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LECTURE 13
Appealing to tribes and individuals
What is the situation now ?
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By the 10th year after revelation, Prophet Muhammad
(SAWS) realized that Makkah was no more a suitable
place for da‘wa (missionary activity).
By then, very few people embraced Islam, and the idea
of assassinating the Prophet was becoming more and
more imminent.
The solution lied in finding another land which
would be more fertile for the message.
Plan for immigration took 3 yrs. . .
Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) decided to make the
best use of the pilgrimage season of that year, the
10th year.
Why?
In those 10 days he met
all tribes that came for pilgrimage to seek support
and refuge in one of them. He made 26
unsuccessful attempts except for one.
Each had a different reaction . . .
Banu -Hanifa: their answer was the worst ever in the
history of da‘wa. The Hadith narrators did not state
their words, for it seems that their answer to the
Prophet was very insulting [from them came
Musaylimmah Al-Kadhaab—who later on would be
killed in the battle of Yamama later]
Banu Kalb . . .
This tribe had a sub-branch called Banu- Abdullah.
The Prophet targeted this branch of the tribe. On
calling them to Islam, the Prophet (SAWS) said,
“Allah has blessed you with a good name so
worship Him alone.” However, the attempt was to no
avail.
Banu-Amer Ibn-Sa‘sa‘a
The Prophet Muhammad (saw) read the Qur'an and
informed them about Islam.
One of them, by the name of Bahira Ibn-Feras, who
could foresee that the Prophet (saws) would surely
triumph, pledged that by supporting this man they
would “indisputably rule the Arabs.”
But one condition . . .
"Should we give you allegiance and Allâh give you power over your
opponents, will you give us right to inheritance and succeed you in
power?" The Prophet replied: "The whole affair lies in Allâh’s Hands.
He gives the power to whomever He desires." The man commented:
"Do you expect us to incur the wrath and vengeance of the Arabs
without the least hope of leadership? We can in fact readily
dispense with your offers."
The Prophet refused their offer because Islam needs to be built on
sincerity, not on greed and lust for gain and power. Leadership is
to make sure that the law of Allah is ruled in the land, and not
for the sake of power struggles.
Banu Amir
When Banu ‘Amer returned home and narrated the story to an elderly
man who had lingered behind because he was too old. They told
him, "A young man of Quraish of Bani ‘Abdul Muttalib, claiming that
he is a Prophet, contacted us, asked for support and invited us to
embrace his religion.“
The old sheikh was struck by the news, and wondered if there was
no way of making amends for the loss of that opportunity and
swore, "He is really Ishmaelite (he descends from Ishmael). He is
the Truth (he is a real Prophet). How did it happen that you
misjudged his words?"
Bogra Ibn-Qais . . .
He was not present when Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) met a group of
the tribe’s youth. The youth, on hearing about Islam, believed
Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) and welcomed him. When Bogra
returned he asked, “Who is that man?” they answered,
“Muhammad son of Abdullah from Quraysh who he claims to be
the Messenger of Allah.” When Bogra knew that they had
welcomed Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) he blamed them for making
such a grave mistake, warning them against Quraysh's reaction—the
principle that they operated on was “the tribe of Muhammad knows
him best.”
He was harsh with the Prophet (saw)…
Bogra was so cruel to Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) and asked
him to leave. When Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) rode his
she camel, Bogra hit it on the knee to make it jump and
Prophet Muhammad fell down. Bogra kept laughing at him.
A Muslim woman [DUBA’A IBNAT ‘AMER—’YA BANEE
‘AMER WA LA ‘AMER LAKUM’] from the tribe cried out to
seek help for the Prophet and on her call, three young men
from the tribe hurried to help him, and Bogra and two of his
guards tried to prevent them by force.
Prophet (saw) prays . . . .
On seeing the fight, the Prophet (SAWS) prayed that
Allah would bless the three young men, and take
revenge from the others. The Prophet's supplication
was accepted, as the three defenders embraced
Islam and died as martyrs, while the attackers
suffered a horrible death—said that they fell into
wells.
Banu Shayban . . .
Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) met three of them:
Mafrouq Ibn-Amer, Hani Ibn-Qubaisa, and AlMuthana Ibn-Hareth. He learnt from Abu-Bakr (raa)
that they were a tribe of deep rooted origins [your
tribe was a your passport—who you were, and
how you were to be treated] and that they were
strong and competent.
