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− The Muslims of Medina were extremely happy to receive the Holy Prophet and his companions. This emigration of the Holy Prophet from sa sa Mecca to is called the and took place in June 622 AD. The Yathrib Hijrah Islamic Calendar dates from this event. Also, (Hijri Calendar) Yathrib − − changed its name to (The city of the Prophet ) and later Medina-tun-Nabi sa − it was shortened to Medina. The faithful followers of the Prophet who had sa left their homes and other worldly possessions in Mecca and had come to Medina for the sake of Islam, were known as or Emigrants. The Muhajirun − − − new converts at Medina, who helped the Prophet at a most difficult time, sa were called by him or Helpers. Ansar ± − The Holy Prophet's enemies continued their efforts to wipe out the sa new faith and its adherents. They fought many battles with Muslims to wipe out Islam, but were completely unsuccessful in thwarting the spread − of Islam. Islam spread rapidly, and when the Holy Prophet returned to sa − − Mecca in January 630 AD, it was in triumph with ten thousand followers. Muhammad forgave those who had opposed him and continued to sa ± propagate the teachings of Islam far and wide. − CHARTER OF FREEDOM This is the document which Muhammad son of ‘Abdullah, God's ± − Prophet, Warner and Bearer of glad-tidings, has caused to be written so that there should remain no excuse for those coming after. I have caused this document to be written for Christians of the East and the West, for those who live near, and for those of the distant lands, for the Christians living at present and for those who will come after, for those Christians who are known to us and for those as well whom we do not know. . . . I promise that any monk or wayfarer who will seek my help on the mountains, in the forests, deserts or habitations, or in places of worship, I will repel his enemies with all my friends and helpers, with all my relatives and with all those who profess to follow me and will defend him, because they are my covenant. And I will defend the covenanted against the persecution, injury and embarrassment by their enemies in lieu of the poll-tax they have promised to pay. If they will prefer themselves to 186