Khaybar and the ʿumrah kept to the letter

In the seventh year the fortresses of Khaybar were taken after the banner was given to ʿAlī رضي الله عنه, with the instruction that guiding one man to Islam is better than red camels. The land was left with its people on a share of the produce. Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib رضي الله عنه arrived from Abyssinia at the same time, and he ﷺ said he did not know which delighted him more.

• Even at the height of a campaign the stated aim is guidance, not conquest.
• The share-cropping arrangement at Khaybar became a foundational case in Islamic land law.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4210; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2406

In Dhū al-Qaʿdah of 7 AH, a year after being turned back, the Muslims entered Makkah for the ʿumrah the treaty allowed. Quraysh emptied the city and watched from the hills of Qubays, saying the fever of Yathrib had weakened them. He ﷺ told the Companions to move briskly in the first three circuits and uncover the right shoulder. They stayed three days, Bilāl رضي الله عنه gave the adhān on the Kaʿbah, and they left as agreed. Khālid ibn al-Walīd and ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ accepted Islam not long after.

• Keeping the terms exactly — entering and leaving on time — did more than breaking them could have.
• Men who had led armies against him saw the community up close and joined it.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1602, 4251; ar-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm, al-Mubārakpūrī