Abu Bakr asked them . . .
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How many warriors do you have? They said
over1000
What is your power like? We strive to win, with the
permission of Allah (SWT).
What is the war like between you and your enemy?
Fierce, we prefer horses over children. We prefer
our weapons over agriculture.
Mafrouq turns to the Prophet (saw)
Says, “Are you from Quraysh?” Abu Bakr responded,
“He is the Messenger of Allah.” So Mafrouq answers,
“We were told that he claims [alleges] to be the
Messenger of Allah. What do you want?”
Prophet (saw) answers, “That you protect me so that I
may convey the message of my Lord for Quraysh
has ganged up on us. Allah will help me and grant
me victory.”
Mafrouq asks, “What do you call for?”
So he answers with the Qur’an . . .
“Say, “Come (so that) I may recite what your Lord
has prohibited you: that you do not associate
anything with Him, and to show fairest
(companionship) to (your) parents; and do not kill
your children (out) of want.
We provide for you and for them too. And do not
draw near obscenities (i.e., irregular sexual
intercourse; shameful) whatever (of these) is
outward and whatever inward; and do not kill
the self that Allah has prohibited, except with the
truth (i.e., by right, in the course of justice). That
He has enjoined you with, that possibly you
would consider.” (6:151-152)
They like what they hear, ask for more . .
“Surely Allah commands to justice and fairness and
bringing (charity) to a near kinsman, and He
forbids obscenity and malfeasance and iniquity.
He admonishes you that possibly you would be
mindful.”(16-90). Mafrouq was silent.
Hani Ibn-Qubaisa
What you say is good, but it would be rash for us to
take a decision on what you are asking for right
away. So give us some time to think about it.
Ask for some time to think about it …
Al- Muthana Ibn Al-Hareth told Prophet Muhammad (saws)
that their tribe is situated between the Arabs and Persia,
and that they could protect him from Arabs but not from the
Persians. Prophet Muhammad (saws) answered that this issue
had to be taken comprehensively. It is a message to
everyone. The Prophet thanked them for their cordiality
and hailed their truthfulness. Before leaving, he asked
them to promise that when Allah grants him victory over
Persia, they would embrace Islam.
They pledged loyalty. The Prophet left them while he
was narrating these ayahs, "O you Prophet, surely
We have sent you as a witness, and a bearer of
good tidings, and a constant Warner, And a Caller
to Allah by His permission, and as an
enlightening luminary." (33: 45, 46)
It is noteworthy that later on, after the death of the
Prophet (SAWS), Al-Muthana embraced Islam and
led an army to conquer Persia. However, he
regretted that he was so late that he did not win the
honor of being the Prophet’s companion [story of
Abu Bakr not recognizing him, “Wallah if the
Prophet saw you , He would be happy.”]
Swaid bin Samit
He was a poet, who read many books and collected many
sayings from them. When the Prophet (SAWS) invited
him to Islam, swaid said that Luqman’s sayings were
better than the Qur’an, and so he read them to him. The
Prophet (SAWS) listened to him and did not interrupt
him, then when he had finished, the Prophet read him
some ayahs from the Qur’an. Swaid was deeply moved,
and he embraced Islam.
Dhumad Al- Azdi.
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Dhumad Al-Azdi, was a man from a tribe known as
Azd Al-Shanu’a from southern Arabia. He came to
Makkah and heard that there was a man among
them obsessed with Jinn. They were referring to
Muhammad (saw).
His occupation was to cure those who were thought
to be possessed by the jinn.
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With the right intentions he went to the Prophet
(saw) and said, “I heard you are obsessed with Jinn
and I am an expert. I can help you if you want.”
It was an insulting statement, but the Prophet (saw)
was very compassionate and understood that this
man had heard some wrong information.
How the Prophet (saw) said . . .
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“Praise be to God. We praise Him and seek His help.
Whomever God leads aright no one can lead astray.
Whomever God leads astray no one can lead aright. I
bear witness that there is no God worthy of worship but
God alone who has no associates ” Prophet (saw) used
to open his speech.
Dumad interrupted the Prophet and asked him to
repeat the words again. So he did.
Dumad comments . . .
