There were 1800 Muslims.

There were 1800 Muslims. When they descended to Al- Hudaybiya , 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. The Rasool-Allah -saww came out (to caravan), and the 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 Muhammad -saww ’.

So, they sent Urwat Bin Masoud to him -saww and he said, ‘O Muhammad -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 sacrifice this camel and leave its meat for you’. He said, ‘I swear by al-laat and al-uzza [4] , 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 Muhammad -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 . The 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’. (They said) by doing so you will enter into our city without our permission and make enemies!’ The Rasool-Allah -saww refused those two. The Rasool-Allah -saww then sent Usman Bin Affan to talk to them and get permission to enter (Makkah). But Usman went and returned (without any success).

(At that), to avoid conflict, the Rasool-Allah -saww decided to establish an agreement with the Mushriqeen through a treaty. He -saww said to Ali -asws : ‘Write – In the Name of Allah -azwj , the Beneficent, the Merciful’.