Hilf al-Fudul (the pact of the virtuous)
حلف الفضول
c. 586 CE
A pact sworn in Dhu al-Qa'da at the house of Abdullah ibn Jud'an by the clans of Hashim, al-Muttalib, Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza, Zuhra ibn Kilab and Taym ibn Murra, to stand with anyone wronged in Mecca until his right is restored; the young Muhammad witnessed it and praised it after prophethood.
Depth
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
Connections
- Had participant
- Abdullah ibn Jud'anal-As ibn Wa'ilMuhammadal-Zubayr ibn Abd al-MuttalibBanu HashimBanu al-Muttalib
- Caused by
- The Fijar war
- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
The boycott of the Banu HashimThe call to the nearest kinUmar accepts IslamLast Quraysh delegation to Abu TalibQurayshThe Fijar warMuhammadMecca
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Hilf al-Fudul (the pact of the virtuous)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/hilf-al-fudul/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.