“These words are so wonderful they will reach the
depths of the ocean [meaning these words will
have influence.” Then Prophet said, “Pledge
allegiance to me.” And so Dumad extended his
hand and did so– and the Prophet (saw) said, ‘How
about you plead also for your people.” So, he
said, “And for my people.”
Dumad was a man . . .
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Who came with one objective and walked out with
another-he came to heal the Prophet and the
Prophet (saw) healed him.
Prophet had so much influence on people, that it
completely changes ones life. Leadership quality
that Allah gave him—he was able to influence
others.
Subhan Allah years later . . .
The prophet (saw) sent an army that passed by the
village of Dumad. The leader of the army asked his
soldiers, “Did you take anything from these
people?” And one of them said, “Yes, I took a
strong camel.” He said, “Give it back. These are the
people of Dumad and the Prophet of Allah has
given them protection.”
‘Amr Ibn Absa
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Now a man from Makkah, but from Arabia.
He speaks about himself in Sahih Muslim, “In the time of
ignorance, I had belief in my heart that the religion of my
people was false. Then I came to know that there came a
man in Makkah preaching a new religion. SO I immediately
traveled on my camel. I had to sneak in and secretly meet
him [conditions were difficult, you can’t meet Muhammad
publicly]. I finally met him, and asked him, “Who are you? “
Prophet said, “I am a Prophet.” I said, “What does that
mean?” Prophet said, “I was sent by Allah.” “What did he
send you with [notice the simplicity of a mind that is not
corrupt with philosophy and argument]“ asked ‘Amr.
Prophet said, “He sent me with a message, worshipping
him alone. Associating no gods with him. And to destroy
idols.” ‘Amr said, “Can I follow you.” Prophet said, “You
cannot follow me, don’t you see my situation. When you
hear that I have prevailed come and see me.”
‘Amr said I left and I would constantly ask about new
related to Muhammad (saw) until one day he heard
that he had migrated to Al Madinah. He said , “ I
approached the Prophet (saw). Do you know me?” And
the Prophet (saw) said, “Yes, you are the man who came
to meet me in Makkah.” He said, ‘teach me of the
knowledge that Allah has taught you. Teach me about
Salaah” Prophet (saw) did . And he said, “teach me
about Wudu” and the Prophet (saw) did.
Tufail bin ‘Amr Ad- Dausi
He was poet and chief of Ad-Daus tribe. When he came to Makkah :
"O Tufayl, you have come to our town. This man who claims that he is a
Prophet has ruined our authority and shattered our community. We
are afraid that he would succeed in undermining you and your
authority among your people just as he has done with us. Don't
speak to the man. On no account listen to anything he has to say. He
has the speech of a wizard, causing division between father and
son, between brother and brother and between husband and wife."
They went on telling me the most fantastic stories and scared
me by recounting tales of his incredible deeds. I made up
my mind then not to approach this man, or speak to him or
listen to anything he had to say. The following morning I
went to the Sacred Mosque to make tawaf around the
Kabah as an act of worship to the idols that we made
pilgrimage to and glorified. I inserted a piece of cotton in
my ears out of fear that something of the speech of
Muhammad would reach my hearing.
As soon as I entered the Mosque, I saw him standing
near the Kabah. He was praying in a fashion which
was different from our prayer. His whole manner of
worship was different. The scene captivated me. His
worship made me tremble and I felt drawn to him,
despite myself, until I was quite close to him.
I remained there until the Prophet left for his home. I
followed him as he entered his house, and I entered also
and said, "O Muhammad, your people have said
certain things to me about you. By God, they kept on
frightening me away from your message so that I even
blocked my ears to keep out your words. Despite this,
God caused me to hear something of it and I found it
good. So tell me more about your mission."
The Prophet, peace be upon him, did and recited to
me Surah Al-Iklaas and Surah Al-Falaq. I swear by
God, I had never heard such beautiful words
before. Neither was a more noble or just mission
ever described to me. Thereupon, I stretched out my
hand to him in allegiance and testified that there is
no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the
messenger of Allah. This is how I entered Islam.
I stayed on for some time in Makkah learning the
teachings of Islam memorizing parts of the Quran.
When I decided to return to my people, I said, "O
Rasulullah. I am a man who is obeyed in his tribe. I
am going back to them and I shall invite them to
Islam . . ."
Goes back to his family . . .
