Location of the Peace Treaty Between the Muslims & Christians for Jerusalem

In relation to the way in which the peace treaty was formed between the Muslims and the Christians and where the agreement took place according to the people of Jerusalem [Ilya], many historians have written that the pact between the Muslims and the Christians was formed in Jabiya. It is written that during the stay in Jabiya, Hazrat Umar (ra) sat in the army ranks, when all of a sudden, some horse riders were seen coming in a hurry, whilst their weapons were shining. The Muslims immediately took up their weapons. Hazrat Umar (ra) asked what the matter was. The people pointed towards the horse riders. To this he said, “Worry not, for these people have come to seek peace.” They were the people of Jerusalem with whom a peace treaty had been agreed.

(Tarikh al-Tabari translated, Vol. 2, Chapter 2, pp. 369-270, Nafis Academy, Karachi, 2004) (Al-Faruq, Shibli Nu‘mani, p. 125, Idarah Islamiyyat, 2004)

Then, in another narration, Allama Buladhari and Muhammad Hussain Haikal have written that the peace treaty was formed in Jerusalem [Ilya], not Jabiya. In fact, in his book, Muhammad Hussain Haikal has also written in another instance that the treaty was agreed in Jabiya.

*(Hazrat Umar Farooq A‘zam, Muhammad Husain Haikal, p. 368, Islami Kutub Khana, Lahore) (Futuh al-Buldan, p. 88, Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut) *