Participants of the Second Pledge of Al-Aqabah

In June 622 C.E., 13th year of his Prophetic mission, just after performing Hajj rituals, 75 Muslim pilgrims from Yathrib, including 2 women, secretly took an oath of allegiance at the hands of Prophet Muhammad ¹ at Al-Aqabah, in Mina, on the Night of Al-Nafar Al-Awwal (لیلۃالنفر الاوّل) i.e., 12th of Dhu Al-Hijjah. ² These were the people who took oath to stand by

Muhammad in any good or bad time. They pledged to sacrifice their lives for Prophet Muhammad and protect him at all costs, like they did for their families. ³ These were the devoted companions of Prophet Muhammad who fought against the Quraysh along with their emigrant Muslim brothers, in the early battles of , including the Battle of Badr and Uhud. Some of them got the noble status of martyrdom by sacrificing their lives for Islam. Thus, they were the early soldiers and martyrs of Islam.

There were 11 participants from Al-Aws ibn Haritha tribe. Their names are quoted by Ibn Hisham as:

1. Usayd ibn Hudayr (from Banu Abd Al-Ashhal clan)
2. Abu Al-Haytham ibn Tayyahan (from Banu Abd Al-Ashhal clan)
3. Salma ibn Salama ibn Waqsh (from Banu Abd Al-Ashhal clan)
4. Zuhayr ibn Raafi’ (from Banu Haritha ibn Al-Harith clan)
5. Abu Burda Hani ibn Niyar (from Banu Haritha ibn Al-Harith clan)
6. Nuhayr ibn Al-Haytham (from Banu Haritha ibn Al-Harith clan)
7. Saad ibn Khaythama (from Banu ‘Amr ibn Auf ibn Malik clan)
8. Rifa’a ibn Abd Al-Mundhir (from Banu Auf ibn ‘Amr clan)
9. Abdullah ibn Jubayr ibn Al-Noman (from Banu Auf ibn ‘Amr clan)
10. Ma’an ibn ‘Adiy of Banu Bala (An Ally of Banu Auf ibn ‘Amr clan)
11. ‘Uwaym ibn Sa’ida. (from Banu Auf ibn ‘Amr clan)

Participants from Al-Khazraj tribe included:

