The Muslim Army Enters Mecca
Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra) relates that when the Holy Prophet (sa) entered Mecca during the Conquest of Mecca, he saw the women were hitting their scarves upon the faces of the horses in order to push them back. The Holy Prophet (sa) smiled and turned to Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) asking, “O Abu Bakr, what is it that Hassan bin Thabit said?” Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) recited the following couplets:
عَدِمتُ بُنَيَّتِي إنْ لَمْ تَرَوْهَا تُثِيْرُ النَّقْعَ مَوْعِدُهَا كَدَاءُ يُنَازِعْنَ الأَعِنَّةَ مُسْرِحَاتٍ يُلَطِّمُهُنَّ بِالْخُمُرِ النِّسَاءُ
“I would lose my beloved daughter if you see not; An army which scatters dust all over, the promised place of which is Mount Kada’;
“They hold the reins of their swift horses; The women strike them with their scarves.”
Upon this, the Holy Prophet (sa) said, “Enter this city from the place Hassan mentioned, i.e. Kada’.”
(Mustafa ‘Abd al-Wahid, Subul al-Huda wa al-Rashad fi Sirat Khair al-‘Ibad, Vol. 5 [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, 1993], p. 227), (Sharh al-Zurqani ‘ala al-Mawahib al-Laduniyyah, Vol. 3, [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, 1996], p. 415)
Kada’ is another name for Arafat. It is an elevated path that descends from the outer parts of Mecca to its inner area. This is from where the Holy Prophet (sa) entered Mecca during the Conquest of Mecca.
(Sayyid Fadl al-Rahman, Farhang-e-Sirat [Karachi, Pakistan: Zawwar Academy Publications, 2003], p. 242)