Scribe of the Treaty of Hudaibiyah

Hazrat Bara (ra) bin Azib narrates that when the Holy Prophet (sa) made the treaty at Hudaibiyah, Hazrat Ali (ra) bin Abi Talib was the scribe who wrote down the document between them. He had written down the name “Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah”. The idolaters said, “Do not write Muhammad, Messenger of Allah, for if you were a messenger, we would not have any dispute with you.”

The Holy Prophet (sa) instructed Hazrat Ali (ra) to erase it. Hazrat Ali (ra) said that he would not be the one to erase it. The Holy Prophet (sa) then erased it by his own hand and agreed to the pact on the condition that he and his Companions could remain in Mecca for three days and they would enter having kept their weapons in the Julubban. The people asked, “What is a Julubban?” The Holy Prophet (sa) replied, “The outer covering in which the sword and its sheath are placed in.”

(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Sulh, Bab kaifa Yuktabu hadha: Ma Salaha Fulan ibn Fulan…, Hadith 2698, Urdu Tarjamah Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 5, pp. 12-13, Nazarat Ishaat)