Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 94
sa. The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa. The First Covenant of ‘Aqabah sa. At the time of Hajj, while preaching, the Holy Prophet met a group of people who had come from Medina. He conveyed to them the message of Islām and asked them to accept it. They accepted his invitation and became Muslim. When they returned to Medina they conveyed the message of Islām to other members of their clan and urged them to accept the new faith. sa. In 621 AD, twelve people came from Medina at the time of Ḥajj. . The Holy Prophet" conveyed the message of Islām to them and entered into an agreement with them. The agreement took place at a place called ‘Aqabah. Thus the agreement became to be known as the Covenant of ‘Aqabah. In the agreement they agreed to worship one God and to obey. His commandments. They further agreed not to steal, not to tell lies, not to commit adultery, kill their children, or commit any evil act and not to disobey the Holy Prophet". The Holy Prophet" sent Hadrat Mus'ab ibn 'Umair with them to teach the Holy Qur'ān and the teachings of Islām. . Soon the inhabitants of Yathrib started to accept Islām at his hand. The next year Hadrat Muş'ab" came to Mecca and gave the good news that many people belonging to both the Aus and the Khazraj tribes had entered the fold of Islam and were eagerly learning the precepts of Islām. га sa sa. S& (Sirah Ibne Hisham, Biography of the Prophet, Abridged by 'Abdus Salam. Harun, pp. 84-85, Al-Falah Foundation, Cairo, Egypt). The Second Covenant of ‘Aqabah. The next year, in 622 AD, a second covenat was signed at ‘Aqabah with the people from Medina. This time 73 Muslims out of which 62 belonged to the Khazraj tribe and 11 to the Aus tribe came from Medina. . The party included two women, Nusaybah, the daughter of Ka'b and ‘Asma, the daughter of ‘Amr. They had been taught Islām by Ḥadrat 94