The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 145
IV - Treaty of Ḥudaibiyyah & its Magnificent Outcomes 145 motionaless at the time. 1 Return from Ḥudaibiyyah & Revelation of Sūrah Al-Fatḥ After making his sacrifice, the Holy Prophet sa ordered the return to Madīnah. At the time, it had been a little under 20 days since the Holy Prophet sa had arrived in Ḥudaibiyyah. During his return journey, when the Holy Prophet sa reached Kirā‘ul-Ghamīm near ‘Usfān and it was night, the Holy Prophet sa made an announcement and gathered all the companions. He said, “This night, a Sūrah has been revealed to me, and it is more dear to me than all the things of this world. ” It is as follows: ُ تَاَخَّر َ وَيُتِم َّ نِعْمَتَه ذَنبِك َ وَمَا تَقَدَّم َ مِن لِّيَغْفِر َ لَك َ اهلل ُ مَا مُّبِينًا لَك َ فَتْحًا فَتَحْنَا اِنَّا ُ لَّقَد ْ صَدَق َ اهلل. . . عَلَيْك َ وَيَهْدِيَك َ صِرَاطًا مُّسْتَقِيمًا وَيَنصُرَك َ اهلل ُ نَصْرًا عَزِيزًا ْ وسَكُم ُ ء ُ اهللُ آمِنِينَ مُحَلِّقِينَ ر َ ء شَا بِالْحَقِّ لَتَدْخُلُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ اِن رَسُولَهُ الرُّؤْيَا قَرِيبًا دُونِ ذٰلِكَ فَتْحًا فَجَعَلَ مِن لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا تَخَافُونَ فَعَلِمَ مَا وَمُقَصِّرِينَ لَا “O Messenger, we have indeed given thee a magnificent victory, so that we may begin for you an era, wherein the veil of forgiveness shall cover up thy shortcomings, past and future, and that He may complete His favour upon thee and may guide thee on the straight path of success. And indeed, Allāh shall help thee with a mighty help. . . The truth is that God indeed fulfilled the vision for His Messenger. For now, God Willing, you shall enter the sacred house in a state of security, some of you having their heads shaven and others having their hair cut short, and you shall have no fear. ” In other words, if you were to have entered Makkah this year it would not have been an entry of security, it would have been an entry of war and bloodshed. However, in the vision, God 1 On this occasion, a majority of the companions shaved their heads, but some of them sufficed at merely trimming them. The Holy Prophet sa prayed thrice for those who shaved their heads. The people inquired, “O Messenger of Allāh, thou hast prayed thrice for those who shaved their heads and utter words of prayer for those who trimmed their hair only once. Why is this?” The Holy Prophet sa said, “The reason for this is because those who shaved their heads were amongst those who did not fall to doubt at that time. But as for those who only cut their hair short, they fell to doubt. * 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)