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
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 ……………
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.
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]