After the conquest of Mecca, the Muslims stayed in the city for two weeks when the news soon broke out that a big army had been mobilized in the valley of Hunain to attack Mecca and to undo the victory of the Muslims. The leading tribes among them were the Thaqeef and Bedouin tribe of Hawazin. This time Prophet (PBUH) assembled a force of 12,000 warriors, which included 2000 non-Muslim Meccans. On Wednesday night, the tenth of Shawwal, the Muslim army arrived at Hunain. When the first column constituting the Muslim vanguard, commanded by Khalid ibn al-Walid, entered the valley of Hunayn in the south-east of Makkah, the enemy was already lying in ambush, ready to greet it with his missile weapons. who had to retreat in disorder and utter confusion. Soon every man was running and it was not long before Prophet (PBUH) was left alone with a handful of his faithful followers around him.