Hudna

Hudna is an Arabic word sometimes translated as "peace", but is more correctly as "cease-fire" or "temporary truce." A hudna is limited in time or events, but is renewable. It has the implication that it is advantageous to Muslims, although it may also benefit other parties.

The name derives from a treaty in force between 628 and 630, written in the town of al-Hudaybiyya, on the border of Mecca.