Abu Abd Allah -asws (our 6 th Imam -asws ) has said...

Abu Abd Allah -asws (our 6 th Imam -asws ) has said; ‘The Rasool-Allah -saww marched (with his -saww companions) towards Al- Hudaybiyya during the Month of Zeeqad (11 th Islamic month). When the Rasool Allah -saww ended up at the place in which Ihram (for Hajj) had to be worn, they did so and they wore their weapons as well. When this news reached the ‘ Mushriqeen ’, they sent Khalid Bin Waleed to Rasool Allah -saww to block his -saww way.

So, the Rasool Allah -saww adopted a different route and the caravan ended up at Al-Uqba. There were 1800 Muslims. When they descended to Al- Hudaybiyya , there was a woman who had her son with her. Out of fear, her son ran away. When she established that it was the Rasool Allah -saww , she screamed, ‘These are kind people, there is no reason for you to worry’. The Rasool Allah -saww came up to her and asked her to draw a bucket of water- he -saww drank the water and washed his -saww face.

She took the remaining water and returned it back in the well. That well still has water in it even now. Rasool Allah -saww came out (to the caravan), and the polytheists ( Mushriqeen) sent two chiefs with some horsemen to him -saww . They saw the animals being prepared for sacrifice (for after Hajj). They did not face Rasool Allah -saww but returned and told Abu Sufyan of the Mushriqeen ‘By Allah -azwj , it is not how we wanted, but the Muslims will be allowed to perform Hajj.

Abu Sufyan said, ‘Keep quiet until we talk to Mohammed -saww ’. So, they sent Urwat Bin Masoud to him -saww and he said, ‘O Mohammed -saww , why have you ‑saww come?’ He -saww said: ‘I -saww have come to perform the Tawaf of the House (Kabah), and to perform Sa’ee between Al-Safa and Al-Marwa, and to sacrifice this camel and leave its meat for you’. He said, ‘I swear by al-laat and al-uzza [27] , a person like you -saww should not be sent back from what he has come for.

So, he returned to Abu Sufyan and his companions and said ‘No, by Allah -azwj , a person like Mohammed -saww should not be turned back from what he has come for’. Then the Mushriqeen sent Suhail Bin Amro and Huweytab Bin Abdul Uzza to him -saww . Rasool Allah -saww commanded for the sacrificial animals to be spread out in front of their eyes.

He said, ‘Why have you -saww come here?’ He -saww said: ‘For Tawaf of the House, and the Sa’ee between Al-Safa and Al-Marwa, and to sacrifice the animals and leave their meat for you’.