The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 119
IV - Treaty of Ḥudaibiyyah & its Magnificent Outcomes 119 announced to the companions that since this journey was free from any intentions of violent confrontation, rather, it was merely for the purpose of performing peaceful religious worship, the Muslims should not take their weapons along with them. Albeit, as per the custom of Arabia, swords could be kept in their sheaths in the manner of a wayfarer. The Holy Prophet sa also encouraged the Bedouin people in the surrounding areas of Madīnah who were apparently with the Muslims, to participate in the performance of the worship of ‘Umrah. Unfortunately, very few, i. e. , except for a nominal number of people, these so called Bedouin Muslims of weak faith, who lived in the close proximity of Madīnah, held back from setting out with the Holy Prophet sa. It was their idea that although the Muslims had no other intentions than that of ‘Umrah , the Quraish would stop the Muslims either way and so a state of confrontation would arise. Furthermore, they thought that since this confrontation would erupt close to Makkah and far from Madīnah, for this reason, no Muslims would be able to return alive. 1 In any case, the Holy Prophet sa departed from Madīnah on a Monday morning in the beginning of Dhū Qa‘dah 6 A. H. with a group of just over 1400 companions. During this journey, Ḥaḍrat Ummi Salmah ra , the honourable wife of the Holy Prophet sa , rode alongside the Holy Prophet sa. Numailah bin ‘Abdullāh was appointed the Amīr of Madīnah and ‘Abdullāh bin Ummi Maktūm who was a blind man, was appointed Imāmuṣ- Ṣalāt. 2 1 * Al-Fatḥ (48:28) * Tafsīrul-Qur’ānil-‘Aẓīm (Tafsīru Ibni Kathīr), By ‘Imāduddīn Abul-Fidā’ Ismā‘īl bin ‘Umar Ibni Kathīr, Volume 6, p. 312, Tafsīru Sūratil-Fatḥ, Under verses 11-12, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (1998) * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 681, Amrul- Ḥudaibiyyati Fī Ākhiri Sanati Sittin, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 2 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 297, Ghazwatu Rasūlillāhi sa Al- Ḥudaibiyyata, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 681, Amrul- Ḥudaibiyyati Fī Ākhiri Sanati Sittin/Wa Dhikri Bai‘atir-Riḍwāni. . . , Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, pp. 123/133, 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. 170/172, Amrul-Ḥudaibiyyah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)