The Prophet ﷺ set out in the year of Hudaybiyyah with somewhat over a thousand of his companions. When he reached Dhu al-Hulayfah, he garlanded the sacrificial animal, marked it, and entered the state of ihram from there for an Umra. He sent ahead a scout from Khuza, then continued on his way until he reached the pool of Ashtat, where his scout came to him and said, "Quraysh have gathered great forces against you. They have rallied the Ahabish to their side. They intend to fight you, to bar you from the House, and to prevent you from reaching it."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give me your counsel, people. Do you think I should turn toward the families and dependents of these people who want to bar us from the House? If they come out to face us, Allah will have cut off a band of the polytheists. If not, we will leave them stripped and defeated."Abu Bakr said, "Messenger of Allah, you set out heading for this House, intending neither to kill anyone nor to wage war on anyone. So press on toward it, and whoever bars us from it, we will fight him."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Move on, in the name of Allah."
خرج النبي ﷺ عام الحديبية في بضع عشرة مائة من أصحابه، فلما أتى ذا الحليفة، قلد الهدى وأشعره وأحرم منها بعمرة، وبعث عينا له من خزاعة، وسار النبي ﷺ حتى كان بغدير الأشطاط أتاه عينه، قال: إن قريشا جمعوا لك جموعا، وقد جمعوا لك الأحابيش، وهم مقاتلوك، وصادوك عن البيت، ومانعوك. قال: أشيروا أيها الناس علي، أترون أن أميل إلى عيالهم وذراري هؤلاء الذين يريدون أن يصدونا عن البيت، فإن يأتونا كان الله عز وجل قد قطع عينا من المشركين وإلا تركناهم محروبين. قال أبو بكر: يا رسول الله، خرجت عامدا لهذا البيت، لا تريد قتل أحد، ولا حرب أحد، فتوجه له، فمن صدنا عنه قاتلناه. قال: امضوا على اسم الله.
Narrated by Bukhari in Maghazi (4178, 4179). Abdullah bin Muhammad told us, Sufyan (that is, Ibn Uyayna) told us, he said, "I heard Zuhri when he narrated this hadith, I remembered part of it, and Maamar confirmed the rest for me," from Urwa bin Zubayr, from Miswar bin Makhrama and Marwan bin Hakam, who both said, and he related it.His words, "a spy of his from Khuza," the spy is the informant, and his name was Bishr bin Sufyan Khuzai.His words, "Ghadir al-Ashtat," refer to a place near Usfan, two stages from Makkah on the road to Madinah.