282 (2) Ibid 114 (190) وَقَاتِلُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ...
282 (2) Ibid 114 (190) وَقَاتِلُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ وَلاَ تَعْتَدُواْ إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يُحِبِّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ " And fight in the cause of Allah (against) those who fight you, but be not aggressive, for surely Allah loves not the aggressors." Occasion of Revelation: It is narrated by Ibn-'Abbas that this verse was revealed about the ' Peace of Hudaibiyah '.
The incident was in this manner that the holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) started on a journey to go to Mecca for 'Umrah accompanied by 1400 people out of his companions. When they arrived Hudaibiyah, (a land near Mecca) , pagans hindered them from entering into Mecca and doing the sacred rites of the 'Umrah.
After a lot of debates and discussions, they agreed with the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) that Muslims would go to Mecca the following year when the pagans would empty the City for them to circumambulate the Sacred House for three days. The next year, when they set out towards Mecca, they were scared that the pagans might not be loyal to their promise and prohibit them,…
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