Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

168 7HE LlVES OF THE SAHABAH (Vol-I)
The Incident of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
The Qgraysh Prevent Rasulullaah @8@ from
Visiting the Kabah
Hadhrat Miswar bin Makhrama %$!3&% narrates that when Rasulullaah @%@ left
,Madinah on the occasion of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, he said to the Sahabah
'- when they had reached a particular place, "Khaalid bin Waleed and a
group of horsemen have arrived at a place called Umaym to gather intelligence.
Therefore, alter your course towards the right." Hadhrat Miswar swears
by Allaah that Khqalid bin Waleed did not notice them until (the Muslims were
almost on top of him) and he saw their dust fly. He then hastily returned to warn
the Quraysh.
Rasulullaah continued riding until he reached a valley that fell on the road
to Makkah. It was there that his camel sat down. The camel's name was Qaswa.
(According to their custom) When the Sahabah @%%!% shouted, "Hal! Hal!" (to
get her moving), she refused to budge. The Sahabah EW&Zi started saying,
"Qaswa has become stubborn! Qaswa has become stubborn!" Rasulullaah
pointed out to them that she was not being stubborn for she normally never
behaved in this manner. He then added, "The Being that stopped the people of
the elephants from entering Maklcah has stopped her as well." Thereafter,
Rasulullaah @%% commented, "I swear by the Being in Whose control is my life
that I shall grant the Kuffaar any request they make as long as it sanctifies those
things that Allaah has made sacred."
Rasulullaah @%% then scolded his camel and she stood up again. He moved away
from the road and settled at the end of the valley of Hudaybiyyah where there
was a spring. The spring contained so little water that the Sahabah i4BWi%-could
only draw very little. They were hardly there long when all the water was
finished. When the Sahabah 'E@iW complained about this to Rasulullaah m,
he took out an arrow from his quiver and instructed them to fix it at the spring
(which they did). Hadhrat Miswar 3&%!& says, "By Allaah, the water of the
spring then gushed forth for the Sahabah i4BM&G until they left the place."
Budayl's Meeting with Rasulullaah @%$!
While the Muslims were camped at Hudaybiyyah, ~udayl bin Warqa Khuzaa'ee
arrived with a group of his tribesmen from the Banu Khuzaa'a. This was the tribe
who were well-wishers of the Muslims from the people of Tihaama. This tribe
was from the Tihaamah region and was the friendliest tribe of the region towards
the Muslims. He told Rasulullaah that they had just passed by the tribes of
Aamir bin Luway and Ka'b bin Luway, who were camped at some'of the springs
of Hudaybiyyah. They informed Rasulullaah that these tribes were ready to
engage in battle with the Muslims and prevent xhem from coming to the Kabah.
the trait that his self-control ..." The rest of the incident is as mentioned above. Abu Nu'aym has
also quoted the narration in Dalaa'il(Pg.23).