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declared, “If you don’t believe in Allah and His Messenger, I will never speak to you
again!” Day after day, people from his tribe embraced Islam until the only one person
remained, and that was Al Usairim who delayed until the Day of Uhud when he sided
with the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) and fought against the unbelievers until he
was martyred.
The Seventy-Two Men of Yathrib
When the time for the pilgrimage arrived in the following year - which was thirteen years
after the prophethood - seventy-three men and two women whose names were Nusaiba
daughter of Ka’b from the tribe of Najjar, and Asma the daughter of Amr from the tribe of
the Bani Salamah, set forth in a caravan to Mecca. Unknown to the unbelievers of
Yathrib in their caravan were the new converts who wanted to pledge their allegiance to
the Prophet in person, who, when the time was right, slipped away unnoticed to meet the
Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam). It was arranged that they would meet the Prophet
(salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) on a certain hill at Aqabah at night in middle of Tashreeq
(11th, 12th and 13th of Dhul Hijja).
The happy band of pilgrims were accompanied by one of the hierarchy of Yathrib by the
again!” Day after day, people from his tribe embraced Islam until the only one person
remained, and that was Al Usairim who delayed until the Day of Uhud when he sided
with the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) and fought against the unbelievers until he
was martyred.
The Seventy-Two Men of Yathrib
When the time for the pilgrimage arrived in the following year - which was thirteen years
after the prophethood - seventy-three men and two women whose names were Nusaiba
daughter of Ka’b from the tribe of Najjar, and Asma the daughter of Amr from the tribe of
the Bani Salamah, set forth in a caravan to Mecca. Unknown to the unbelievers of
Yathrib in their caravan were the new converts who wanted to pledge their allegiance to
the Prophet in person, who, when the time was right, slipped away unnoticed to meet the
Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam). It was arranged that they would meet the Prophet
(salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) on a certain hill at Aqabah at night in middle of Tashreeq
(11th, 12th and 13th of Dhul Hijja).
The happy band of pilgrims were accompanied by one of the hierarchy of Yathrib by the