Sahabah Stories Campaign of Hudeybiah

Hudeybiah were Campaign started 

The campaign of Hudeybiyah took place in 6 A.H. When the Prophet (PBUH) with the large number of Sahabah was going to Mecca with the intention of Umrah. The Qureysh came to know of this and decided to prevent his entry into Mecca. As also decided they they invited the neghibouring tribes of Mecca for help and made large scale prepartions for battle. When the Prophet reached Zulhulaifah he sent a man to bring intelligence about Qureysh. When the Prophet (PBUH) reached Asfan the person returned from Mecca with the information that Qureysh were equipped to the teeth to resist the Prophet's entry into Mecca and that the neghibouring tribes also were by their side. At this the Prophet called the eminent Sahabah in counsel to consider the situation. One proposal was to attack the houses of the tribes who had sent their man to help Qureysh (So that they might leave Qureysh to protect their own homes) and the other was to march straight towards Mecca. Abu Bakr (R-A) said :

"O Prophet of ALLAH ! We have come to perform Umrah. We have no intention of fighting with the Qureysh. Let's go ahead. If they stop us we shall fight, otherwise not."

The Prophet (PBUH) agreed to the proposal of Abu Bakr and decided to march ahead towards Mecca. When he reached Hudeybiyah, Budail-bin-Warqa Khusai met him with a group of people. He said :

"The Qureysh under no circumstances will permit your entry into Mecca. They are already drawn up in a battle array"

At this the Prophet (PBUH) replied :

"We have come to perform Umrah only and have no intention to fight. Frequent battles have already inflicted heavy casualties on Qureysh. If, therefore, they agree, I am prepared to talk for a no-war pact with them so that they do not fight with me and I do not f ight with them. If, however, Qureysh do not see their way to accepting this proposal them by Him who holds my life in His hand, I will fight them till at last either Islam prevails or I am slain."

Budail returned to Qureysh and conveyed to them what the Prophet had told him. But they do not agree with the peace proposal of the Prophet (PBUH). Parleys between the two sides however continued and at one time Urwah-bin-Masood Thaqfi was sent by Qureysh as a plenipotentiary. Urwah had not then accepted Islam. The Prophet (PBUH) talked to him in the same strain as he had done to Budail. Urwah said:

"O Muhammad (PBUH) ! If you want to stay all the Arabs you cannot possibly do so as none before you has ever succeeded in putting an end to all the Arabs. On the coutrary if the Arabs get the upper hand then take from me that these persons round you will disappear in no time leaving you all alone for i don't find any people of high birth among them. In fact they all come from a low stock drawn from all corners."

 Abu Bakr standing close by was infuriated at this outburst and resentfully told Urwah:
"Go and faun upon your goddess Lat! we can by no means flee away and leave the Prophet (PBUH) by himself."
 Urwah :     "Who is he ?"
The Prophet (PBUH) :     "He is Abu Bakr."
Urwah :     "Abu Bakr I am indebted to you for a good turn you have done to me in the past, but for this I would have replied to your abuse."

Urwah then resumed his deliberations with the Prophrt (PBUH) Urwah occasionally touched the beared oof the Prophet (according to the Arab custom) as he talked. Sahabah could not tolerate this. Accordingly, Urwah's own nephew Mughairah-bin-Shaabah (R-A) who was standing near by struck Urwah's hand with the handle of his sword and said:
"Keep your hand away"

Urwah :     "Who is he ?"
The Prophet (PBUH) :     "He is Mughirah."
Urwah : "O, you aggressor ! How dare you maltreat your uncle who is still suffering for your aggression."

(Before Islam Mughirah, Radhiallaho anho, had killed a few persons. Urwah paid the blood money on his behalf. He was referring to this incident.) During his long discourse with the Prophet(PBUH) Urwah had been quietly observing the behaviour of Sahabah towards their master so when he returned to Qureysh he said to them:

"O, Qureysh ! I have been envoy to many big kings. I have seen the courts of the Qaiser, the Chosroes and the Negus. By ALLAH ! Nowhere have I seen people round a sovereign so respectful to him as I found the companions of Muhammad (PBUH) . When Muhammad spits they rush to receive the sputum in their hands before it touches the ground to annoint their faces with it. Before a word escapes his lips all of them run to carry out his wish. When he makes wadhu the fight with one another to collect some drops of the used water before it falls on the ground. If any one fails to get that water he touches the wet hands of the person who had got it and the rubs his own hands on the face. When they speak in his presence they speak in low voice. They do not lift their gaze to look at his face out of respect for him. A hair falling from his head or beared is preserved to get benediction from it and is looked upon as a sacred relic. In short I have never seen any group of people so devoted to their master as I have seen the companions of Muhammad (PBUH) towards him."

At long last Usman (R-A) was commissioned by the Prophet (PBUH) to negotiate with the Qureysh as he, in spite of his conversion ti Islam, Commanded respect with them. When Usman (R-A) hed left for Mecca some of the Sahabah envied Usman's luck in (as they thought) being able to perform Tawaf of the house of ALLAH. The Prophet (PBUH) on the other hand remarked : 

" I don't think he will ever like to do tawaf without me." 

However when Usman (R-A) entered Mecca Abu-bin-Said took him in his protection and said to him : 

"You roam where you like, Nobody can touch you."

Usman (R-A) carried on his negotiations with Abu Sufyan and other chiefs of Mecca on behalf of the Prophet (PBUH) end when he was about to return the Qureysh themselves sain to him : 

" Now when you are here at Mecca you can perform Tawaf before you return." 

He replied : 

"How can it be possible for me when the Prophet (PBUH) has been prevented by you people for entring Mecca."

They rply wes most unpalatable for the Qureysh and they decide to death Usman (R-A) at Mecca. When this news reached the Prophet (PBUH) he took the oath of allegiance from all Sahabah to fight to the last drop of their blood. When Qureysh learnt of this they got frightened and immediately released Usman.

In this story Abu Bakr's insulting Urwah, Mughirah's treatment with his uncle, Sahabah's behaviour towards the Prophet (PBUH) as evidenced by Urwah and Usman's refusing to do Tawaf, speak volumes about the love and devotion of Sahabah for the prophet. The oath of allegiance mentioned in this story is known as BaiatushaJarah (The oath of allegiance beneath the tree) and is mentioned in the Quran (XLVIII : 18).