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 | | However, several Muslim scouts were discovered by scouts from the caravanandlt;refandgt;Ibn Ishaq says that Abu Sufyan himself rode ahead to reconoiter the area and discovered the Muslim scouts via the dates left in their camels' droppingsandlt;/refandgt; and Abu Sufyan made a hasty turn towards Yanbu.andlt;refandgt;Martin Lings, p. |
 | | Muslim losses are commonly listed at fourteen killed, about 4% of their engaged forces.andlt;ref name=andquot;lings148andquot;/andgt; Sources do not indicate the number of wounded on either side, and the major discrepancies between the casualty totals on each side suggests that the fighting was extremely brief and that most of the Meccans were killed during the retreat. |
 | | Shortly before he departed Badr, Muhammad also gave the order for over twenty of the dead Quraishis to be thrown into the well at Badr.andlt;refandgt;[http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/040.smt.html#040.6870 Al Muslim: Book 040, Number 6870].andlt;/refandgt; Multiple hadiths refer to this incident, which was apparently a major cause for outrage among the Quraish of Mecca. |
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