مجالس شهر رمضان
Day Nineteen:
From the Opening of Makkah
Sheikh Muhammad bin Saleh Al-Uthaymeen
My brothers: Just like the Battle of Badr took place in this month, so did the opening of Makkah. Which took place in the 8th year of Hijrah. Allah got rid of shirk by giving the Muslims victory in the city, and made it an Islamic city.
These are the events that led to the opening of Makkah:
After the Treaty of Hudabiyah was completed, whoever wanted to enter in agreement with the Prophet (saw) could, and whoever wanted to enter in agreement with Quraysh could. So Khuza’a entered in agreement with the Prophet (saw), and Banu Bakr entered in agreement with Quraysh. These two tribes had conflict between each other during the time of ignorance. Banu Bakr attacked Khuza’a, and Quraysh was secretly providing them weapons and men. The Prophet (saw) was told about this, and Quraysh found out and realized that this broke the treaty. They sent Abu Sufyan to try to convince the Prophet (saw) to keep the treaty but the Prophet (saw) would not even respond to him, he then tried speaking to Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, they did not respond either, he then spoke to ‘Ali who at first didn’t speak to him but finally said, “I do not think that anything can help you now. You are the chief of Banu Kinana, so get up and try to restore peace”.
He asked, “Do you think it would do any good?”
“By God, I do not,” replied Ali, “but there is nothing else you can do.”
He then returned to Makkah and told Quraysh what had happned and how he made peace between the people, they asked him if Muhammad (saw) approved of him to make peace, and he replied “no“, so they said, “Woe to you, they made a fool of you.”
The Prophet (saw) ordered his companions to prepare for war, and he made dua for Allah to take away the information and seeing from Quraysh so that they will not know the Muslims are coming until they reach Makkah.
On the way to Makkah, they came across Al-Abbas who had his family with him, and he was making Hijrah as a muslim to Madinah. They also came across Abu Sufyan ibn alHarith as well as Abdullah Bin Abu Umayah who was one of the staunchest enemies of Islam, and they both became Muslim.
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