1. Abu Ayyub Khalid ibn Zayd (from Banu Najjar clan)
2. Mu’adh ibn Al-Harith (from Banu Najjar clan)
3. Auf ibn Al-Harith (from Banu Najjar clan)
4. Mu’awwidh ibn Al-Harith (from Banu Najjar clan)
5. ‘Umara ibn Hazm ibn Zayd (from Banu Najjar clan)
6. As’ad ibn Zurara (from Banu Najjar clan)
7. Sahl ibn ‘Atik ibn Noman (from Banu ‘Amr ibn Mabdhul clan)
8. Aws ibn Thabit ibn Al-Mundhir (from Banu ‘Amr ibn Malik clan)
9. Abu Talha Zayd ibn Sahl (from Banu ‘Amr ibn Malik clan)
10. ‘Amr ibn Zayd Qays ibn Abu Sa’sa’a (from Banu Mazin ibn Al-Najjar clan)
11. ‘Amr ibn Ghazlya ibn Aamir (from Banu Mazin ibn Al-Najjar clan)
12. Saad ibn Al-Rabi’ (from Banu Al-Harith ibn Khazraj clan)
13. Khaarijah ibn Zayd (from Banu Al-Harith ibn Khazraj clan)
14. Abdullah ibn Rawaha (from Banu Al-Harith ibn Khazraj clan)
15. Bashir ibn Saad ibn Tha’laba (from Banu Al-Harith ibn Khazraj clan)
16. Abdullah ibn Zayd ibn Tha’laba (from Banu Al-Harith ibn Khazraj clan)
17. Khallad ibn Suwayd ibn Tha’laba (from Banu Al-Harith ibn Khazraj clan)
18. ‘Uqba ibn ‘Amr ibn Tha’laba (from Banu Al-Harith ibn Khazraj clan)
19. Ziyad ibn Labeed (from Banu Bayada ibn Aamir clan)
20. Farwah ibn ‘Amr (from Banu Bayada ibn Aamir clan)
21. Khalid ibn Qays (from Banu Bayada ibn Aamir clan)
22. Rafi ibn Malik ibn Al-’Ajlan, (from Banu Aamir ibn Zuraiq clan)
23. Dhakwan ibn Abd Qays ibn Khalda (from Banu Aamir ibn Zuraiq clan)
24. ‘Abbad ibn Qays ibn Aamir (from Banu Aamir ibn Zuraiq clan)
25. Al-Harith ibn Qays ibn Khalid (from Banu Aamir ibn Zuraiq clan)
26. Al-Bara ibn Ma’rur ibn Sakhr (from Banu Salmah ibn Saad clan)
27. Bishr ibn Al-Bara ibn Ma’rur (from Banu Salmah ibn Saad clan)
28. Sinan ibn Sayfi ibn Sakhr (from Banu Salmah ibn Saad clan)
29. Al-Tufayl ibn Noman (from Banu Salmah ibn Saad clan)
30. Ma’qil ibn Al-Mundhir (from Banu Salmah ibn Saad clan)
31. Yazid ibn Al-Mundhir (from Banu Salmah ibn Saad clan)
32. Masood ibn Yazid (from Banu Salmah ibn Saad clan)
33. Al-Dahhak ibn Haritha (from Banu Salmah ibn Saad clan)
34. Yazid ibn Haram or Khazam (from Banu Salmah ibn Saad clan)
35. Jabbar ibn Sakhr (from Banu Salmah ibn Saad clan)
36. Al-Tufayl ibn Malik (from Banu Salmah ibn Saad clan)
37. Ka’b ibn Malik (from Banu Sawad ibn Ghanam clan)
38. Salim ibn ‘Amr (from Banu Sawad ibn Ghanam clan)
39. Qutba ibn Aamir (from Banu Sawad ibn Ghanam clan) Yazid ibn Aamir (from Banu Sawad ibn Ghanam clan)
40. Abu Al-Yasar Ka’b ibn ‘Amr (from Banu Sawad ibn Ghanam clan)
41. Sayfi ibn Sawad (from Banu Sawad ibn Ghanam clan)
42. Tha’laba ibn Ghanama (from Banu Sawad ibn Ghanam clan)
43. ‘Amr ibn Ghanama (from Banu Naabi clan)
44. ‘Abs ibn Aamir (from Banu Naabi clan)
45. Abdullah ibn Unays (from Banu Naabi clan)
46. Khalid ibn ‘Amr ibn Adiy (from Banu Naabi clan)
47. Abdullah ibn ‘Amr (from Banu Haram ibn Ka’b clan)
48. Jabir ibn Abdullah (from Banu Haram ibn Ka’b clan)
49. Mu’adh ibn ‘Amr (from Banu Haram ibn Ka’b clan)
50. Thahit ibn Al-Jidh’ (from Banu Haram ibn Ka’b clan)
51. Umair ibn al-Harith ibn Tha’laba (from Banu Haram ibn Ka’b clan)
52. Khadij ibn Salaama (from Banu Haram ibn Ka’b clan)
53. Mu’adh ibn Jabal (from Banu Haram ibn Ka’b clan)
54. ‘Ubada ibn Al-Samit (from Banu Auf ibn Al-Khazraj)
55. A1-Abbas ibn 'Ubada (from Banu Auf ibn Al-Khazraj)
56. Abu Abd Al-Rahman Yazid ibn Tha'laba (Banu Auf ibn Al-Khazraj clan)
57. 'Amr ibn Al-Harith (from Banu Auf ibn Al-Khazraj clan)
58. Rifa'ah ibn 'Amr ibn Zaid (from Banu Saalim ibn Ghanam clan)
59. 'Uqba ibn Wahb (from Banu Saalim ibn Ghanam clan)
60. Saad ibn 'Uhada (from Banu S’adah ibn K’ab clan)
61. Al-Mundhir ibn 'Amr (from Banu S’adah ibn K’ab clan) .

There were two women among the participants of the Second Pledge of Al-Aqabah as well:

1. Umm Umarah Nusaybah bint K’ab (from Banu M’azin ibn Al-Najjar clan)
2. Umm Manee’ Asma bint ‘Amr (from Banu Salmah clan). ⁹

 

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• ² Muhammad ibn Saad Al-Basri (1968), Tabqat Al-Kubra, Dar Sadir, Beirut, Lebanon, Vol. 1, Pg. 221.
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• ⁹ Abd Al-Malik ibn Hisham (1955), Al-Seerat Al-Nabawiyah le-ibn Hisham, Shirkah Maktabah wa Matba’a Mustafa Al-Babi, Cairo, Egypt, Vol. 1, Pg. 454-461.