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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books History of Islam The Prophet’s Prediction After reaching an agreement over the principles of truce, Imam `Ali wrote down the written form of the truce beginning with, ‘bismillahir-rahmanir-rahim (In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful)’. The representative of Quraysh objected to this statement and to the title of ‘rasul allah (the Messenger of God)’ given to the Holy Prophet. It took them a long time to settle this dispute.

Finally, the Holy Prophet consented to it after realizing its benefits. While Imam `Ali was erasing the statement, the Holy Prophet foretold him, “One day, this will happen to you and you will have to accept.”[^257] This prediction came true when Imam `Ali had to erase the title of ‘amir al-mu'minin (the Commander of the Believers)’ during the truce he had to sign with Mu`awiyah immediately after the Battle of siffin.[^258] Bearings of the Hudaybiyah Truce Because they could not foresee the results, Muslims regarded this truce as loss.[^259] Some of them insisted on the Holy Prophet not to sign it.[^260] However, he predicted that this truce would carry numerous political and social benefits for Muslims some of which were the following: (1) The enemy recognized Muslims and their creed through signing the truce.

Before that, the unbelievers had never confessed Islam as an independent religion. Moreover, they always worked and wished for destroying this religion. (2) The invulnerable wall between Muslims was broken by this truce. Due to opening a free passage between Mecca and Medina and the communications between the two parties, many unbelievers became Muslims after they had listened to the reasoning of Islam.

The number of converts was more than the number of Muslims up to that point.[^261] It is worth noting that the Holy Prophet’s followers during this journey numbered no more than 1800, but two years later and during the conquest of Mecca, the number was more than ten thousand.

Considering this favorable situation for Muslims, Imam al-sadiq says, “Two years after the Hudaybiyah Truce, Islam was almost the prevailing religion of Mecca.”[^262] (3) Before the Hudaybiyah Truce, the enmity and aggressions of Quraysh had not given a chance to the Holy Prophet to propagate his ideology inside and out side the Arabian Peninsula. After that, the Holy Prophet could liquidate the surroundings of Medina and dispatch several missionaries to different territories.