It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the sacrificial animals (hady) were still behind those mountains from which the valley pass (Thaniyyah) could be seen, the polytheists came before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and turned the direction of his sacrificial animals. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) slaughtered them at the very place where the polytheists had stopped him. And this place was Hudaybiyyah. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) shaved his head, and the people also followed in his footsteps and had their heads shaved. And some other people waited, and they said: Perhaps we will be able to perform the Tawaf of the House (Ka'bah). Upon this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: May Allah have mercy on those who shave their heads. It was said to him: And those who shorten their hair...? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again said: May Allah have mercy on those who shave their heads. He said this three times.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions had their heads shaved on the day of Hudaybiyyah, except for Uthman and Abu Qatadah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: May Allah have mercy on those who shave their heads (halq). The people asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! And those who trim their hair? He (peace and blessings be upon him) again said: May Allah have mercy on those who shave their heads (halq). The companions asked a third time: And those who trim their hair, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! He said: May Allah have mercy on those who shave their heads (halq). The companions submitted: And those who trim their hair, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! He said: (May Allah have mercy) on those who trim their hair as well.

Hazrat Najiyah bin Jundub bin Najiyah narrates that when we reached the place of Ghamim, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) received news that the Quraysh had sent Khalid bin Walid with a cavalry detachment, who was to meet the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked the idea of meeting them, because he (peace and blessings be upon him) had great mercy for them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who is the person who will divert us from this path?" (i.e., take us on another route). I said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! May my parents be sacrificed for you. I will take you." He says: So I led them on such a difficult path, which had valleys and ups and downs. Then, when we reached level ground, I made the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) camp at the place of Hudaybiyyah, and the water of that place had run out. Najiyah says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) put one or two arrows from his quiver into its well, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) put his blessed saliva in it and then prayed. The narrator says: Then its springs gushed forth until I—or we—said, "If we wish, we can fill our bowls (vessels) with water."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the day of Hudaybiyyah: May Allah have mercy on those who shave their heads. The companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! And those who trim their hair? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (again) said: May Allah have mercy on those who shave their heads... He (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times... The companions submitted: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! And those who trim their hair? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (May Allah have mercy) on those who trim their hair as well. The companions submitted: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What was the reason that you prayed for mercy for those who shave their heads (halq) more (three times)? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: They did not have any doubt at all.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we returned from Hudaybiyyah with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The companions narrate that we camped on sandy ground. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Who will keep watch for us? Hazrat Bilal said: I will keep watch. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then we will sleep. All the people slept until the sun rose. Then some people — among them so-and-so, so-and-so, and Hazrat Umar — woke up. We said (among ourselves): Talk to each other. At this, the blessed eyes of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also opened and he said: Continue as you were doing (i.e., keep talking). The narrator says: We did the same again. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever has slept or forgotten the prayer, do the same with him. The narrator states: The camel of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was lost, so I went out in search of it. He says: I found it in such a state that its rope was entangled with a tree. So I brought it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he mounted it and we set off. The narrator states: When revelation would descend upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he would experience great intensity in that state. And we would feel this intensity upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood aside behind us and covered his blessed head with his garment. And the signs of great intensity appeared upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) until we realized that revelation was being sent down upon him. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us and informed us that revelation had been sent down upon him. {إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَک فَتْحًا مُبِینًا }.