The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
Sunnah Hudaybiya
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future. It is this reality, which has been pointed out
in the Qur’an in these words:
God knew what you did not know (48:27)
At its beginning, the Hudaybiya peace treaty
appeared to mean nothing but surrender and
humiliation. But God saw it from the point of view
of its practical result in the future. That is why the
Qur’an called it a clear victory. “The well known
taabii,
a disciple of the companions, Ibn Shihab Az
Zuhri says:
‘‘Never before in Islam had there been such a great
victory before Hudaybiya. Whenever Muslims and
non-Muslims met one another, before Hudaybiya
they came to the point of confrontation. But when
peace prevailed and war was stopped under the
treaty, people became safe from one another. In this
peaceful atmosphere, they interacted with one
another and began exchanging their thoughts. Then
whoever had an occasion to hear about Islam, and
had sound judgement, entered its fold. After the
peace treaty, within a period of two years, as many
people or even more accepted Islam as had done so
before, only over a much longer period of time.”
