After meeting the Messenger - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - with the delegation of the Aws and Khazraj in the Aqaba region near the holy Mecca and their agreement with him on a set of clauses, what was called in history the first pledge of allegiance to Aqaba, And after the Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - sent with them Musab bin Omair, may God be pleased with him; To teach them Islam, Islam spread in Medina, so the Muslims returned in the following year, which corresponds to the thirteenth year of the mission, and pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - the second pledge of Aqaba.
It is what was called in history the Great Allegiance of Aqaba
It is worth noting that the number of the Ansar from the Aws and the Khazraj who witnessed that pledge was seventy-three men and two women, namely Umm ‘Umarah; Nusaiba bint Ka’b Al-Mazaniah and Umm Manea’ Asma bint Amr bin Adi, may God be pleased with them all.
The terms of the second pledge of allegiance to Aqaba
The second pledge of Aqaba was a prelude to building the Islamic nation, and the Prophet - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - was keen to clarify the greatness and importance of this pledge through the clauses that he presented to the Ansar, although the Prophet - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - was always facilitating the matter of faith for people, and simplifying it for them, and he was even in their hearts at times with money, but in this pledge of allegiance he deliberately showed hardship and difficulty in every item of the pledge; So that the supporters know the seriousness of this step, and take a decision based on a real perception of the situation that does not contain any kind of confusion or lack of clarity, as he said:
(You pledge allegiance to me for hearing and obedience in activity and laziness, and spending in hardship and ease, and for order for good and forbidding evil, And if he says it, he does not care about the blame of the blamer in God, and that you support me and prevent me, if I come to you from what you prevent yourselves, your wives, and your children, and for you is Paradise.)
The following is a description of each of the items:
1 - Hearing and obedience in activity and laziness
The Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - explained the matter to the Ansar; Hearing and obedience will not only be in a state of faith activity that motivates its owner to accept orders easily, but it must also be in states of apathy and laziness as well.
2-spending in hardship and ease
some applies spending in hardship. It is very difficult, not like spending in ease, and it requires a firm and strong faith.
3- Ordering for good and forbidding evil
In this virtue there is great difficulty. Since man, by nature, does not like to feel his mistake and avoid dealing with those who remind him of it, and this is what happens when a person order for good and forbids evil, that is why the Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - explained to the Ansar that faith requires enduring hardships and sacrificing everything. Speak the truth without fearing the blame of the blame, where the Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - stipulated that the Ansar in the pledge of allegiance should say the word of truth no matter the price. It is known that the word of truth is difficult for the soul; Because it may result in the blame of the family, relatives, and all people.
4 - Supporting and defending the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace
That is, the Messenger of God stipulated that the Ansar be jihad in the cause of God in the pledge of allegiance, and the truth is that jihad is one of the most difficult things for the soul; Therefore, it is the height of the hump of Islam, As the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: (The head of the matter is Islam, its pillar is prayer, apex of its hump is jihad).
5- Defending the Messenger as they protect their wives and children
What made the matter even more difficult was the stipulation of the Prophet - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - that the Ansar should defend and protect him as they would protect themselves, their money, and their wives.
We make use of the above as follows:
1 - In this pledge of allegiance many Muslims, and you are expert that the first pledge and then the presence of Musab bin Omair - may God be pleased with him - entered into every home of the Ansar someone in Islam, and this means that the houses of the Ansar were a mixture of infidels in the God of Heaven and believers in Him, and this It is now present in the homes of some Westerners, and perhaps in the homes of Muslims themselves, as Al-Sadiq al-Masduq told him, A time will come upon people on the authority of Tamim al-Dari - may God be pleased with him - who said: I heard the Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - say: “Let this matter reach what reached night and day, And God does not leave the homes of mud or hair but God will enter this religion in it, with honor dear or humiliated, God honors Islam with it, and God humiliates disbelief with it.
2 - The entry of Muslims into a new stage in their lives, the civil stage, the relationship with the other, and perhaps facing the other (Jews - Christians - Magi - polytheists - star worshipers - worshipers of what remains of the Abrahamic religion and so on) and what does this mean? It means that Muslims have limits and a ceiling that governs them to deal with the next stage, as it is a stage of do and do not do and the call become (O you who believe, not O people)
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last word
1 - The Companions did not become companions before (expenditure and support), and they are the companions of the Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him. Today, however, do not count the freinds without support and spending money in times of distress.
2 - From the previous study: We note that people spend their money not for showy or anything like that if they have a big idea that bothers them, if the idea is found, they rarely give up their money for trivial reasons.
may God have mercy on the honorable companions, and God bless good friendship.
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