Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets

by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan

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Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets — Page 17

MUHAMMAD : SEAL OF THE PROPHETS 17 advantageous for both. Abdul Muttalib was not slow in perceiving this. With ten of his adherents he met Bani Khuzaa at the Ka’aba, and there they mutually pledged their faith. The treaty was reduced to writing, and was hung up in the Ka’aba. No one from th e family of Umayya was present, or indeed knew of the transaction until it was thus published.