Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
10. The Prophet in Makkah
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was waged the vicious and devastating battle
between the Aws and Khazraj known as Bu’ath.
According to Khubayb ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman, two
people from Madinah, Sa’d ibn Zararah and
Zakwan ibn Qays, came to Makkah and stayed with
‘Utbah ibn Rabi’ah. When they heard about the
Prophet, they went to see him. The Prophet called
on them both to accept Islam and recited to them a
passage of the Qur’an. They
accepted the Prophet’s
invitation, and became Muslim. Rather than return
to the house of their host, ‘Utbah, they went straight
back to Madinah after seeing the Prophet. They
were the first to communicate the message of Islam
to the people of Madinah. This was in the tenth year
of the Prophet’s mission, three years before the
emigration to Madinah.
In the following year, six people from the Khazraj
tribe came to Makkah for Hajj. They became
Muslim, swore allegiance to the Prophet, and then
returned to Madinah to propagate Islam there.
Then, in the twelfth year of the Prophet’s mission,
twelve people came to swear allegiance to the
Prophet. The oath that they took, at ‘Aqabah near