When I returned to my people, my father, who was
quite old then, came up to me and I said, 'O Father,
let me relate my news to you. I am no longer from
you and you are not of me.''
"Why so, my son?" he asked.
"I have accepted Islam and now follow the religion of Muhammad, peace and
blessings of God be upon him," I replied.
"My son," he said, "your religion is my religion."
''Go and wash your sell and cleanse your clothes," I said. "Then come that I
may teach you what I have learnt."
This the old man did and I explained Islam to him and he became a
Muslim.
Then his wife . . .
"Then came my wife and I said, "Let me relate my news to
you. I am no longer of you and you are not of me."
"Good heavens! Why so?" she exclaimed.
"Islam has separated us," I explained. "I have become a
Muslim and follow the religion of Muhammad."
"Your religion is my religion," she replied.
'Then go and purify yourself, not with the water of Dhu Shara, the idol of the
Daws, but with pure water from the mountain. "
"Good gracious! Do you fear anything from Dhu Shara?"
"Damn Dhu Shari. I told you, go and wash there, far away from people. I
guarantee you that this dumb stone won't do a thing to you."
She went and washed and I explained Islam to her and she became a
Muslim. I then invited the Daws as a whole to become Muslims. They were
all slow in responding, except Abu Hurayrah. He was the quickest to
respond to the invitation of Islam.
The next time I went to Makkah, Abu Hurayrah was with me.
"What have you left behind?' the Prophet asked me.
"Hearts with veils over them obscuring the Truth, and firm disbelief. Sin and
disobedience have won over the Daws."
The Prophet thereupon stood up, made wudu and prayed with his hands
raised to the heavens. Abu Hurayrah remarked, "When I saw the Prophet
like this, I was afraid that he was praying against my people and that they
would be destroyed."
But the Prophet, upon whom be peace, prayed, "O
Lord, guide the Daws, guide the Daws, guide the
Daws." Then he turned to me and said:
"Go back to your people, befriend them, treat them
gently and invite them to Islam."
I stayed in the land of the Daws inviting them to Islam until
after the hijrah of the Prophet to Madinah and after the
battle of Badr, Uhud and Khandaq had taken place. Then I
went to the Prophet. With me were eighty families who had
become Muslims and who were strong in their faith. The
Prophet was pleased with us and he gave us a portion of
the booty after the battle of Khaybar. We said to him, "O
Rasulullah, make us the right wing of your army in every
battle and make our efforts acceptable."
Tufayl stayed with the Prophet until the liberation of Makkah. After the
destruction of the idols there, Tufayl asked the Prophet to send him to put
an end to the worship of Dhu-l Kafayn, the chief idol of his people. The
Prophet gave him permission.
Back in Tihama among the Daws, men, women and children of the tribe had
gathered and were agitated that the idol was going to be burnt. They were
waiting to see if any evil would befall Tufayl should he harm Dhu-l Kafayn.
Tufayl approached the idols with the worshipers around it. As he set fire to
it, he proclaimed:
"O Dhu-l Kafayn, of your worshipers I certainly am
not. Fire have I inserted into your heart."
Whatever shirk remained in the Daws tribe went up
in the flames that burnt the idol. The whole tribe
became Muslims.
Abu Dhar Al- Ghifari
Said, “Me, my brother and my mother left Ghifar
because our people used to be disrespectable of
the inviolable months [firm traditon among them
to not break this sanctity, they were professional
raiders of caravans, they were Bedouins who
stole, raided, were corrupt—they have a bad
reputation in Arabia, they did not abide by rules]
Abu Dharr
They went and visited an uncle of theirs, from another
tribe, who was very hospitable to us. But eventually
his family got very jealous or how he was treating
us so well. So, they went up to the uncle of Abu
Dharr and said that Unays [br of Abu Dharr] goes
and visits your wife. He is interested in her.
The uncle quite naively goes and approaches them
and mentions to them what he has heard, that
Unays is interested in his wife. Abu Dharr was very
upset because it was a false allegation. He told his
uncle, “All the good that you have shown us you
have cancelled it by this! All of your hospitality has
gone after this accusation.” SO they packed and
left.
Abu Dharr says, “My uncle was very regretful and he
wrapped himself in a piece of cloth and sat crying.”
But Abu Dharr said they were so angry, that they
left. They went to Makkah, and settles outside of it.
