11 January 630 CEmajor
Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makkah)
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Map: Mecca (21.4225, 39.8262)
The Prophet ﷺ marched on Mecca with 10,000 Muslims, the largest Muslim army assembled to that point. Abu Sufyan accepted Islam on the eve of the conquest after seeing the vast Muslim camp. The city was taken with virtually no bloodshed, fulfilling the Prophet's strategy of overwhelming force to prevent resistance. He entered the Ka'bah, destroyed the 360 idols saying 'Truth has come and falsehood has vanished' (17:81), and declared a general amnesty. Even his bitterest enemies like Hind bint Utbah were forgiven.
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- Sahih Muslim
- Ibn Hisham's Sirah
- Surah al-Isra (17:81)