The Treaty of Hudaybiyya
صلح الحديبية
c. March 628 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 6 AH
In Dhu al-Qa'da 6 AH (March 628 CE), the Prophet marched towards Mecca with 1,400 companions for Umrah; halted at al-Hudaybiyya by Quraysh, negotiations through Suhayl ibn Amr produced a historic ten-year peace treaty described in the Qur'an as a 'Manifest Victory'.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Laws of war and peacePeace-making and coexistence
Opinions on the question
The question: What is the value and outcome of the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyya in the view of Sunni scholars and historians?
First opinion · Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Main reference
More opinions (1)
Academic viewSecondary opinion
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu Basir (Utba ibn Usayd)Abu Jandal ibn SuhaylKhalid ibn al-WalidSuhayl ibn AmrUmar ibn al-KhattabUmm Kulthum bint UqbaUmm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)Urwa ibn Mas'ud al-ThaqafiUthman ibn AffanUthman ibn TalhaMuhammadAli ibn Abi TalibQuraysh
- Signed by
- Suhayl ibn Amr
- Led to
- The Conquest of KhaybarThe Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-WatirThe Letters to Rulers and KingsThe Fulfilled Umrah (Umrat al-Qada)
- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
- Caused by
- The Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)
- Revealed in
- Qur'an 48:1Qur'an 48:24
People and things also explored
MeccaMuhammadThe Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)QurayshThe HijraThe Battle of BadrMedinaThe three years of the secret call
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Treaty of Hudaybiyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/treaty-of-hudaybiyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.