I APPRECIATE TO YOU FOR SPREAD OF THIS KNOWLEGE,
On 8/1/12, Adil ibn Manzoor Khan <ahmad_adil@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate
>
> "May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You"
> Praise be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge
> with Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds.
> Whomsoever Allaah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah
> leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no god
> but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
>
>
> Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah
> As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu
> The Life of Prophet Muhammad
> A Complete History
> by
> Jahir Hasan
> (Editor)
> (part 16)
>
> The Treaty of Aqabah
>
>
> In Yathrib there were two main tribes, the Aws and the Khazraj. Both were
> very powerful, they were always at war with one another, and both worshipped
> idols.
> Also in Yathrib were many Jews who, unlike the Arab at that time, knew
> that there was only One God, and worshipped Him. They had told the Arabs
> many times that a Prophet would be coming to them.
>
> The time
> came for the pilgrimage to the Kaabah, and several people from Yathrib
> were going, among them six men from the tribe of Khazraj. They had heard
> about the Prophet Mohammed's preaching and thought that must be the
> Prophet the Jews had told them about. So they decided to go speak to him
> during their stay in Mecca. They met the Prophet (pbuh) at a spot known as
> Aqabah, near Mecca, and invited them to sit with him. He explained
> to them what Islam meant recited to them from the Quraan. When they
> heard the Quraan recited touched their hearts so deeply that they became
> Muslims and on leaving Mecca they promised to return the following
> year. When they reached Yathrib carrying Islam in their hearts, they
> told their relatives and friends what they had heard from the Prophet
> (pbuh) and many more people became Muslims.
>
> A year
> passed and the pilgrimage season came around again. Twelve important men
> from Yathrib went to Mecca to meet the Prophet (pbuh) and promised
> faithfully to serve him and Islam. In return, the Prophet (pbuh) sent
> one of his friends, Musab ibn Umayr, with them to teach the Quraan and
> instruct them in their new religion. Another year passed and still more
> Muslims came from Yathrib to Mecca for the pilgrimage. On this occasion a
> secret meeting with the Prophet (pbuh) was arranged to be held at
> night. Seventy-three men and one woman from Yathrib came, and the
> Prophet (pbuh) arrived with his uncle, al-Abbas. During this meeting the men
> from Yathrib offered to protect and defend the Prophet (pbuh) and
> his followers if they would come to live in Yathrib. This promise of
> protection came to be known as the Treaty of Aqabah.
>
> The treaty
> was most fortunate for even though Islam was growing in Yathrib, the
> Muslims in Mecca were still suffering. The Prophet (pbuh) therefore told his
> friends and followers to go to Yathrib where they would be safe,
> and most of them took this opportunity to leave. Despite all this
> suffering the Prophet (pbuh) was not allowed to fight his enemies, for
> Allah had told him to forgive those who insulted him or would not listen to
> his message.
>
> But the
> Quraysh had closed their minds so utterly to the word of Allah, and grew so
> hard-hearted towards the Prophet (pbuh)and his followers, that Allah gave
> permission to the Prophet (pbuh) to fight those who tried to harm
> him or his companions.
>
> In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
> "Permission is given unto those who fight because they have been wronged;
> And Allah is surely able to give them victory; Those who have been driven
> from
> their homes unjustly only because they said: Our Lord is Allah".
> (Quraan xxii.39-40)
>
> Quraysh
> began to fear the Prophet (pbuh) for they realised that he was now
> strong enough to fight them and had been given leave to do so by Allah.
> They also knew that he now had the people of Yathrib to help and protect
> him.
>
> Seeing that
> the Muslims were leaving the city, they decided to kill the Prophet
> (pbuh), before he, too, left Mecca to join his followers in Yathrib. In
> this way they hoped to put an end to Islam once and for all.
>
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