Intelligence Dimensions in The Holy Prophet’s (S.A.W) Life till Migration to Madina

Abstract

Holy Prophet (S.A.W) led 27 ghazawat and many battles were fought at his behest. The examples of war intelligence that Holy Prophet (S.A.W) has set are the milestones for us. In the light of wisdom derived from them we can shape our intelligence system on the lines of most advanced paradigms. In fact, there are three aspects of Holy Prophet’s (S.A.W) strategy regarding intelligence matters. These include ‘secrecy of matters’, In-depth awareness about the activities and circumstances of the enemy and remaining fully cognizant of the conditions of general public. The purpose of this vigilance was to help the needy, the deprived and the wronged ones and to administer the welfare of the general public so that the enemy may not exploit them. War intelligence is the most effective part of war strategy that tops all the arts of war in all ages.  Holy Prophet (S.A.W) is the founder of a special kind of war intelligence system. He equaled intelligence with the best of the worships and declared it Jihad (Holy War). This article encompasses Intelligence related aspects of Holy Prophet’s (S.A.W) Meccan life, covenant of Uqbah, migration to Madina and sources of Intelligence available to the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) in all ‘Ghazwahs’ and ‘Saryas’.