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The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah pauses war with Quraysh as a dated truce

In 628 CE Muhammad agreed the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah with Quraysh. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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In 628 CE Muhammad agreed the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah with Quraysh. Later encyclopaedias date the truce. It is a political instrument, not a battle. Muhammad's documented role is: He agreed a ten-year-style truce at Hudaybiyyah. Quraysh signed; some companions objected in the received file.

Context

Umar's objection is a received companion file. Sharing the treaty with Quraysh signatories is required. Conquest follows a later breach story. The setting of The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah pauses war with Quraysh as a dated truce is the public file around 0628-03-01. Driver social-cohesion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Why it matters

Improving path from The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah pauses war with Quraysh as a dated truce on 0628-03-01. A written truce is a cohesion path that later opened umrah and Mecca's 630 settlement. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Muhammad

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.52 · verified

    He agreed a ten-year-style truce at Hudaybiyyah. Quraysh signed; some companions objected in the received file.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe Treaty of Hudaybiyyah pauses war with Quraysh as a dated truce
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 1 March 628 · verified

    A written truce is a cohesion path that later opened umrah and Mecca's 630 settlement.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Mecca, late Meccan yearsEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Muhammad, public Meccan preachingEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Mecca, Hudaybiyyah neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/place/Mecca (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Britannica — Muhammad, Treaty of Hudaybiyyah at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Britannica — Mecca, Hudaybiyyah neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/place/Mecca (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Britannica — Muhammad, Treaty of Hudaybiyyah (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah pauses war with Quraysh as a dated truce under 0628-03-01 for Muhammad. Established: a sourced public record of The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah pauses war with Quraysh as a dated truce under 0628-03-01.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah pauses war with Quraysh as a dated truce are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah pauses war with Quraysh as a dated truce. Naming Muhammad does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0628-03-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMuhammad
  2. contributed toFactThe Treaty of Hudaybiyyah pauses war with Quraysh as a dated truce
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah pauses war with Quraysh as a dated truce. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/muh-hudaybiyyah-628

https://factrail.ai/facts/muh-hudaybiyyah-628

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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