The Pledges of Aqaba
بيعتا العقبة
c. July 621 CE – c. June 622 CE · c. Dhu al-Qa'da 1 BH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
The First and Second Pledges of Aqaba at Mina in the 12th and 13th years of prophethood (621 and 622 CE), in which delegates from Yathrib pledged allegiance to the Prophet, preparing Medina as the haven of the Hijra.
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 Amr ibn HaramAbdullah ibn UnaysAbu Lubaba ibn Abd al-Mundhiral-Abbas ibn Ubadaal-Bara ibn Ma'rurJabir ibn AbdullahMu'adh ibn JabalNusayba bint Ka'b (Umm Umara)Sa'd ibn KhaythamaSa'd ibn UbadaUbada ibn al-SamitUbayy ibn Ka'bUsayd ibn HudayrThe AnsarMuhammadMus'ab ibn UmayrAs'ad ibn Zuraraal-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- Led to
- The HijraThe plot at Dar al-Nadwa
- Occurred at
- MeccaMedina
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
The AnsarMedinaThe Battle of BadrThe Battle of UhudThe HijraMeccaThe Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)The Constitution of Medina
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- Musnad Ahmad
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islam.museum contributors. “The Pledges of Aqaba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/pledges-of-aqaba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.