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case of the Hudaybiyah Treaty. This agreement was
signed between the Prophet and his Makkan opponents.
The treaty unilaterally favoured the Makkans. But the
Prophet Muhammad still signed on the agreement
only to secure a ten-year no war pact. At that time,
the Makkan opponents were determined to engage
Muslims in fighting and to further the provocation,
when the Hudaybiyah Agreement was being written,
the Prophet dictated a final sign off as follows: “This is
from Muhammad, the Messenger of God.” The Makkan
delegate raised objections over these words. The Prophet
promptly changed the wording and ordered his scribe
to write simply “Muhammad, son of Abdullah”. He did
this in order to avoid any form of confrontation. The
Prophet was an extremely peace-loving person and the
term ‘confrontation’ was not in his dictionary. He wanted
to establish peace at any cost.

A third example, is when the Prophet marched into
Makkah with his followers.

A Companion of the Prophet said: “Today
is a day of revenge”. At this, the Prophet
replied: “No, today is a day of mercy”.
(Kanz al-Ummal, hadith no. 30173)

Historians acknowledge that Makkah was conquered
without any bloodshed.

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