Sayyiduna Sad Bin Mu’aaz (رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ), the chief of the Aus tribe, also embraced Islam through his invitation. As soon as he embraced Islam, his entire Aus tribe also became Muslim.¹
Bayat
al-Aqabah al-Thaniya²
After one year of this Bay’ah, i.e.
in the 13ᵗʰ year of the declaration of Prophethood, on the occasion of Hajj,
approximately 72 people of Madinah pledged allegiance to the Beloved Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) secretly from their
idol-worshipping friends, and promised that they would sacrifice their life and
wealth, everything of theirs, for the protection of the Beloved Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) and Islam.³
Migration
to Madinah
With many people embracing Islam in
Madinah, it was as though the Muslims had found a new shelter. The Beloved
Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم)
gave the blessed companions the total freedom to migrate to Madinah. Therefore,
Sayyiduna Abu Salamah (رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ)
was the first one to migrate.⁴ After him, other people also started migrating
to Madinah.
When the disbelievers found out
about this, they started their endeavours to prevent them from migrating, but
people continued to migrate secretly, to the extent that within a short span of
time, many companions migrated to Madinah. Now, only those were left in Makkah
who were either imprisoned by the disbelievers or could not migrate to Madinah
due to poverty.
Since the Final Messenger of Allah (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) had not yet been
commanded to migrate by Allah Almighty, hence, he (صَلَّى
اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) also remained in Makkah. As per his
command, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq (رَضِیَ اللهُ
عَنْهُ) and Sayyiduna Ali (رَضِیَ اللهُ
عَنْهُ) were also still staying in Makkah.
Referance:
¹ Al-Mawahibul al-Ladunniyah, vol. 1, p. 140-142, selected
² The second pledge of ‘Aqabah
³ Al-Mawahib al-ladunniya, vol. 1, p. 143, selected
⁴ Al-Mawahib al-ladunniyah, vol. 1, p. 143
·
Map of the migration of the Beloved Rasool (صَلَّى
اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) towards the blessed city of Madinah
·
Madinah Munawwarah, Quba', Zaat al-Jaysh, Saniyata al-A'ir, 'Arj,
Ababid, Al-Fur', Marjah Zil Aduveen, Madlajah Majaj, Saniyata al-Marah, Malal,
Munsarif, Zouslam, Rabag al-Ramal, Rabigh-ul-Bahr, Al Rauzah, Kadid, Ghadeer
al-Ashtat, Saniyatah al-Ghazal, Jadah, Sha'biyah, Jabal Thaur, Makkah
Mukarramah, Sarf, Batn-e-Mur, Amj, Khulays, Qudayr, Mushallal, Kuliyah, Juhfah,
Badr, Madlajah Laqf, Marjah Majaj, Batan Zi Kashar, Jadjid, Madlajah Te'hin,
Majsaj, Ruwaisah, Roha', Tarbaan, Al-Hafeer, Zul Halifah.
·
Hijrat ka Rasta, Qafilon ka Rasta
·
Sayyidatuna Umm-e-Ma'bad (رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا)
kay khaymay
·
Baheerah Qalzam (Ahmar)
Map
of the migration route of the Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ
عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) to Madina
Council
of Disbelievers
This entire situation left the
disbelievers of Quraysh extremely worried. When they noticed that the people of
Madinah had embraced Islam and were increasing in number, and the people of Makkah
were also migrating there, they thought that if the Beloved Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) also migrates there,
then he might invade Makkah with an army of his supporters. Having felt this
danger, the prominent chiefs of the Meccan disbelievers had a meeting in ‘Dar
al-Nadwah’.
All the elite intellectuals of the
disbelievers attended that meeting. Different suggestions were given, out of
which, the suggestion that Abu Jahl gave was accepted by everyone. His
suggestion was that one young man from every tribe should be given a sword, and
they all should attack the Beloved Prophet (صَلَّى
اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) together and (مَعَاذَ
اللهُ) martyr him. When the people from all the tribes would
participate in it, then Banu Hashim would not be able to fight anyone, and they
would agree upon receiving blood money.
There was a consensus upon this and
the meeting came to an end. Sayyiduna Jibraeel (عَلَيْهِ
السَّلَام) came with the command of Allah Almighty and informed the
Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم)
of this incident, and said: “Do not sleep in your bed tonight, and migrate to
Madinah.”
Migration
of the Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم)
At night, the disbelievers
surrounded the blessed house of the Beloved Prophet (صَلَّى
اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) according to their plan and started
waiting for him to go to sleep so that they could attack him. At that time,
only Sayyiduna Ali (رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ)
was present there.
Although the disbelievers were the
enemies of the Beloved Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ
وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم), but they had absolute trust in his trustworthiness and
honesty. This was the reason why they would entrust their belongings to him.
Even at that time, many entrusted belongings were kept at his blessed house.
The Final Messenger of Allah (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) said to Sayyiduna
Ali (رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ): “Sleep in my bed
with my shawl over you! After I leave, hand all these entrustments to their
owners, and then come to Madinah.”
He (صَلَّى
اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) took a fistful of soil, and reciting some
initial verses of Surah Yaseen, he threw it at the disbelievers, and passed
through the crowd of the disbelievers easily with no one even recognizing him.¹
Then, he (صَلَّى
اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) reached the Cave of Thaur with Sayyiduna
Abu Bakr Siddeeq (رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ)
and stayed there for three days and three nights.² After this, he (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) went to Madinah.
Interior
view of Cave Thaur
Referance:
¹ Al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyah, vol. 1, p. 144, summarised
² Bukhari, vol. 2, p. 593, Hadith 3905
Beloved
Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم)
in Madinah
The people of Madinah had received
the news of the arrival of the Final Messenger of Allah (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم). They were
desperately waiting for him, such that even the women and children of Madinah
would talk about his arrival.
In those days, the distance between
Makkah and Madinah would usually be covered in 12 days. They spent these days
waiting, but after this, they could not help it anymore. Being restless and to
fulfil their desire, they would gather in a field outside Madinah in order to
welcome their master. When the sun would begin to blaze down, they would return
to their homes wistfully. They followed this routine every day; they would come
with a new determination and belief every day and stand in the pathways to
welcome the Beloved Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ
وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم).
One day, as per routine, the people
of Madinah had gone back after waiting for the Beloved Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم). Suddenly, a Jew saw
from his fort that a caravan of people was approaching. When he saw the
caravan, he understood, and then called out loudly: “O the people of Madinah!
The merciful caravan that you have been waiting for every day has arrived.”
Having heard this, all the people of the Ansar, with their weapons on their
bodies, came out of their homes happily in order to welcome the Final Messenger
of Allah (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم).
Three miles away from Madina where
“Masjid-e-Quba” is situated today, the Beloved Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) arrived there on
12ᵗʰ of Rabi’ al-Awwal, and the ‘Amr Bin ‘Auf tribe was the fortunate tribe
that the Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
وَسَلَّم) first granted the privilege to host him.
The Beloved Prophet (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم) stayed at the house
of Sayyiduna Kulthoom Bin Hidm (رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ),
one of the chiefs of this tribe. Many companions who migrated to Madinah before
were also staying in this house. After a few days of returning the entrustments
of Quraysh, Sayyiduna Ali (رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ)
also left Makkah, and he also stayed in the same house.¹
Referance:
¹ Dalaail-un-Nubuwwah by Bayhaqi, vol. 2, p. 499-500
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