Emigration—From Makkah to Madinah

EMIGRATION—FROM MAKKAH TO MADINAH Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, the Quraysh provided their allies with clandestine support, enabling them to attack the Khuza’ah. This incident occurred just two years after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. During this time, the number of people with the Prophet had risen from 1,500 to 10,000. Along with them, the Prophet secretly set out for Makkah. So wise and diplomatic was his strategy that Makkah was conquered with next to no bloodshed: God has promised you many gains, which you will acquire, and thus He has given you this beforehand, and He has restrained the hands of men from you.154 When the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was signed, the Prophet had been preaching for twenty years. The message of Islam spread throughout the Arabian Peninsula. There were people in every tribe whose hearts the Prophet’s religion had found a place. But they still looked up to the Quraysh as their leaders. Many who realized the truth of Islam could not proclaim their faith out of fear of the Quraysh. They knew that declaration of Islam amounted to war against the mightiest tribe in Arabia. They heard that the Muslims and the Quraysh had agreed to curtail hostilities for ten years. The Quraysh would no longer be able to take reprisals against people becoming Muslims. There was now nothing to stop people from accepting Islam. It was as if a large crowd had gathered at the gate of Islam. The gate was thrown open with the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, and the crowds flocked in.