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....Hazrat
Muhammad took their oath (biat) on certain issues. They asked
the Prophet to send somebody to Medina to teach the Qur'an and
Islam.
....Our beloved Prophet sent Mus'āb
b. Umayr to them. Hazrat Mus'ab was very moved when he arrived
in Medina as he realized that the number of Muslims in Medina
had increased to 40, and he wept.
....By the extraordinary efforts
of Hazrat Mus'ab and other Muslims in Medina, Islam quickly spread
in Medina and the number of Muslims increased with each passing
day.
....When Sa'd b. Mu'az, the leader
of the Aws tribe and the most prominent person in Medina became
a Muslim, there was nothing left to stop Islam.
....Then Hazrat Mus'ab began performing
ritual prayers in the community of Muslims and preaching Islam
publicly.
....In Medina there were two tribes,
the Aws and Hazraj, which were engaged in a constant struggle
against each other. During these nonsensical wars, many brave
men died, many women were widowed, and many children were left
as orphans. Fathers and mothers constantly wept over the calamities
that befell their children.
....When the people of these two
tribes became Muslims and performed ritual prayers side by side
in the community, they stopped these meaningless battles, which
had been going on for years. The enmity between these two tribes
turned into brotherhood, and an atmosphere of festival emerged.
....The following year, i.e., in
the 13th year of the prophethood, a group of 75 people, two of
whom were women, came to Mecca under the leadership of Hazrat
Mus'āb. They met Hazrat Muhammad in Aqaba as usual.
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