Seerah / Treaties
Abu Jandal in chains, and a hard patience
- Date
- Dhul-Qa'dah, 6 AH · established
- Location
- Al-Hudaybiyyah
- People
- Abu Jandal (RA), Suhayl ibn 'Amr, 'Umar (RA)
Al-Miswar and Marwan narrate at length in Sahih al-Bukhari the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah: the she-camel kneeling, the hard terms, Abu Jandal arriving in chains and being returned, the Companions' grief — and how what looked like a loss became an open victory (48:1).
As it was narrated
The story, in the words of those who were there
Read slowly. These are the Companions' own words, from the verified hadith collections.
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنِ الْمِسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ، وَمَرْوَانَ، يُصَدِّقُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا حَدِيثَ صَاحِبِهِ قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم زَمَنَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ، حَتَّى كَانُوا بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِ…
Narrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and Marwan:(whose narrations attest each other) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) set out at the time of Al-Hudaibiya (treaty), and when they proceeded for a distance, he said, "Khalid bin Al-Walid leading the cavalry of Quraish constituting the front of the army, is at a place called Al-Ghamim, so take the way on the right." By Allah, Khalid did not perceive the arrival of the Muslims till the dust arising from the march of the Muslim army reached him, and then he turned back hurriedly to inform Quraish. The Prophet (ﷺ) went on advancing till he reached the Thaniya (i.e. a mountainous way) through which one would go to them (i.e. people of Quraish). The she-camel of the …
What Allah revealed
إِنَّا فَتَحۡنَا لَكَ فَتۡحٗا مُّبِينٗا
Indeed, We have given you, [O Muhammad], a clear conquest
Lessons
- What feels like defeat can be the door to victory.
- Keeping one's word, even when it hurts, is part of faith.
Lessons are editorial reflections drawn from the event and its sources.
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- Sahih al-Bukhari 2731 (Al-Miswar ibn Makhrama and Marwan) · primary source
- Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Ar-Raheeq al-Makhtum (further reading)