The Pledge of the Tree (Bay'at al-Ridwan)
بيعة الرضوان
c. March 628 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 6 AH
In Dhu al-Qa'da 6 AH at al-Hudaybiyya, following rumors that Uthman ibn Affan had been murdered in Mecca, the Prophet summoned the 1,400 Companions to pledge under an acacia tree not to flee and to fight unto death; God revealed His pleasure with the pledge in Surat al-Fath.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Converts and those who leaveWorship and the pillars
Connections
- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Had participant
- MuhammadUthman ibn AffanUmar ibn al-KhattabSinan ibn Abi Sinan al-AsadiThe MuhajirunThe Ansar
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
- Revealed in
- Qur'an 48:18
People and things also explored
The HijraExpedition of Dhu AmarrThe first migration to AbyssiniaThe Treaty of HudaybiyyaMedinaThe three years of the secret callUmar accepts IslamThe brotherhood of the Muhajirun and Ansar
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- Sahih Muslim
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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islam.museum contributors. “The Pledge of the Tree (Bay'at al-Ridwan)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/bayat-al-ridwan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.