Their hands are the hands of the people of Mecca. That is: He judged between them and you with retaliation and confrontation after He granted you victory over them and dominance, and that was on the day of the conquest. With this, Abu Hanifa, may Allah have mercy on him, cited evidence that Mecca was opened by force and not by treaty. It was said: This was during the Battle of Hudaybiyyah when it was narrated that Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl went out with five hundred men. The Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, sent to defeat him and drove him into the walls of Mecca. [This was narrated by Al-Tabari from his teacher Muhammad ibn Hamid from Ya'qub Al-Qummi from Ja'far, who is the son of Abu Al-Mughira from Ibn Abza.] He said, 'When the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, set out with the sacrificial animals and reached Dhul-Hulaifah, Namar said to him: O Prophet of Allah, you are entering into war with a people who are at war with you without weapons or mounts.' He said: So he sent to Medina and did not leave any mount or weapon except that he carried it. When he approached Mecca, they prevented him from entering, so he continued until he reached Mina and camped there. Then, 'Utbah ibn Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl came to him, having come out against him with five hundred men. He said to Khalid ibn Al-Walid: O Khalid, this is your cousin who has come to you with cavalry. Khalid said: I am the sword of Allah and His Messenger. On that day, he was named the Sword of Allah. O Messenger of Allah, shoot wherever you wish. He sent him against the cavalry, and he encountered Ikrimah in the valley, defeated him, and drove him into the walls of Mecca - the narration.' This was also narrated by Ibn Abi Hatim from this angle, and its authenticity is questioned, because Khalid had not embraced Islam during Hudaybiyyah, and the context suggests that this story took place during Hudaybiyyah. If it were during the Umrah of Al-Qada, it would be possible, although it is well-known that they did not oppose him nor fight him there. And Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Allah helped the Muslims against them with stones until they drove them into their houses. And it was read: 'You do' with both the 'ta' and the 'ya'.