Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (سيرة 2/55)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

is from ʿIkrimah and is recorded by al-Bukhārī: “so that He may admit believing men and believing women into Gardens…” (al-Fath 5).

Hammām said: Qatādah narrated to us from Anas who said, “When the verse, ‘Indeed, We have granted you a manifest victory…’ (al-Fath 1) down to the end of the passage was revealed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on his return from al-Hudaybiyah, while his Companions were steeped in grief and dejection, he declared, ‘A verse has come down to me that is dearer to me than the whole world.’ After he recited it, a man asked, ‘Allah has clarified what He will do for you, but what will He do for us?’ So the following verse was revealed: ‘so that He may admit believing men and believing women into Gardens…’ (al-Fath 5).” Recorded by Muslim.

Yūnus related—from Ibn Isḥāq, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUrwah, from al-Miswar and Marwān—in the story of al-Hudaybiyah: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then turned back, and when he was between Mecca and Madinah, Sūrah al-Fath was sent down to him. The entire episode of al-Hudaybiyah, along with Allah’s mention of the Pledge of Acceptance beneath the tree, is set out in Sūrah al-Fath. Once people felt secure and began to talk freely, everyone who was invited to Islam embraced it; indeed, during those two years more people entered Islam than had done so before that. The treaty of al-Hudaybiyah was therefore a tremendous victory.”

Ibn Lahīʿah narrated—from Abū al-Aswad, from ʿUrwah: “As the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was returning from al-Hudaybiyah, some of his Companions said, ‘By Allah, this is no victory: we were barred from the House, our sacrificial animals were turned back, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained at al-Hudaybiyah, and he even sent back two Muslims who had joined us.’ When these words reached him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘What a wretched statement! This is the greatest victory: the idolaters have agreed to keep you away from their land with their own hands, they have come to seek terms from you and to implore your protection, after having seen from you that which…’

﴿لِيُدْخِلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ﴾ ، فعن عكرمة، أخرجه البخاري. وقال همام: حدثنا قتادة، عن أنس، قال: لما نزلت: ﴿إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُبِينًا﴾ إلى آخر الآية على رسول الله ﷺ مرجعه من الحديبية، وأصحابه مخالطو الحزن والكآبة، فقال: "نزلت علي آية هي أحب إلي من الدنيا". فلما تلاها قال رجل: قد بين الله ما يفعل بك، فماذا يفعل بنا؟ فأنزلت التي بعدها: ﴿لِيُدْخِلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ﴾ . أخرجه مسلم. وقال يونس، عن ابن إسحاق، عن الزهري، عن عروة، عن المسور، ومروان قالا في قصة الحديبية: ثم انصرف رسول الله ﷺ راجعا، فلما أن كان بين مكة والمدينة نزلت عليه سورة الفتح. فكانت القصة في سورة الفتح وما ذكر الله من بيعة الرضوان تحت الشجرة. فلما أمن الناس وتفاوضوا، لم يكلم أحد بالإسلام إلا دخل فيه. فلقد دخل في تينك السنتين في الإسلام أكثر مما كان فيه قبل ذلك. وكان صلح الحديبية فتحا عظيما. وقال ابن لهيعة: حدثنا أبو الأسود، عن عروة؛ قالوا: وأقبل رسول الله ﷺ من الحديبية راجعا. فقال رجال من أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ: والله ما هذا بفتح؛ لقد صددنا عن البيت وصد هدينا، وعكف رسول الله ﷺ بالحديبية ورد رسول الله ﷺ رجلين من المسلمين خرجا. فبلغ رسول الله ﷺ قول رجال من أصحابه: إن هذا ليس بفتح، فقال: "بئس الكلام، هذا أعظم الفتح، لقد رضي المشركون أن يدفعوكم بالراح عن بلادهم ويسألونكم القضية ويرغبون إليكم في الأمان، وقد رأوا منكم ما