His brother Unays went into Makkah to do some
business and came back and told Abu Dharr that he
had met a man who claims that he is a Prophet
(saw).
Unays said, “ I met a man who is preaching the worship of
Allah alone.” Abu Dharr said, “And at that time I had
already worshipped Allah for three years and revoked the
worshipping of idols [his fitra guided him that it was
wrong].” So, he was asked, “How would you pray to Allah.”
He said, “I would pray in whichever direction Allah would
point me to and whichever way Allah would guide me to
and I would pray in the night until I would fall asleep until
the sun would wake me up in the morning.”
He did not know how to pray, but he would pray. Abu
Dharr asked, “What does he order us to do?” And
Unays told him. And then he asked, “How have his
people received him” Unays said, “They call him a
sorcerer and liar [and he went down the list]” Abu
Dharr said, “You have not satisfied my hunger. I want to
go and investigate the matter myself [the media of the
day, the CNN of the day, I don’t trust them] and I want
to go and hear it from the message himself.”
We are asked to verify—that is how the science of hadith
emerged, scholars wanted to know the names of those
who narrated it because we do not follow hearsay.
So, he went and inquired about Muhammad (saw), so he
asked a man who immediately started calling me
names and pelting me with stones until I fell unconscious.
When he woke up he was like a NUSUB AHMAR [like
the idols they used to slaughter near, soaked with
blood]
He got up and washed himself with the water of Zamzam at
the Ka’abah. In the narration of Ahmed it says, that Abu
Dharr stayed there for 3 days not knowing where to meet
the Prophet. He said, “I did not have any food but the water
of Zamzam [not surprising because health officials tells us
we can live on water for a few days] and I realized that I
was picking up weight, until I was getting folds on my
stomach [Bedouins had flat stomachs]. I then saw two women
come to the Ka’abah and do Tawaf and on every turn touch
Isaaf and Naila [who were the two idols?
Isaf and Naila were in love and they could not get married
and they had an appointment/date to meet at the kaabah
and they had intended to fornicate there and Allah (SWT)
turned them into stones on the spot. Quraysh took these two
stones and started worshipping them, and it shows you the
floodgates of Shaytan. When he throws you in dungeons of
darkness, spiral out of control—idol worship start after
erecting statues of righteous mean and shaytan came to tell
them to do so, and generations later they worshipped them]
Abu Dharr, despised idol worshipper so he threw a
comment, “Why don’t you make one have
intercourse with the other.” Either the woman did not
understand what he said, or did not believe that
they heard. They continued. When he realized that
they it did not deter them, he threw out a cruder
comment. They started wailing down the streets of
makkah.
Who did they run into?
Abu Bakr and Muhammad (saw) who asked them what was the
matter. They said, “That heretic over there spoke words that
fill the mouth [in other words, he was very rude].” Rasool
Allah went to meet this man, and they started a
conversation. Rasool Allah asked him, “Where are you
from?” He said, “From Ghifaar.” Rasool Allah (saw) placed
his hand on his forehead—surprised and amazed to see
someone from Ghifar who don’t follow any rules and
customs, and here searching for the truth whereas Makkah
rejects it.
Abu Dharr said that I sensed that he hated the fact
that I was from Ghifar. So I extended my hand to
pull his hand from his forehead, Abu Bakr told him
to put his hand down. The conversation continued,
and Abu Dharr became Muslim.
Prophet (saw) told him to keep his faith secret. Abu Dharr he
went out the next day, he went out in front of the people of
Quraysh and said the SHAHADHA, they gathered around
me and beat me up so bad that he thought he would die.
Until Al Abbas came and said, ‘Do you know where this man
is from? He is from Ghifar. None of your caravans will make
it safely to Syria’ They fled! He did same thing the next day,
and the following day and he would be beaten and Al
Abbas would rescue him.
Rasool Allah told him to go back to his people and call them to
Islam [how long did Abu Dharr stay with the Prophet
(saw)? Not very long. How much did he know about
Islam? Not a lot]. He went back and started giving them
dawa—slowly they accepted. By the time the Prophet (saw)
settled in Madinah, half of his tribe had accepted Islam, and
the rest said that they would accept Islam when they met the
Prophet (saw). They set out to meet him—the whole tribe
Muslim and non-Muslim—Al Madinah saw a dust cloud, sign
of an army approaching or so it seemed.
