The conditions that were included in the truce.

The Shaykh : The scribe came to write, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Because this Basmala is the Basmala of the messengers. Allah the Exalted said regarding Sulayman when he corresponded with Bilqis, the Queen of Yemen in Saba: . He conceded, and the reason for his concession was that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived at al-Hudaybiyyah, whenever he directed his camel toward Mecca, it would kneel and refuse to move, but if he directed it backward, it would move. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said, "Qaswa has gone wild," meaning it has become stubborn. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . Look at how the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) defends even the animals; he does not want injustice, nor does he want the animal to be wronged. Qaswa did not go wild, and that is not her nature. Rather, she is gentle, soft, and obedient to her rider. She does not kneel except where he makes her kneel, and she does not rear up except where he makes her rear up. But the One who restrains the elephant restrained her—the elephant that Abrahah sent to Mecca to destroy the Ka'bah with it. So Allah the Exalted restrained it, and the story is well known in Surat al-Fil. The point is, when the scribe wanted to write "In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy" and the representative of Quraysh refused, saying, "Write 'In Your name, O Allah,'" then he said, "Write: ." The representative of Quraysh said, "Do not write 'Messenger of Allah.' If we knew you were the Messenger of Allah, we would not have prevented you." Look, I seek refuge in Allah from arrogance, but write "Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah." So he said, "Write 'Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah.'" Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . Then the truce was concluded with a strange truce: that war between them would be suspended for ten years. This is the first condition. Second: whoever wished to enter the covenant of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) could enter, and whoever wished to enter the covenant of Quraysh could enter. Third: if a Muslim came to Quraysh, they would not return him, but if someone from Quraysh came to the Muslims, they would return him. What do you say about this condition? It is an unjust condition, but the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) committed to it because it involved honoring the sanctities of Allah. Fifth: that he would return from this 'Umrah and not complete the 'Umrah, even though if a polytheist man from the farthest part of Najd had come, Quraysh would have allowed him to enter Mecca, while the Messenger of Allah and his Companions, who are the most deserving of the Sacred Mosque, were prevented. I say, they prevented the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), who is the most deserving of the Sacred Mosque, from it. If a rough Bedouin from the farthest part of Najd had come, they would have allowed him. This fifth condition was that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would return and not complete his 'Umrah, and in the following year he would enter Mecca, but with his swords in their sheaths, and he would not stay in it for more than three days, then he would leave. Pay attention, my brother, the truce was concluded on these terms, and there was a lot of back and forth from the Companions. The one who spoke most strongly about this was 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), who questioned the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this truce and said, "How is it, O Messenger of Allah, that we return? Did you not tell us that we would enter Mecca and circumambulate the House?" He said, "Yes, I used to say that, but did I tell you that you would enter it this year?" He said, "No." He said, "You will come to it and circumambulate it, but in another year." Then they said, "O Messenger of Allah, how can we give them the right to return to us any Muslim who comes from them, while if any of us goes to them, they do not return him to us? How is this?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered his Companions to slaughter their sacrificial animals, to exit their state of ihram, to shave their heads, and to return to Madinah. It seemed that the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), due to the severity of the matter and its impact on their hearts, delayed somewhat, hoping that there would be a reversal of what had happened. It was not their intention to disobey the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but perhaps the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would change his mind. When they hesitated a little, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered upon Umm Salama, one of the Mothers of the Believers. She was a woman of intellect, and she saw that he was angry, so she said: . Glory be to Allah, the people's following of a person's actions is greater than their following of his words. So they exited their state of ihram and returned. It happened that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) kept his covenant. A man from Madinah, a Muslim from Quraysh, had left as a Muslim and came to Madinah. Then he said to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that he had come as a Muslim migrant and did not want to return to Quraysh. Then two men from Quraysh came after him demanding his return to Quraysh. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the man to them. Why? To fulfill the covenant. When they were on their way, Abu Basir said to one of the men, "Show me your sword. How beautiful this sword is, how excellent it is." He began to praise the sword and said, "Give it to me so I can look at it." When he gave it to him, he drew it from its sheath and struck the head of his companion, and his head separated from his body. His Qurayshi companion fled to Madinah, fearing that he would be killed. When he fled to Madinah and reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Basir was behind him. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, Allah has fulfilled His covenant with you. As for the covenant between you and them, you have fulfilled it and delivered me to them. But as for me, Allah has saved me from them, so do not return me to them." (May Allah be pleased with him.) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . Yes. He was amazed by it and said, "It is not a small thing. If he had found someone to support him, he would not have said this word." It had its effect on Abu Basir, and he knew that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would return him to them. So he left Madinah, fleeing, and settled on the seashore, which is the route of Quraysh from Sham to Mecca. You know the need of Quraysh for Sham, for in the summer they do not trade except from Sham to Yemen, and in the summer to Sham. Some of the Muslim men in Mecca heard that Abu Basir was there and that he was ambushing the caravans of Quraysh, and he took whatever came of their caravans. A group gathered with him, and whenever a caravan of Quraysh came, they took it, because the wealth of Quraysh is lawful; they are disbelievers at war, and there is no covenant between them and those who left them. So Quraysh sent to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "Protect us from the evil of this group and return them to Madinah." Abu Basir and those with him returned to Madinah. So this was the fulfillment of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that whoever we returned to them, Allah would make for him a way out and an escape.