'Abdullah ibn as-Sa'ib reported that in the year of al-Hudaybiyya, when 'Uthman ibn 'Affan told the Prophet ﷺ that Suhayl had been sent to him by his people to make a truce with them on the basis that, provided that he leave them this year, they would leave Makka empty for him for three days. When 'Uthman came and the Prophet ﷺ was told, "Suhayl has come," he said, "Allah has made our business easy (sahhala)."

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَامَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ حِينَ ذَكَرَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ أَنَّ سُهَيْلاً قَدْ أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَيْهِ قَوْمُهُ فَصَالَحُوهُ عَلَى أَنْ يَرْجِعَ عَنْهُمْ هَذَا الْعَامَ وَيُخَلُّوهَا لَهُمْ قَابِلَ ثَلاَثَةٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حِينَ أَتَى فَقِيلَ أَتَى سُهَيْلٌ سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ أَمْرَكُمْ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ السَّائِبِ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