al-Watir
الوتير
A watering place of Khuza'a in lower Mecca where Banu al-Dil of Banu Bakr made the night attack that broke the Hudaybiyya truce.
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- Region
- Arabia
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Summary
A water of Khuza'a in lower Mecca; at it Banu al-Dil of Banu Bakr ambushed Khuza'a by night during the Hudaybiyya truce — the breach upon which the conquest of Mecca followed 1.
The location
For young visitors
A water-well in lower Mecca near which safe people were attacked by night in truce-time — and from that night the road to the conquest began.
Connections
- Site of
- The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-Watir
- Located in
- Mecca
People and things also explored
The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-WatirThe Treaty of Hudaybiyyaal-Ji'ranaDhu TuwaMarr al-ZahranMeccaDar al-Nadwa
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/31-32
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/31
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Watir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-watir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.