Life of Muhammad by Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad

Author:Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad [Ahmad, Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Islam
Publisher: Islam International Publications Ltd
Published: 1990-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

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1 In this pilgrimage planned a year after the Battle of the Ditch, only one thousand five hundred men accompanied the Prophet(sa). The number of Muslim combatants in the Battle of the Ditch could have been less but not more than this number. Historians who put the number of the Muslim combatants in the Battle of the Ditch at three thousand, therefore, are wrong. The number can quite reasonably be put at one thousand two hundred.

Treaty of Hudaibiya

It ran as follows:

In the name of Allah. These are the conditions of peace between Muhammad(sa), son of Abdullah, and Suhail ibn Amr, the envoy of Mecca. There will be no fighting for ten years. Anyone who wishes to join Muhammad(sa) and to enter into any agreement with him, is free to do so. Anyone who wishes to join the Quraish and to enter into an agreement with them is also free to do so. A young man, or one whose father is alive, if he goes to Muhammad(sa) without permission from his father or guardian, will be returned to his father or guardian. But should anyone go to the Quraish, he will not be returned. This year Muhammad(sa) will go back without entering Mecca. But next year he and his followers can enter Mecca, spend three days and perform the circuit. During these three days the Quraish will withdraw to the surrounding hills. When Muhammad(sa) and his followers enter into Mecca, they will be unarmed except for the sheathed swords which wayfarers in Arabia always have with them (Bukhari).

Two interesting things happened during the signing of this peace. After the terms had been settled the Prophet(sa) started to dictate the agreement and said, "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful."

Suhail objected and said, "Allah we know and believe in, but what is this ‘the Gracious and the Merciful?' This agreement is between two parties. Therefore the religious beliefs of both parties will have to be respected."

The Prophet(sa) agreed at once and said to his scribe, "Only write, 'In the name of Allah'." The Prophet(sa) then proceeded to dictate the terms of the agreement. The opening sentence was, 'These are the conditions of peace between the people of Mecca and Muhammad(sa), the Prophet(sa) of God'. Suhail objected again, and said, "If we thought you a Prophet(sa) of God, we would not have fought you." The Prophet(sa) accepted this objection also. Instead of Muhammad(sa), the Prophet(sa) of God, he proposed Muhammad(sa) son of Abdullah. As the Prophet(sa) was agreeing to everything the Meccans proposed, the Companions felt agitated over the humiliation. Their blood began to boil, and Umar(ra), the most excited of them all, went to the Prophet(sa) and asked, "O Prophet(sa) of God, are we not in the right?"

"Yes," said the Prophet(sa), "we are in the right." "And were we not told by God that we would perform the circuit of the Ka’ba?" asked Umar(ra).

"Yes," said the Prophet(sa).

"Then why this agreement and why these humiliating terms?"

"True," said the Prophet(sa), "God did foretell that we would perform the circuit in peace but He did not say when.

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