Pledges of Aqaba: Biography of Prophet Muhammad

PLEDGES OF AQABA

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a promise or agreement to do

something

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Background•Return of Holy Prophet Muhammad صلی

ہللا علیہ وسلم from Taif:•Realization that people of Quraish will not refrain from their persecutions.

•Prophet Muhammad صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم

turned towards the people who came for Pilgrimage (Hajj) and invited them to accept Islam.

Background

•Quraish also started to conspire to stop the Holy Prophet صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم from getting strength amongst the pilgrims

•They spread false acquisitions regarding the Prophet صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم

Success!• These efforts of the Prophet صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم

proved fruitful

• 6 people of Yathrib (Madina) accepted Islam.

• They invited other people of Yathrib to Islam

First Pledge of Aqaba

12th year of Prophethood

First Pledge of Aqaba

7 people

Met Prophetصلی ہللا علیہ وسلم

at Aqaba

The Pledge

• They promised to:

Follow the commandments of Allah سبحانہتعالی

And teachings of the Prophet

وسلمصلی ہللا علیہ

The pledge on the Wall of Masjid Al-Aqabah

Then..

• Hazrat Musaib bin Umer was sent to Yathrib

• Many people accepted Islam on his hand

• And the next year ……………

SecondPledge of Aqaba

13th year of Prophethood

Second Pledge of Aqaba

75 people

Many chiefs and

Leaders

Invited Prophet صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم

to come to Medina

Place where second pledge was taken. Now a mosque is constructed there named Masjid Baita

The Pledge

• To follow Prophet صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم

and

• To guard him, not let anyone harm him.

For Muslims from tortures of Quraish

Migration to Medina

“And Say (O Muhammad صلی ہللا علیہ

My Lord! Let my entry (to the ;وسلم

city of Al-Madinah) be good,

and (likewise) my exit (from the city

of Makkah) be good.

And grant me from You and

authority to help me. [Sura Israh]

Muslims became strong and started practicing Islam openly and peacefully in Medina