The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
Sunnah Hudaybiya
~ 154 ~
The Muslims of present times have waged
jihad
with other nations for more than a hundred years.
They have received nothing in return save death
and destruction. Now the demand of
sunnah
of the
Prophet is to put all such confrontations to an end
unilaterally, and engage all our efforts in the
positive construction of Islam and Muslims. There
is simply no other path to success for present-day
Muslims.
The Hudaybiya principle is not jut a
sunnah
in the
simple sense of the word. Rather it is an eternal law
of nature. If this law were to be put into practice not
only by Muslims but also by non-Muslim nations,
they would reap the same benefits in their
respective fields.
One example of this is provided by modern Japan.
By the time of the Second World War Japan was of
the view that it could fulfill its national goals by
means of military action. But it suffered a severe
defeat in this war. Its economy was destroyed. After
the war, a new thinking surfaced amongst the
Japanese. Removing themselves from the field of
war and confrontation they centered all their efforts
