They saw the animals being prepared for sacrifice (for after Hajj).

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 to sacrifice this camel and leave its meat for you’. He said, ‘I swear by al-laat and al-uzza [1] , 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 . 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!’ Rasool Allah -saww refused those two. 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’. Suhail (of the Mushriqeen ) said, ‘I don’t know what the Beneficent, the Merciful is, we do not say that, write like us and say ‘By Your -azwj Name, our Allah -azwj ’. He -saww said; ‘And write– This has been agreed upon by the Rasool Allah -saww and Suhail Bin Amro’.

But Suhail said, ‘What are we fighting you -saww for, O Muhammad -saww ? We do not believe you to be the Rasool Allah -saww ’ So he -saww said; ‘I -saww am the Rasool of Allah -azwj and I -saww am Muhammad bin AbdAllah -saww ’.