Treaty of Hudaybiyya — advising the Prophet at the sacrifice

غزوة الحديبية — advising the Prophet at the sacrifice

In the Hudaybiyya chapter Umm Salama recounts urging the Prophet ﷺ to slaughter his own offering so the Quraysh would imitate him; he rose, took the spear and slaughtered it crying Allahu akbar, and she remarks the Quraysh only did likewise after seeing him. The chapter also covers the besieged Uthman and Safiyya bint Huyayy (may God be pleased with her)'s entry to the Prophet.

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«فقلت: يا رسول الله، انطلق أنت إلى هديك فانحره، فإنهم سيقتدون بك»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Mentions: Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)· Safiyya bint Huyayy· Muhammad· Hudaybiyya· The Treaty of Hudaybiyya

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Muhammad· The Conquest of Khaybar· Ahl al-Bayt· The Conquest of Mecca — the Prophet's entry and his household· Mecca· Medina· Mawkib al-Nour (Procession of Light) programme· Muktatafat min al-Sira (lecture series)

Sources

Kitab al-Maghazi by al-Waqidi — al-Maktaba al-Shamila digital text of the Marsden Jones edition (Oxford 1966)

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Muhammad

The Prophet of Islam (c. 570–632 CE), through whom Muslims believe the Qur'an was revealed, and the founder of the first Muslim community in Medina. The Encyclopaedia of Islam presents him both as the Messenger of God of Muslim faith, fully human, and as a historical figure, tracing his emigration to Medina in 622, the truce of al-Hudaybiya and the entry into Mecca, and it leaves the year of his birth open. It gives his death as a Monday in 632.