Pledge of al-Aqabah

First Pledge of al-Aqabah:

Muhammad (pbuh) was waiting for the next pilgrimage and when the day of pilgrimage came he sought the appointed spot. A band of twelve faithful disciples came by this time to Makkah and the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) contacted them at al-Aqabah in 621 A.D. of the pilgrims, ten were of the Khazraj tribe and two of the Aws tribe. They accepted Islam at the hands of Muhammad (pbuh) and took the following oath:

‘We will not worship anything except God; we will not steal, neither will we commit adultery, nor kill our children; we will not slander in any manner; nor will we disobey the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in anything that is right’.

This oath of the newly converted Yathribites is known as the first pledge of al-Aqabah. It was during this name that Muhammad (pbuh) sent his favorite follower, Musab to Yathrib at the request of the Yathribities to teach the Holy Quran there.  

The Miraj:

The hopes of Muhammad (pbuh) were now fixed upon Yathrib and he waited patiently for the call from the Yathribities. Just during this period the Miraj (ascent) took place. Muhammad (pbuh) met his maker one night at Heaven and was charged with the behest that his people were to prostrate themselves in prayer five times a day. 

 Second Pledge of al-Aqabah:

In the following year of the first pledge of al-Aqabah, seventy-three men from Yathrib came to Makkah and offered an oath of allegiance to the Prophet. The new converts to Islam pledged to help and protect the Prophet. They also invited him to go to their city. Musab, who was sent to Yathrib as a teacher to teach the Muslims there had also accompanied the pilgrims’ party. He came back, called on the the prophet and told him about the rapid progress of Islam at Yathrib. The idea of the migration to Yathrib was then born in the heart of the Prophet. But there were other causes which compelled him to leave the land of his birth for Yathrib.



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