dr:mohamed eldondity
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تاريخ التسجيل : 11/08/2009
 |  موضوع: @ LIFE STORY OF MOHAMED PBUH PART 15 @The Treaty of ‘Aqabah  الخميس سبتمبر 10, 2009 9:58 am | |
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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 Ka’bah, 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 Koran. When they heard the Koran 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, Mus’ab ibn
'Umayr, with them to teach the Koran 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”.(Koran
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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