Conquest of Mecca and Muhammad after the conquest of Mecca:The truce of Hudaybiyyah had been enforced for two years.[155][156] The tribe of Banu Khuza'a had good relations with Muhammad(saw), whereas their enemies, the Banu Bakr, had an alliance with the Meccans.[155][156] A clan of the Bakr made a night raid against the Khuza'a, killing a few of them.[155][156] The Meccans helped the Banu Bakr with weapons and, according to some sources, a few Meccans also took part in the fighting.[155] After this event, Muhammad(saw) sent a message to Mecca with three conditions, asking them to accept one of them. These were that either the Meccans paid blood money for those slain among the Khuza'ah tribe; or, that they should disavow themselves of the Banu Bakr; or, that they should declare the truce of Hudaybiyyah null.[157]
The Meccans replied that they would accept only the last condition.[157] However, soon they realized their mistake and sent Abu Sufyan to renew the Hudaybiyyah treaty, but now his request was declined by Muhammad(saw).
Muhammad(saw) began to prepare for a campaign.[158] In 630, Muhammad(saw) marched on Mecca with an enormous force, said to number more than ten thousand men. With minimal casualties, Muhammad(saw) took control of Mecca.[159] He declared an amnesty for past offences, except for ten men and women who had mocked and ridiculed him in songs and verses. Some of these were later pardoned.[160] Most Meccans converted to Islam and Muhammad(saw) subsequently destroyed all the statues of Arabian gods in and around the Kaaba.[161][162] The Qur'an discusses the conquest of Mecca.[86][163]
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