PROPHET MUHAMMAD: The Messenger of Peace

the One, and will not ascribe partners to Him.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 3231) ISLAM SPREADS TO YATHRIB (MADINAH) The Prophet regularly conveyed the message of Islam to people from outside Makkah. In the eleventh year of his prophethood, in 620 AD, six men from the tribe of Khazraj of Yathrib (which later came to be known as Madinatun-Nabi, The Prophet’s City) accepted Islam during their pilgrimage to Makkah. The following year twelve more men from Yathrib accepted Islam. This time they took an oath pledging allegiance to the Prophet. This oath is known as the First Pledge of Aqabah, named after the Aqabah pass at Mina, near Makkah, where they had sworn to accept Islam. They requested the Prophet to send Musab bin Umayr, a companion of the Prophet, to Yathrib to convey the message of Islam to the inhabitants. There the divine message was immediately well-received, and within a year, many people accepted Islam due to the preaching of Musab ibn Umayr.