The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 155
IV - Treaty of Ḥudaibiyyah & its Magnificent Outcomes 155 who were well-informed of all the circumstances. Moreover, the complete details of the conditions of the agreement and their complete background was also before their eyes. Hence, if the Quraish of Makkah who were the involved party in this agreement, did not object to this action of the Holy Prophet sa , and did not consider it to be against the agreement, then how can those people who came 1300 years later, to whom many finer details were hidden, and were not fully informed as to the background of this agreement, have the right to raise an allegation? This is totally illogical that those to whom this entire account occurred, deemed it to be right at the time and remained silent, whereas those who came 1300 years later, made a huge fuss. After all, what is the reason that the Qur’ān, Aḥādīth and the history of Arabia is replete of allegations which the infidels of Makkah and the other infidels of Arabia would level against the Holy Prophet sa and Islām, but there is not even the slightest hint of an allegation being raised that the Muslims acted against the Treaty of Ḥudaibiyyah. Additionally, it is proven by the most authentic testimony that after the Treaty of Ḥudaibiyyah, when the Holy Prophet sent a letter to the Caesar of Rome inviting him to Islām, it so happened that Abū Sufyān bin Ḥarb, the chieftain of Makkah, was also in Syria. Heraclius, the King of Rome, summoned him to his royal court and asked him certain questions about the Holy Prophet sa. Among them was also the question, “Has this claimant to prophethood from your people ever broken an agreement?” In response to this question, the words uttered by Abū Sufyān who at the time was the chief of the disbelievers and was the most vehement of the enemies of Islām were: ُأدْخِل ُ فِيهَا ا ٌ لَا وَنَحْن ُ مِنْه ُ فِی ْ مُدَّة ٍ لَا نَدْرِی ْ مَا هُو َ فَاعِل ٌ فِيهَا قَال َ وَلَم ْ تُمْكِنِّی ْ كَلِمَة ِ شَيْئًا غَيْر ُ هَذِه ِ الْكَلِمَة “Nay, Muḥammad sa has never proven treacherous in the matter of his covenants. However, in these days, we are at a truce with him, but I do not know how he shall deal until the conclusion of this agreement. Abū Sufyān said that throughout the entire course of this dialogue, except for this phrase, he could say nothing more to produce a possible doubt in the heart of Heraclius against the Holy Prophet sa. ” 1 1 Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābu Bad'il-Wahyi, Bābu Kayfa Kana Bad'ul Wahyi Ila Rasulillahisa, Ḥadīth No. 7