Islam Rediscovered
11. Non-Violence and Islam
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entire energy in
da’wah
work. All the best results
will ensue from this act.
6. The Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon
him, along with about two hundred of his
companions left Makkah when the Makkan
leaders had made it impossible for them to stay
there. The Makkans had even decided to kill the
Prophet. But the first speech the Prophet made
on reaching Madinah had no taste of bitterness,
neither did it contain any mention of vengeance
on or violence against the Quraysh.
On reaching Madinah, first priority was given to the
task of entering into peace treaties with the tribes in
and around Madinah, for instance with the Banu
Khuza‘a, etc. According to their pact neither would
they fight against the Muslims nor would the
Muslims fight against them. Most of the tribes in
Arabia joined in these truce agreements.
But the Quraysh did not desist from aggression,
and even engaged in certain military forays against
the Muslims. Finally, in the sixth year of Hijrah, the
Prophet succeeded in making a peace treaty with
the Quraysh as well at a place called Hudaybiya,
