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of Hudaybiyyah; after that he fought the Jews of Khaybar, and Allah granted him its conquest. He apportioned the land among those who had pledged allegiance to him beneath the tree—those who had witnessed the truce of Hudaybiyyah. Once he was free to deal with more distant peoples, he sent his envoys to all the nations around him. He dispatched messengers to the Christian rulers of Egypt, al-Shām, and Abyssinia, for he was
الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ، وَحَارَبَ يَهُودَ خَيْبَرَ عَقِيبَ ذَلِكَ، فَفَتَحَهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ،
وَقَسَّمَهَا بَيْنَ الَّذِينَ بَايَعُوهُ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ:
الَّذِينَ شَهِدُوا صُلْحَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ، تَفَرَّغَ لِمَنْ بَعُدَ عَنْهُ، فَأَرْسَلَ رُسُلَهُ إِلَى جَمِيعِ مَنْ حَوَالَيْهِ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ.
أَرْسَلَ إِلَى مُلُوكِ النَّصَارَى بِمِصْرَ وَالشَّامِ وَالْحَبَشَةِ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