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Treaty of Hudaybiyyah . [L13]

It wan an event that took place during the time of Prophet Muhammad (saw) . It was a peace agreement between the state of Medina & the Quraysh tribe of Mecca . It helped to decrease the tension between the two cities , affirmed peace for a period of 10 years , & authorised Muhammad's Followers to return the following year in a peaceful pilgrimage, later known as First pilgrimage.

The Peace Delegation in the Presence of the Prophet

Suhayl b. Amr, the envoy of the Quraysh, came to the presence of the Messenger of God. He knelt down in front of him. The Prophet was sitting cross-legged. The Muslims were sitting around him.

Suhayl b. Amr talked for a long time; then, he made a peace offer. The Prophet accepted to make peace.

Then, they negotiated the articles of the peace treaty. They agreed on them, too. Hazrat Ali was appointed as the scribe to write the articles of the treaty.

The Messenger of God said to Hazrat Ali, "Write! 'Bis­mil­la­hir­rah­manirrahim' (In the name of God, the most Merciful, the most Compassionate)!"

Suhayl b. Amr objected: "We do not know Bismil­lahir­rah­manir­ra­him. Do not write like that."

The Messenger of God asked, "How shall we write, then?"

Suhayl said, "Write, 'Bismika Allahumma' (In the name of you, O God)."

The Qurayshis used to say, 'Bismika Allahumma' instead of 'Bis­mil­la­hir­rah­manirrahim'.

The Prophet said, "'Bismika Allahumma' is also nice."Then, he said to Hazrat Ali, "Write, 'Bismika Allahumma'."

Hazrat Ali wrote as the Prophet said.

Then, the Messenger of God ordered Hazrat Ali to write, "These are the articles of the peace treaty that Muhammad, the Messenger of God, and Suhayl b. Amr agreed on and signed."

Suhayl, the leader of the Qurayshi delegation, objected again, "By God, if we accepted that you were the Messenger of God, we would not prevent you from visiting the Kaaba and we would not try to fight you."

The Prophet asked, "How shall we write, then?"

Suhayl said, "Write your name and your father's name as 'Muhammad b. Abdullah'."

The Prophet said, "It is also nice." Then, he said to Hazrat Ali,

"O Ali! Delete it and write 'Muhammad b. Abdullah'."

Hazrat Ali said, "No! By God, I will never delete the phrase 'the Messenger of God'."

Meanwhile, the Muslims started to talk loudly due to their love and respect toward the Messenger of God: "We will not allow anything other than Muhammad, the Messenger of God to be written. Why should we accept this insult about our religion?"

The Messenger of God signaled the Muslims with his hand to lower their voices and to keep silent. Thereupon, they kept silent.

Then, the Prophet said to Hazrat Ali, "Show me where the phrase is."

Hazrat Ali showed him the place where the phrase, "the Messenger of God" was written. The Messenger of God deleted it with his own hand. Then, he had "Ibn Abdullah" (son of Abdullah)" written instead of it.

It is possible to understand how seriously the Prophet wanted peace and how hard he tried to eliminate the barriers on the way to peace from those examples.