The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Power of Peace
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2.
When the Makkan leaders wanted to wage war
against him, the Prophet, declining to retaliate,
quietly migrated to Madinah.
Hijrah,
in its nature is without doubt an example
of non-violent activism. This peaceful strategy
enabled the Prophet and his migrant
companions, about 200 in number, to build a
powerful centre of Islam in Madinah. If the
Prophet had opted for the way of armed
confrontation instead of peaceful migration,
perhaps the history of Islam would have begun
and ended in Makkah.
3.
After the emigration, the Prophet’s antagonists
waged war unilaterally. The outcome was the
bloody pitched battles at Badr and Uhud. At
that moment, the Prophet again negotiated a
10-year peace treaty by accepting all the
conditions of the enemy. This pact is known in
the history of Islam as the Hudaybiya peace
treaty. This event is called a ‘clear victory’ in
the Qur’an (48:1). It was this peace pact, which
paved the way for that peaceful constructive
activity which finally made possible the
