Suleh Hudaybiyyah
The Muslims' distress
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When the Muslims saw the terms of the truce and what it meant to the Messenger of Allah, they were very distressed. The effect on them was so great that Umar ibn al-Khattab asked Abu Bakr angrily, 'Did not the Messenger of Allah say to us that we were going to go to the Ka'bah and perform tawaf?'
'Yes. But did he tell you that it was going to be this very year!'
'No.'
Abu Bakr assured him, 'You will go there and you will do Tawauf.'
When the Messenger of Allah had finished drawing up the treaty, he sacrificed a camel and then shaved his head. This was a difficult time for the Muslims because all their hopes had been dashed. They had left Madinah with the firm intention of entering Makkah and doing 'Umrah. Now they felt beaten and crushed. However, when they saw that the Messenger of Allah had made the sacrifice and shaved his head, they rushed to follow his example.