Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 237
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 237 Makkah, was being taken back to Makkah by the non-believers. On the way back he succeeded in killing his captors and escaping. Ab u Ba si r ra did not return to Mad i nah, instead he set up a camp on the sea shore. Other Muslims escaping from Makkah started to gather at that place and being a large group of people, became a source of danger for the Makkans. Thus the Makkans themselves were compelled to abandon this condition of the treaty. Suhail bin ‘Umar as the representative of the Quraish had signed the treaty of H udaibiyah with the Muslims. This agreement guaranteed peace between Muslims and Quraish for the next ten years. According to this agreement, Ban u Bakr allied with the Quraish and Ban u Khuz a ‘ah with the Muslims, and an attack on the ally was to be considered as an attack on the party itself. Help the Friend and Fulfilment of Promises During this period of peace, the Muslim successes enraged the Makkans and they tried to dissolve the treaty. A group of Quraish conspired with Ban u Bakr tribe and on a dark night, attacked Ban u Khuz a ‘ah, an ally of the Muslims. The people of Ban u Khuz a ‘ah took refuge in the Ka‘bah. Even then twenty three of their men were killed mercilessly. When Ab u Sufy a n came to know about it, he declared it a