Muhammad once dreamt that he entered the Ka’aba with The Sahaba and performed Umrah(off seasonal Haj). So he prepared and took 1400 Sahaba and appointed Abdullah bin Umme Maktum his Caliph at Medina. He also took 70 camels for sacrifice.

Bashar bin Safyan met Muhammad and told him that The Meccans had heard about this and had appointed Khalid bin Waleed as their chief. They had also vowed not to leave a single Muslim alive.

Muhammad halted at Hudaibiya and said that they did not want to fight the Quraish, but wanted to perform Umrah.# [ ]

“Arwah reported to the Quraish that the Muslims held his prophet in such a high esteem that he had never seen before…When he (Sal’am) starts talking his companions keep mum and forget their existence and rush for Wudu water in a manner that it looked as if they would fight for that. It is better therefore not to fight with them. Each of them thinks himse4lf fortunate when he dies.”  [ ]

#Muhammad sent Uthman to The Quraish to explain that they wanted to perform ‘Umrah’. They responded that they would not let Muhammad go alive if he came to performed Umrah. They also said that Uthman was welcome to perform Umrah. He refused in the absence of Muhammad and so they became angry and took Uthman captive.# [ ]

“The Holy Prophet(Sal’am) became very sad and administered an oath of allegiance under a tree that either they would kill the Quraish or sacrifice their own lives in the cause. Allah the Almighty praised those youths in the Holy Quran that Allah became pleased with them when they were taking oath of allegiance” [ ]

#When the Quraish learned of this renewal of the oath of allegiance, they sent Suhail bin Umar to sign a  peace treaty.

After a war in words a treaty was ordered to be prepared.# [ ]

“The Holy Prophet(Sal’am) asked Hazrat Ali(R.A.) to write’Bismillahir rehma-nir Rahim’ first.

Suhail argued that they would not accept the word’Rahman’ and they never called Allah’ with that name and so they should write’Beimeka Allahumma’. Though the Sahaba would not accept the condition, but Hazrat(Sal’am) agreed that they could write in that manner as well.

Now Hazrat(sal’am) asked Ali to write ‘haza-ma gaza alaihe Mohammadur-rasoolullahe Sallallaho alaihe wa Sallam’.

Suhail objected to this phraseology too and argued that had they accepted the prophet hood, there would have been no conflict between them. The holy Prophet(Sal’am) said that he was certainly Mohammad Rasoolullah  and Mohammad bin Abdullah and O’Ali rub off the word ‘Rasoolullah’. Hazrat Ali vowed not to obliterate the word but hazrat rubbed that word off.” [ ]

#The conditions of the treaty were as follow:

 

Muhammad should go back to Medina with his army that year and perform Umrah the next year.
When they performed Umrah they needed to leave their swords in their cases, and they could only stay in Mecca for three days.
They were not to fight for ten years.
The Meccans were free to move anywhere.
If any companions of Muhammad entered their territory, they will not return, but if they entered their territory by mistake, their men would need to be returned.
These were very hard conditions for the Sahaba to accept. When the treaty was signed, Muhammad asked the people to sacrifice their animals and shave their heads. He asked them three times, but nobody reacted.

His consort Umme Salmah advised him to shave his own head and sacrifice his own animal and that the Sahaba would see it and follow his example. It happened so.#[ ]
Qissasul Anbiya, Stories of the prophets, Badr Azimimabadi,1996 pg 151

Qissasul Anbiya, Stories of the holy prophets, Badr Azimimabadi,1996 pg 151

Qissasul Anbiya, Stories of the holy prophets, Badr Azimimabadi,1996 pg 152

Qissasul Anbiya, Stories of the holy Prophets, Badr Azimabadi,1996 Pg150-151

 
Qissasul Anbiya, Stories of the holy Prophets, Badr Azimabadi,1996 Pg151

 
Qissasul Anbiya, Stories of the holy Prophets, Badr Azimabadi,1996 Pg151

 
Qissasul Anbiya, Stories of the holy Prophets, Badr Azimabadi,1996 Pg152