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Al-Hudaibiyah Truce marked a new phase in the
process of Islamic action and life of the Muslims. Quraish, a bitter enemy of Islam, now
withdraws from the war arena and embraces a peaceful settlement with the Muslims, thus the
third support of a tripartite enemy (Quraish, Ghatfan and the Jews) is broken, and being
the holder of the banner of paganism in Arabia, the other pagans’ aggressive feelings
towards Islam considerably subsided. Ghatfan Tribe no longer constituted any remarkable
threat, and their provocative deeds were mainly Jewish-instigated actions. The Jews, after
being banished from Madinah, resorted to Khaibar to change it into a hot bed of intrigues
against the Prophet [pbuh]. There, they used to hatch their plots, ignite the fire of
dissension and allure the Arabs living in the vicinity of Madinah to join them with the
aim of exterminating the new Islamic state, or at least inflict heavy losses on the
Muslims. The Prophet [pbuh] , not heedless of their devilish schemes, placed a decisive
war with them as a first priority on his agenda shortly after the endorsement of the
above-mentioned treaty. The treaty of Hudaibiyah allowed the Muslims to intensify their
Islamic career and double up their ceaseless efforts in propagating their Da‘wah,
and consequently give this sort of action preponderance over the military activities.
Hence, we deem it imperative to divide this post-treaty stage into two sections:
- Ceaseless peaceful efforts in propagating the Islamic Da‘wah
(Call) and initiating a sort of correspondence with kings and princes of the neighbouring
political entities.
- Military activities.
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