The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Life of the Prophet
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reached which came to be known as the Treaty of
Hudaybiya. In this, the Prophet of Islam unilaterally
accepted all the conditions of the Makkan leaders.
However, at the Prophet’s suggestion a clause was
included in it, specifying that for the next ten years
no war would take place between Muslims and the
Makkans, directly or indirectly. After the
finalization of this document the Prophet left
Hudaybiya for Madinah.
The danger of war taking place at any time was
thus precluded, and now that peace prevailed, the
Prophet set about the strengthening of
dawah
work.
One task in this connection entailed the sending of
dawah
letters to the rulers and kings whose
kingdoms lay around the borders of Arabia, for
instance, to the rulers respectively of Syria and
Egypt.
The Prophet’s companions were sent to deliver a
dawah
letter to each of these rulers, only one of
whom showed any adverse reaction to its receipt,
namely, the King of Persia. He considered it
beneath his dignity to accept such a letter, so he tore
it apart. When the Prophet received this news, he
