Al Miswar bin Makhramah and Marwan bin Al Hakam said “They agreed to abandon war for ten years during which the people which have security on the basis that there should be sincerity between them and that there should be not theft or treachery.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
‘Eebah is a bundle in which special wealth and special clothes are carefully kept.
Since the heart is also a storehouse of covenants and promises,
therefore it has been likened to an ‘eebah (bundle).
Makfoofah means a tied pouch.
One translation of “islaal” is also that swords will not be drawn, and by “aghlal” is meant that armors will not be worn. The purpose is that in no way will fighting be carried out.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2766