Stage 7 of 8
Treaty & Victory
A treaty that looked like a setback, letters to the rulers of the region, and the return to Makkah.
Stage overview
Treaty & Victory
In 6 AH (628 CE), Muhammad ﷺ set out for Makkah with more than a thousand Companions, dressed as pilgrims. The Quraysh stopped them at Hudaybiyyah, and the treaty agreed there looked, to many Muslims, like a defeat. Events soon showed otherwise.
The calm that followed let the message travel. Letters went out to the rulers of the lands around Arabia. In 7 AH came the campaign at Khaybar, an oasis north of Madinah. Then, in 8 AH, a tribe allied with the Quraysh attacked allies of the Muslims, and the truce broke down.
The Muslims marched on Makkah, and the Prophet ﷺ entered the city that had driven him out. What he said and did to the people who had opposed him for twenty years is among the most remembered moments in the seerah. Days later, at the valley of Hunayn, the community faced one more test.
Five chapters
The chapters of this stage
Read them in order, or open the one you need. Each chapter is short, sourced and reviewed.
The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
Pilgrims turned back at the edge of Makkah, and a treaty that opened doors.
Letters to kings
Messages carried to the rulers beyond Arabia, inviting them to Islam.
Khaybar
A campaign to the oasis of Khaybar, north of Madinah, in 7 AH.
The Conquest of Makkah
The Muslims return to the city they left, and the Prophet ﷺ answers with forgiveness.
Hunayn
A sudden test in the valley of Hunayn, soon after the conquest.
Next stage · 08The Final Years
Delegations, a last Hajj, and farewell.
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Where the stage happened
The treaty was made on the edge of Makkah's sacred territory, and the stage ends where its story leads, in Makkah itself.
- Hudaybiyyah Where the treaty was agreed
- Khaybar Oasis north of Madinah
- Makkah The city he returned to
Hudaybiyyah at the edge of the sacred territory, the oasis of Khaybar to the north of Madinah, and Makkah.
This map is a simple sketch to help you picture where events took place. Positions, distances and borders are approximate, so please use it for reference only, not as an accurate map.