Muhammad, the Qur'an and Islam[170] Guillaume, Muhammad, pp. 287 f; Tabari, History, vol. 7, p. 20;
Wellhausen, Medina, p. 37.
[171] Some accounts show that the two simply returned to Medina after
they had found their camel (Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 1, p. 8; Wellhausen,
Medina, p. 36). If they had indeed been captured by the Meccans, one
would have to ask why the Meccans had not demanded a ransom for them,
particularly in light of what the Muslims had done with the Meccan
prisoners.
[172] Wellhausen, Medina, p. 37.
[173] Some accounts report that one fifth of the booty was given to
Muhammad (before Qur'an 8:42 was composed), others claim that the booty
was divided after the battle of Badr; Guillaume, Muhammad, pp. 288 f; Ibn
Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 1, pp. 8 f; Wellhausen, Medina, p. 37.
[174] Buhl, Muhammeds, pp. 236, shows that granting the option of return
(at the start of the expedition) was actually in anticipation of fighting in the
month of Rajab; cf. Andrae, Mohammed, pp. 141 f; Watt, Muhammad,
pp. 109 f.
[175] See pp. 195 f, above.
[176] Islamic accounts generally give 305-319 Muslims, 74-83 of whom
were said to have been emigrants. Guillaume in Muhammad, p. xv,
mentions that the early Islam historian Shurahbil b. Sa`d used to delete the
names of Badr warriors from traditions if their posterity did not bring him
"presents" upon visiting him.
[177] In comparing Qur'an 8:5-9, 43-46, with the traditional accounts of
the battle of Badr, Buhl (Muhammeds, p. 240, n. 95) shows that the
Muslims had no knowledge of the Meccan relief force. The events
surrounding the interrogation of the Meccan water-bearers clearly indicates