The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 143
IV - Treaty of Ḥudaibiyyah & its Magnificent Outcomes 143 Two copies 1 of this agreement were transcribed and as witnesses, many esteemed people put down their signatures. From the Muslims were Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra , Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra , 2 Ḥaḍrat ‘Uthmān ra (who had returned from Makkah by that time), ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin ‘Auf ra , Sa‘d bin Abī Waqqās ra and Abū ‘Ubaidah ra. 3 After the agreement had been concluded, Suhail bin ‘Amr took one copy of the agreement and returned to Makkah, while the other copy remained with the Holy Prophet sa. 4 Anxiety Amongst the Companions When Suhail returned, the Holy Prophet sa said to the Muslims, “Get up and after slaughtering your animals shave your heads right here (after the sacrifice, the hair on the head is either shaved or cut short), and then prepare for our return. ” However, the companions were in a state of extreme shock, due to what seemed to be an apparently humiliating agreement. Moreover, when they would think that the Holy Prophet sa had brought them there on the basis of a dream of his and Allāh the Exalted had shown a scene of the Ṭawāf of the Baitullāh in that dream, their dispositions began to sink exceedingly. They were like lifeless beings sitting without feeling or movement. They had full faith in the Messenger of Allāh and completely believed in his promise as well, but due to the demands of human nature, their hearts had fainted in grief due to this 1 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 298, Ghazwatu Rasūlillāhi sa Al- Ḥudaibiyyata, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 3, p. 198, Amrul-Ḥudaibiyyah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 Let it be noted that despite his strong difference of opinion, Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra did not at all hesitate in putting down his signature. 3 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 688, Amrul- Ḥudaibiyyati Fī Ākhiri Sanati Sittin/Man Shahidū ‘Alaṣ-Ṣulḥi, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 298, Ghazwatu Rasūlillāhi sa Al- Ḥudaibiyyata, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) (Publishers) 4 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 298, Ghazwatu Rasūlillāhi sa Al- Ḥudaibiyyata, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 132, Dhikrul-Aḥdāthillati Kānat Fī Sanati Sittim-Minal-Hijrah/Dhikrul-Khabari ‘An ‘Umratin-Nabiyyi sa Allati Ṣaddahul-Mushrikūna Fīhā ‘Anil-Bait, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 3, p. 198, Amrul-Ḥudaibiyyah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)