The people of Madinah welcomed him, gave him residence and aided him and embraced the light of Islam, which had been sent down upon him. They, for his sake, did not care about the enmity of other peoples. Here he is entering Madinah again, after the lapse of eight years of that first visit. Madinah, the town that had received him once, when he was a frightened Emigrant; it receives him once again when Makkah has become in his hands and at his disposal. It is Makkah that has got rid of its pride and Jahiliyah (i.e. pre-Islamic period and traditions). It is now proud again and mighty in Islam. The Messenger of Allâh forgave all the errors and wrongs of its people.
"Verily, he who fears Allâh with obedience to Him (by abstaining from sins and evil deeds, and by performing righteous good deeds), and is patient, then surely, Allâh makes not the reward of the good-doers to be lost." [Al- Qur'an 12:90] [Fiqh-us-Seerah 303; Za'd Al-Ma'ad 2/160-201; Ibn Hisham 2/389- 501; Sahih Bukhari: Chapter Fath Ghazwal, Hunian, Awtas and At-Ta'if 2/612-622. Fath Al-Bari 8/3-58]