As Salam-o-alaikum, 20th Ramzan – Conquest of Makkah Muslims had been scoring victory after victory with the help of Allah(swt) after migrating to Madina. Only eight years had past after the migration that Allah(swt) granted them final victory over the pagans and Muslims returned to Makkah as conquerors – a place from where only eight years back they had to migrate due to hard times given by the pagans. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Prophet started his journey towards Makkah on 10th Ramazan in 8 A.H. (Tabqat ibn-e-Saad Page 135 and Al-badaya wan-nahaya page 258) which was the 1st of January 633 A.D. Approximately 10,000 muslims were following Prophet Muhammad(sawaw) on this expedition. Since this expedition was during Ramazan, Prophet Muhammad(sawaw) ordered his ashaab to break their fast (Aalamul Wara, Tehran, page 114) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the Muslim force reached close to Makkah, Hazrat Abbas(r.a.) – uncle of Prophet Muhammad(sawaw), encountered Abu Sufyan who had already got the news of the arrival of the Muslims. Hazrat Abbas(r.a.) informed him that the Muslim forces are now very strong and the pagans stand no chance against them and it is better that the throw down their arms and let the Muslims enter Makkah as conquerors. Abu Sufyan himself observed the validity of the statement and was convinced and agreed to lay down arms and also to convince other pagan leaders to do the same. Prophet Muhammad(sawaw) declared that whoever will take refuge in the house of Abu Sufyan or the house of Hakam bin Hazam or will enter Masjid-al-Haram (Kaaba) or will close their door and take refuge inside will be in peace and no harm will be inflicted upon them (Kamil al ibn-e-Kaseer – Page 24). Prophet Muhammad(sawaw) awarded the standard of Islamic forces initially to Saad bin ibadah(r.a.) but then asked Imam Ali ibn-e-Abi Talib(a.s.) to take it over (ibn-e-Khaldoon on page 806 and Tarikh-e-Tabari). Prophet Muhammad(sawaw) himself accompanied a group of Ansaar – which itself demonstrated the Khulq-e-Azeem of the Prophet(sawaw). In a manner, it depicted the gratitude of Prophet(sawaw) to Ansaar who had provided refuge upon his entry in Madina. He(sawaw) had a black turban on his head and upon entering Makkah, he went straight to Kaaba reciting verses of the Holy Quran. He held the door of Kaaba and said “There is no God but Allah, He fulfilled His promise and helped his Abd who alone defeated the combined forces of the pagans”. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The exemplary victory was accompanied by declaration of peace. Not a single drop of blood was spilt nor anyone wounded in this conquest. He(sawaw) declared peace on all and said “No one has to fear anything from us today. Today Allah(swt) has destroyed your evil intentions. Be aware that Allah(swt) has created everyone out of clay and he will send everyone back to clay. High status near to Allah(swt) is for those who have taqwa. O people of Makkah, I declare peace on all of you and no one will be held accountable for their past deeds” (Muslamanan-e-Aalam page 88). This general declaration of peace had such a resounding effect on people that they started accepting Islam only because of the character of the Prophet of Islam(sawaw). > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A very important event of conquest of Makkah was the cleansing of Kaaba. Kaaba was inhabited by 360 idols which had been there for a long time. Prophet Mohammad(sawaw) declared the defeat of pagans and of their idols and ordered Imam Ali(a.s.) to cleanse the house of Allah(swt) of all the idols. Imam Ali(a.s.) took his Zulfiqar and started smashing the idols. There were some left which were at a high altitude so Imam Ali(a.s.) invited the Prophet Mohammad(sawaw) to rise on his shoulders and break those himself. When Prophet Mohammad(sawaw) stepped on the shoulders, Imam Ali(a.s.) could not bear the burden and requested the Prophet(sawaw) that he can not take the burden of the Prophet(sawaw) – in fact he was referring to the burden of the Prophethood. Prophet Muhammad(sawaw) smiled and then raised Imam Ali(a.s.) on his own shoulders and Imam Ali(a.s.) smashed down the remaining idols (Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dehlvi). It is interesting to note that Prophet Muhammad(sawaw) had the Muhr-e-Nabuwwat and Ayaat-e-Qurani written on his shoulders. However, he considered it appropriate for Imam Ali(a.s.) to step on them and rise to destroy the idols. We know that putting anything on top of Quran is an offence but putting Quran on top of Quran is no offence. Ibn-e-Khaldoon also narrates that when Prophet(sawaw) came near to an idol, he would recite the ayat – Jaa al haqqa wa zahqal batil innahu kana zahooqa – and would point to the idol with a stick in his hand. The idol would fall down and get smashed (Tarikh ibn-e-Khaldoon Page 808, Tarikh al-Wardi, page 120) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are some traditions mentioned by some historians that although overall there was no fighting for the conquest of Makkah, there were two little battles fought when a couple of Muslims lost their way and were ambushed and martyred by a group of mushrikeen ( Aalam-ul-Wara page 119). The place from where Khalid bin Waleed entered Makkah, he was resisted by a group of pagans which resulted in a battle in which 28 pagans were killed and 2 Muslim fighters were martyred (Tarikh ibn-al-Wardi page 130).
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