Companions rushed to their weapons, but the Prophet (saw) said, “Be
like Abu Dharr.” And it was him and his ENTIRE tribe coming to
pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah.
Now the rival tribe of Ghifar was Aslam. When they heard that
Ghifar had accepted Islam they went and accepted Islam and
pledged allegiance to him (saw). Prophet said, “Ghifar may Allah
forgive them and Aslam may Allah give them peace.” All of it
started with the work of ONE man! Later on he learned a lot! The
last people of the desert to accept Islam became Muslim.
Lessons . . .
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The ones who search for guidance Allah will give it to them. He investigated the
matter, and Allah showed him the light.
Prophet says, “Convey even one verse about me.” Don’t keep it to yourself.
He had courage, and he was proud and he paid for it dearly and he preached the
message to his people without any hesitation.
Verifying the truth—you have to go to the source to verify the information. Allah has
given you a mind, intelligence so use them.
Do not belittle any good deed—even if it was a smile in the face of your brother or
sister. It could be the criteria that would mean tipping the scales in your fever. Abu
Dharr learned very little—did he know that this small effort would mean the Islam
of two major tribes becoming Muslim. You throw the seed, and Allah will make it
grow.
10th day . . .
After 10 days of Hajj (Pilgrimage), the Prophet
(SAWS) passed through 26 fruitless trials, yet he
did not despair. He waited until the last days
possible for success.
Taking to six young men . . .
He met six young men from al-Ansar, from the tribe of
al-Khazraj, who came to perform Hajj. The oldest
one of them was 21 years old, and his name was
Assa’d Ibn-Zorarah. The Prophet (SAWS) found the
young men at the barber, cutting their hair, and he
decided to speak to them.
Dialog between them and Prophet (saw)
"Of what tribe are you?" asked the Prophet. "Of the tribe of Khazraj," they
replied. "Are you the allies of the Jews?" The Prophet enquired. They said:
"Yes." "Then why not sit down for a little and I will speak to you." The offer
was readily accepted for the fame of Muhammad [saw] had spread to
Madinah and the strangers were curious to see more of the man who had
created a stir in the whole area. The Prophet [saw] presented to them an
expose of Islam, explained its implications, and the responsibilities that fell
upon the men who accepted it. When the Prophet [saw] concluded his talk,
they exchanged among themselves ideas to the following effect: "Know
surely, this is the Prophet with whom the Jews are ever threatening us;
wherefore let us make haste and be the first to join him."
The six young men embraced Islam
They asked the Prophet (SAWS) to let them go back to
their people to try to settle the disagreements between
al-Aws and al-Khazraj.
They, therefore, embraced Islam, and said to the Prophet,
"We have left our community for no tribe is so
divided by hatred and rancor as they are. Allâh may
cement our ties through you. So let us go and invite
them to this religion of yours; and if Allâh unites
them in it, no man will be dearer than you."
Decided to meet the following year …
The Prophet (SAWS) agreed, and they promised to
meet him the following year at the same place
[without ANY reminders—they came back]. After
one year, they came, but twelve: eight from alKhazraj and four from al-Aws.
First Pledge of Al-Aqabah.
The Prophet (SAWS) agreed on an oath of allegiance
with them. It was known as the First Pledge of al‘Aqaba.
"We will not worship any one but one Allah; we will
not steal; neither will we commit adultery, nor kill our
children; we will not utter slander, intentionally
forging falsehood and we will not disobey you in
any just matter."
To ensure
When they had taken the pledge, Muhammad [saw]
said: "He who carries it out, Allâh will reward
him; and who neglects anything and is afflicted
in this world, it may prove redemption for him in
the Hereafter; and if the sin remains hidden from
the eyes of the men and no grief comes to him,
then his affair is with Allâh. He may forgive him
or He may not."
Notice that
Prophet (SAWS) chose these terms particularly in
order to reform the society in al-Madinah. He
realized that the society suffered from serious
problems because of the war. So, wanted to
increase good manners, thus making them a
good example for other people to follow, so that
more people would admire these manners and
embrace Islam.
Asked to return to their tribes and
meet again after one year to settle the agreement of
al-Hijrah (the migration from Makkah to
Madinah)—but he sends someone with who will be
the cause of the Islam of Al Madinah.