Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
12. Emigration—From Makkah to Madinah
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blows were enough to break the gate, allowing the
Muslims to enter amidst a hail of arrows and stones.
Four fortresses were captured in this manner. The
rest took fright, opened their gates, and put
themselves at the mercy of the Muslim army.
There remained the Quraysh to be subdued. The
Prophet’s intuition told him to wait until they broke
the treaty before entering into the field of battle
with them. The Prophet knew the negative
sentiments that spurred the Quraysh on in their
fight against the Muslims. Since the former were
motivated by feelings of jealousy, hate, greed and
arrogance, the Prophet realized that they would
stop short of no immoral and unreasonable action
in pursuit of their aims. His estimate proved
correct. In Sha’ban A.H. 8, fighting erupted between
the tribes of Khuza’ah and Banu Bakr. The Banu
Bakr were allied to the Quraysh and the Khuza’ah
to the Muslims. In blatant contradiction of the terms
of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, the Quraysh
provided their allies with clandestine support,
enabling them to attack the Khuza’ah. This incident
occurred just two years after the Treaty of
Hudaybiyyah. During this time the number of
