Eight months after the Hijrah, during the month of Shawwaal in the first year of the hijrah, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) despatched a contingent of sixty or eighty Muhaajireen, mounted on conveyances, under the commandership of Hazrat Ubaidah bin Haarith (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) towards Raabigh. In this contingent, there were no Ansaari Sahaabah present.

When they reached Raabigh, they had a confrontation with two hundred Quraishi mounted cavalry. However, no actual fighting took place. Only Hazrat Sa’d bin Abi Waqqaas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) launched a single arrow against the enemy. This was recorded as the first arrow to be fired in the history of Islam.