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Therefore, when the companions said: “The camel is stuck and cannot move any further?” He (PBUHH) said: “No, the camel was not pretending, but the One [i.e., Allah] Who stopped the elephant from reaching Mecca [in the Year of Elephant] has also stopped this camel from moving, and today I will accept any proposal made by Quraysh that is related to the aspect of kinship.” Quraysh had come out of Mecca with a large army.

The Messenger of Allah (PBUHH) said to his Meccan delegates: “We have not come here to fight, but we only intended to perform pilgrimage of the Sacred House of Allah and Umrah.” The noble Prophet (PBUHH) called for Umar and said to him: “Come and go to the Quraysh and explain what we intended by this journey to them and convey our message!” Umar, who feared for his life from Quraysh, explicitly apologized for his inability to do this.

Then the Prophet of Allah (PBUHH) commissioned Uthman to do it. Uthman went to Mecca and delivered the Prophet’s message to the Quraysh.

They replied: “We will not allow Muhammad to come to this city and circumambulate the Ka’aba.” But for you, who have come here, you can get up and circumambulate” Uthman said: “I will not do this before the Prophet of Allah and I will not perform circumambulation (Tawaf) until he (PBUHH) does.” Then, the Quraysh did not let Uthman return to the Prophet and imprisoned him in Mecca. The news reached the Muslims that Uthman had been killed! More agitation was found among Muslims following this news.

The Messenger of Allah (PBUHH) who was sitting under a tree said: “I will not get up from here until my duty with the Quraysh is clarified.” And after that, the Holy Prophet (PBUHH) asked the Muslims to pledge allegiance to defend Islam, and because this pledge was made under a tree, that’s why it was also called “The Pledge of the Tree”. Before the pledge of allegiance was over, another piece of news was received that Uthman was alive and that he was only imprisoned by the polytheists.

After many consultations and discussions, Quraysh sent Suhail ibn Amr to convince the Prophet of Islam in any way he could on their behalf to refrain from performing Umrah and entering Mecca that year, and he should do so the following year. It was very clear that this agreement and reconciliation, no matter how it was, would end up in favour of the Muslims from the political point of view in such a situation because the Muslims had been recognized by the Quraysh without shedding blood.