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Allah has confirmed His Messenger's vision with truth: "You will enter the Masjid al-Haram in safety, Allah willing, shaving your heads and cutting your hair without any fear." He knew what you did not know and ordained, in place of this, an imminent victory. (Surat al-Fath: 27)
In Mecca, our Prophet (saas) dreamed that he saw believers going safely into the Masjid al-Haram and circumambulating the Ka'bah. He announced this good news to the believers, for those who had moved from Mecca to Madinah with him could not, at that time, return to Mecca.
As a help and support to him, Allah revealed Surat al-Fath 27, in which He said that the dream was true and that, if He willed, the believers could enter Mecca. Indeed, a while later and as it was predicted in the verse, the Muslims entered the Masjid al-Haram after the Treaty of Hudaibiyah and the subsequent capture of Mecca. In this way, Allah demonstrated that the good news He inspired in our Prophet (saas) was true.
Al-Bukhari tells this story from Abu Musa about Mecca's fall:
The Prophet said: "I dreamed that I waved a sword and that it broke in the middle. That symbolized the casualties that the believers suffered on the Day of Uhud. Then I waved the sword again, and it became better than it had ever been before. That symbolized the opening (of Mecca to Islam), which Allah brought about, and the gathering of the believers." 65
However, if we look at Surat al-Fath 27, we see that another city will fall before Mecca. According to the Qur'an, Muslims first took Khaybar's castle, which had been a Jewish stronghold, and then took Mecca. Tafsir al-Jalalayn explains this verse as follows:
In the year of Hudaybiyyah before setting out, the Messenger of Allah dreamed that he and his Companions were entering Mecca and shaving and cutting their hair. He told his Companions about this, and they rejoiced. So when they went out with him and the unbelievers blocked them at Hudaybiyyah and they returned, it was hard for them. Some of the hypocrites fell into doubt. But then it was revealed: "[He knew what you did not know and ordained, in place of this,] an imminent victory," which was the opening of Khaybar to Islam. And the dream came true the very next year. 66
Eight years after leaving it, our Prophet (saas) returned to Mecca to conquer it. When he gave this good news to the believers, the situation was not at all favorable. In fact, the Meccans seemed determined not to allow the believers in, because they still doubted our Prophet's (saas) words. But he trusted in Allah, ignored what the people might say, and related it to thousands of people who witnessed this miracle.
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