The Future For Islam

vi THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD

AGAINST THOSE PERSECUTING AND DENYING HIM. NONE OF THEM AGREED,

SINCE GOD ALMIGHTY HAD RESERVED THAT GREAT HONOUR TO THE ANS~R

(THE "HELPERS" OR "PARTISANS") OF MEDINA, MAY GOD BE PLEASED WITH

THEM. 103

AN ACCOUNT FROM SUWAYD B. SAMIT, THE ANS~R~. 116

The acceptance ef Islam by Iyar b. Mu'adh. 117

Chapter: The commencement of the acceptance ofIslam by the angr, the "Helpers"of

Medina, God bless them. 118

AN ACCOUNT OF THE SECOND MEETING AT AL-CAQPBA. 129

SECTION: THAT GIVES THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE SECOND

MEETING AT AL-'AQABA, THEIR NUMBER, ACCORDING TO IBN ISHA%

TOTALLING SEVENTY-THREE MEN AND TWO WOMEN. 140

Chapter: The beginning of emigration from Mecca to Medina. 143

SECTION: ON THE CAUSE OF THE EMIGRATION OF THE MESSENGER OF GOD

(SAAS). 151

Chapter: The emigration ofthe Messenger of God ($AAS)from Mecca to Medina

accompanied by Abfi Bakr "the Trustjng", God be pleased with him. 154

The Story of Umm Ma'bad at-Khuzxciyya. 170

SECTION: ON THE ENTRY OF THE MESSENGER OF GOD (SAAS) INTO

MEDINA, AND WHERE HE ESTABLISHED THEREIN HIS DWELLING, COMPRISING

MATTERS RELATED THERETO. 176

THE EVENTS OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THE HEGIRA: AN ACCOUNT OF THE MAJOR
EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS IN THE FIRST YEAR FOLLOWING THE EMIGRATION OF
THE MESSENGER OF GOD (SAAS). 189
SECTION: ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF ISLAM BY 'ABD ALLAH B. SALAM,
MAY GOD BE PLEASED WITH HIM. 194

AN ACCOUNT OF THE SERMON OF THE MESSENGER OF GOD (SAAS) THAT
DAY. 197
SECTION: ON THE BUILDING OF THE HOLY MOSQUE DURING THE PERIOD OF
THE RESIDENCE OF THE MESSENGER OF GOD (SAAS) AT THE HOME OF ABO
AYYOB, MAY GOD BE PLEASED WITH HIM. 200
Indications of the excellence of this noble morgue and this esaltedplace. 206
SECTION: ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE
EMIGRANTS AND THE HELPERS THROUGH THE DOCUMENT HE HAD DRAWN
UP BETWEEN THEM. ON THE NATURE OF THAT BROTHERLY RELATIONSHIP HE
MADE BETWEEN THEM, AND ON THE FRIENDLY RELATIONS HE ESTABLISHED
WITH THE JEWS WHO WERE IN MEDINA. 212
SECTION: ON THE ESTABLISHMENT BY THE MESSENGER OF GOD (SAAS) OF
A PACT OF BROTHERHOOD BETWEEN THE EMIGRANTS AND THE HELPERS SO
THAT THEY WOULD BE FRIENDS. 214
Chapter: On the death ofAbh Umama As'ad b. ZurZra. 218