\n You will never find a replacement in the Sunnah of Allah ...

\n You will never find a replacement in the Sunnah of Allah , and you will never find an alteration in the Sunnah of Allah [35:43] \n Coming back to our main topic \u2018Pledge under the tree\u2019 at Hudaybiya (for details on Hudaybiya treaty some Ahadith are given in Appendix II), a similar situation to that of Bani Israel was also faced by the Muslims who pledge under the tree.

\u00a0Some of them, after pledging allegiance, retracted and demonstrated their disbelief, including some of those who are very well revered by Sunni Muslims.\u00a0 It is reported in many accounts of Sunni Ahadith books, (e.g., footnote 5). [5] \n For example, Umar ibn al-Khattab, a few hours after pledging his support at Hudaybiya , was reluctant to accept the terms of the treaty as ratified by Rasool-Allah -saww and he tried to intervene by saying: “Are you not truly the Prophet of Allah?

5 Did you not tell us that we will perform the Hajj? And he continued to be doubtful, even after Rasool-Allah -saww clarified Umar\u2019s reservations about the treaty. \u00a0But, totally unimpressed, he approached Abu Bakr and repeated his opposition to the terms of the treaty which Prophet -saww was going to sign and kept on advocating his point of view against that of Rasool-Allah -saww !

\n Umar ibn al-Khattab was not the exception, there were many companions holding similar views at Hudaybiya , demonstrating their reluctance, to the command of Rasool-Allah -saww , as reflected in their lack of response in commencing with the ritual of slaughtering the animals (as in Hajj rituals), and for that Rasool-Allah -saww had to ask them repeatedly, “Go and sacrifice and shave your heads.” Nobody heed to his -saww orders even when they were asked several times.\u00a0 This was, just after a few hours from their pledge under the tree.

The disobedience to Rasool-Allah -saww continued by some from the same group of Muslims as another striking example is when Rasool-Allah -saww asked them to join the army headed by Usama bin Zayd, to which they never joined, even after repeated requests from Rasool-Allah -saww .

\n After the passing away of Rasool-Allah -saww , some companions (who pleaded allegiance under the tree) continued to differ, resulting in their rejecting some of them, fighting of them in the battle fields, and dividing Muslim Nations in many sects due to their actions and changing of the Sunnah of Rasool-Allah -saww .