Hudaybiyya Peace Treaty: Difference between revisions

After a while, it was disclosed that 'Uthman was not killed and was actually captured in Mecca. Quraysh sent a representative to Muslims to sign a peace treaty with them according to which, Muslims return to Medina without visiting the Ka'ba in that year and the next year they come to Mecca so that Meccans would not be criticized by other Arabs. This representative was Suheyl b. 'Amr. Upon seeing him, the Prophet (s) said, "By sending this man, Quraysh wants peace."

After the agreement between the two parties on the release of the captured ones, the Prophet (s) and the representative of Quraysh signed a peace treaty. Since the Prophet (s) knew about the benefits of this peace treaty, he (s) showed a great tolerance, one example of which was accepting the request of Suheyl b. 'Amr for omitting "Bism-illah al-Rahman al-Rahim" ["In the Name of God, the All Compassionate, the Most Merciful"] from the beginning of the letter and instead writing "Bismik Allahumma" [In Your Name, O God"] and also omitting the title of "Rasul-Allah" ["Messenger of God"] after the name of the Prophet (s) and instead writing Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah.