Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 116
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa. Sa. The First Written Constitution. It is the first written constitution of a state ever promulgated by a sovereign in history. It was endorsed from the first year of Hijrah (622. AD). The treaty stipulated a city-state in Medina, allowing independence to communities under the following terms: 1. 2. 3. 4. 116. In the name of Allah (the One God), the Compassionate, the. Merciful. This is a document from Muḥammad, the Prophet, governing the relation between the Believers from among the. Quraishites (that is, Emigrants from Mecca) and Yathribites (i. e. , the residents of Medina) and those who followed them and joined them and strived with them. They form one and the same community as against the rest of men. . No Believer shall oppose the client of another Believer. Whosoever is rebellious, or seeks to spread injustice, enmity or sedition among the Believers, the hand of every man shall be against him, even if he be a son of one of them. A Believer shall not kill a Believer in retaliation for an disbeliever, nor an disbeliever shall kill an disbeliever in retaliation for a Believer. . Whosoever among the Jews follows us shall have help and equality; they shall not be injured nor shall any enemy be aided against them. . . No separate peace will be made when the Believers are fighting in the way of Allāh. . . The Believers shall avenge the blood of one another shed in the way of Allah. . . Whosoever kills a. Believer wrongfully shall be liable to retaliation; all the Believers shall be against him as one man and they are bound to take action against him. . The Jews shall contribute (to the expenses of war) with the. Believers so long as they are at war with a common enemy. The. Jews of Banu Najjar, Banu al-Harith, Banu Sa'idah, Banu Jusham,. Banu al-Aus, Banu Tha‘labah, Jafnah, and Banū al-Shutaibah shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as the Jews of Banu Aus.