They wanted a small battle, but God wanted it to be a major battle... between Badr and Gaza.

One of the first things that contributed to deciding the Battle of Badr was what Muslims did in what was known as the customs of war, which was dueling. Living with the Prophet’s biography, and meditating on its lessons and sermons, is not a matter of intellectual disintegration, even if it is not without the blessing of reward and obedience. It is necessary to project what happened in these prophetic events onto the course of our lives so they may be food and a beacon for the problems we suffer from.