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al-Watir

الوتير

Mecca

A watering place of Khuza'a in lower Mecca where Banu al-Dil of Banu Bakr made the night attack that broke the Hudaybiyya truce.

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Mecca

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Summary

A water of Khuza'a in lower Mecca; at it Banu al-Dil of Banu Bakr ambushed Khuza'a by night during the Hudaybiyya truce — the breach upon which the conquest of Mecca followed 1.

The location

Ibn Ishaq describes it as "at a water called al-Watir in lower Mecca" — in the lower part of Mecca's valley 2. Its exact spot is not fixed in the source 2.

For young visitors

A water-well in lower Mecca near which safe people were attacked by night in truce-time — and from that night the road to the conquest began.

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The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-Watir
Located in
Mecca

People and things also explored

The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)· The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-Watir· The Treaty of Hudaybiyya· al-Ji'rana· Dhu Tuwa· Marr al-Zahran· Mecca· Dar al-Nadwa

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/31-32
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/31
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Watir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-watir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-12.

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The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)

In Ramadan 8 AH (January 630 CE), following Banu Bakr and Quraysh's breach of the Hudaybiyya peace at al-Watir, the Prophet mobilized 10,000 Muslims and entered Mecca in triumphant humility; dividing the army into four columns, the city was taken almost without resistance; the 360 idols around the Kaaba were shattered, and the Prophet announced a general amnesty to the populace: 'Go, for you are free'. وخطب يوم الفتح فأعلن حرمة البلد إلى يوم القيامة «لم يحل القتال فيه لأحد قبلي ولم يحل لي إلا ساعة من نهار» واستثنى الإذخر لقينهم وبيوتهم.