Treaty of Hudaibiyyah (Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Sahib’s (rh) Narration)

Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) would deliver speeches on the occasion of Jalsa [Salana] prior to his Khilafat as well. I shall present a part [of the speech] in relation to this. He states:

“There is no doubt that the anguish which emanated from the heart of Hazrat Umar (ra) in the form of a question was also felt in the hearts of many others. The emotions which were expressed by his tongue were not only the sentiments of Umar (ra), but undoubtedly they were felt by many others as well. The courage demonstrated by Hazrat Umar (ra) to express this feeling was an oversight on his part that thereafter Hazrat Umar (ra) always regretted this. He kept many fasts, offered many prayers, gave charity in abundance and drenched the prayer mats in anguish constantly reciting istighfar, but still the fire of regret was not extinguished.

“The anguish felt at the time of the Treaty of Hudaibiyah was temporary and very quickly this was transformed into contentment through the mercy bestowed from the Heavens. However, the feeling of regret which was left in the heart of Umar (ra) owing to this question he had asked in haste, continued to remain within him and this feeling never left him. He would always wish that he had never asked such a question to the Holy Prophet (sa).”

Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) further states:

“I often ponder that when Hazrat Umar (ra) was breathing his last, close to his demise and was praying:

لَا لِيْ وَلَا عَلَيَّ

‘O Allah! I do not seek the reward for my good deeds, rather I seek forgiveness for my sins’, among all these mistakes, the one that may have caused him the greatest anguish was the one he had committed in the plains of Hudaibiyah. At the time of when the conditions of the Treaty of Hudaibiyah were being stipulated, upon seeing the restlessness and pain of the companions, only his beloved God Who was his Most Excellent Friend knew the condition of the Holy Prophet’s (sa) heart. But through these three simple sentences which he uttered from his blessed tongue to Hazrat Umar (ra), the Holy Prophet (sa) left a great message for those who reflect.”

(Khutbat-e-Tahir [Taqarir Jalsa Salana Qabl az Khilafat], p. 428)

At the time of the Treaty of Hudaibiyah, the parchment that contained the conditions of the treaty between the Muslims and Quraish of Mecca was signed by Hazrat Umar (ra) as well.