Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH s,g#%3 (Vol-I) 259
partner to Allaah, that you will not steal and not fornicate. Whoever fulfils this
pledge shall have his reward guaranteed by Allaah and whoever perpetrates any
of these sins and Allaah conceals them (without being subjected to the Shari'ah
penal code), then his matter rests with Allaah Who may either punish him or
forgive him."
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Hadhrat Ubaadah bin Saamit %%@!23 and Other
Sahabah i43@@33 pledged their allegiance to
Rasulullaah for the First Time at Aqaba
Hadhrat Ubaadah bin Saamit +B,W% narrates that they were eleven persons
when the pledge of allegiance was taken for the first time at Aqaba. He says
that because fighting in Jihaad was not then compulsory, their pledge was the
same that the women took. They therefore pledged that they will not ascribe any
partner to Allaah, that they will not steal, that they will not fornicate, that they
will not come forth with slander which they fabricate before their hands and legs
(by claiming that their child is another's), that they will not kill their children and
that they will not disobey Rasulullaah in any good (deed that he commands
them to do). They were assured that whoever fulfils this pledge shall have his
reward guaranteed by Allaah and whoever perpetrates any of these sins, his
matter rests with Allaah Who may either punish him or forgive him. The same
people returned (to Makkah) the following year to again pledge their
allegiance.(2)
Pledging Allegiance to Undertake the Hijrah
Hadhrat Ya'la bin Munyah !B%&= pledges
allegiance on Behalf of his father
Hadhrat Ya'la bin Munyah !3W%i narrates that he approached Rasulullaah i%%%
the day after Makkah was conquered and said, "0 Rasulullaah @%$! Allow my
father to pledge that he will undertake the Hijrah." Rasulullaah said, "I shall
rather allow him to pledge his allegiance to Jihaad because (the compulsory)
Hijrah (to Madinah) has been terminated on the day Makkah was conquered."
The narration of Hadhrat Mujaashi SHi% in this regard has already passed at
the beginning of this chapter (3) in which he asked Rasulullaah @%$, "Accept our
pledge of allegiance to Hijrah." Rasulullaah @@ said to them, "Hijrah (to
Madinah) has finished with those who have already made Hijrah (the compulsion
to migrate to Madinah no longer exists)."
The Hadith of Hadhrat Jareer BWj has also passed(4) in which Rasulullaah
(I) Ibn Jareer as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal(Vol.l Pg.82).
(2) Ibn Is'haaq, Ibn Jareer and Ibn Asaakir as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Voi.1 Pg.82). Bukhari and
Muslim have also reported this narration as mentioned in AlBidaaya wan Nihaaya 0101.3 Pg.150).
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(3) Under the heading "Pledging Allegiance to Islaam" and the subheading "Hadhrat Mujaashi
and his Brother SlG3&%j Pledge Allegiance to lslaam and Jihaad".
(4) Under the heading "Pledging Allegiance to Islaam" and the subheading "Hadhrat Jareer bin
Abdillaah %W&tj pledges his allegiance to the Fundamentals of lslaam and wishing well for Every
Muslim".