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Hijrah
I've been reading The Sealed Nectar by Safi Ur Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri and usually military expeditions would be dispatched for some treachery committed by a tribe or some other atrocities committed by them, but for this one the tribe of Bani Kalb, Abdur Rahman Bin Awf was sent on a military expedition towards them and my question is for what reason? It says that they were enemies of the Muslims but I couldn't recall reading about them so for what reason was the expedition called for?
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Not exactly. The military expeditions were mostly based on security. The Quraish led a propaganda campaign against the Prophet in order to gain allies and incite hatred towards. By sending out expeditions, it would weaken the enemy and refute the propaganda.
'Abdur-Rahmaan bin 'Awf was sent to Dumatul-Jandal to invite them to Islaam. He stayed there for three days performing dawah work which resulted their chief, Asbagh bin 'Amr Kalbi, who was a Christian at that time, to embrace Islaam. Soon after that, the majority followed him by embracing Islaam.
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