كيف يكون الصلح فتحًا حتى لو بدا صعبًا؟
خرج النبي ﷺ وأصحابه يريدون العمرة، ثم توقفوا عند الحديبية وانتهى الأمر بصلح مع قريش. بدا بعض الشروط صعبًا على بعض الصحابة، لكن النبي ﷺ اختار الوفاء بالعهد.
بعد ذلك نزلت سورة الفتح تسمي هذا الصلح فتحًا. فالنجاح ليس دائمًا ما نراه في اللحظة نفسها؛ أحيانًا يكون في السلام وفتح الطريق للخير.
عقد النبي ﷺ صلح الحديبية ووفى به.
متى يكون الحل الهادئ أفضل من الجدال؟
في خلاف صغير، اقترح حلًا عادلًا بدل رفع الصوت.
متى يكون التنازل عن شيء تحبّه اليوم كسباً في الغد؟
المصادر: صحيح البخاري، خبر الحديبية.؛ القرآن الكريم: سورة الفتح 48:1.
The Prophet ﷺ set out with one thousand four hundred companions in the white clothes of pilgrimage, carrying no weapons of war, intending the lesser pilgrimage. Quraysh turned them back. He chose a treaty over a battle, and accepted terms that looked hard, to keep blood from being spilt. Umm Salamah advised him to shave his head and offer his sacrifice in front of the people — he did, and they followed him.
Sometimes the bravest decision is to choose peace.
The Prophet ﷺ set out with one thousand four hundred of his companions in the white clothes of pilgrimage, carrying nothing but a traveller's sword in its sheath, meaning to perform the lesser pilgrimage after years of longing for the House. Quraysh blocked them and kept them from the Sacred Mosque. The Prophet ﷺ refused to begin a fight and looked for every road that would spare blood. The two sides sat at Hudaybiyyah and negotiated, and he accepted terms that seemed hard: that they return this year without the pilgrimage, and that war be set aside for ten years. It weighed on the companions. Umm Salamah advised him to go out, shave his head and offer his sacrifice in front of them without speaking to anyone. He did — and they rose and did the same.
Allah called this treaty a conquest: ﴿إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُّبِينًا﴾ — “Indeed, We have given you a clear conquest.”