Banu Zuhrah returned so the two clans present in the battle. Badr, Saudi Arabia Badr (, full name: Badr Hunayn, ) is a town in Al Madinah Province, Al-Hijaz, Saudi Arabia. It is located at around , and about from the Islamic holy city of Medina. It was the location of the famous Battle of Badr, between the Quraishi-led Polytheists, and the Muslims under the leadership of Muhammad, in 624 CE. According to Islamic sources, Quraishi leader Abu Jahl said: Akhnas ibn Shariq al-Thaqifi and
Military career of Muhammad in their favour. Afterwards the two armies exchanged arrow fire, before finally clashing. According to the Quran, thousands of angels descended from heaven and participated in the battle, being instructed by Allah to "smite the [Meccan warrior's] necks and smite of them each finger." According to another Quranic verse, Allah fought and killed the Meccans representatively for the Muslim warriors. The Meccan army eventually collapsed soon after the horse of Abu Jahl was brought down, resulting in the first major Muslim victory. This victory must not so much be ascribed to divine intervention as is done in the Islamic sources,