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The Battle of the Trench (Al-Khandaq)

The Prophet's Seerah
The Medinan Period — 5 AH1 min read

Quraysh, Ghatafan, and the Jews formed a confederacy to annihilate the Muslims in the fifth year, so Salman al-Farisi suggested digging a trench around Medina. The confederates besieged Medina for days in severe cold until the believers were shaken and hearts reached their throats. Allah then sent a wind and unseen soldiers, and He repelled the confederates in disappointment without major fighting.

The Prophet's Seerah

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The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah

The Prophet ﷺ set out with his companions intending to perform Umrah, but Quraysh blocked them at Hudaybiyyah, so a treaty was made with a ten-year truce.

The Prophet's Seerah

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The Conquest of Mecca

When Quraysh broke their treaty, the Prophet ﷺ marched with ten thousand Muslims and conquered Mecca in Ramadan of the eighth year without any notable fighting.

The Prophet's Seerah

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The Farewell Pilgrimage and Death

The Prophet ﷺ performed the Farewell Pilgrimage in the tenth year and delivered a comprehensive sermon to the people at Arafat, in which he affirmed the sanctity of…