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**raspirator** · 04-27-2012, 10:50 PM

How do you want to overthrow the ruler if the majority of the masses are irreligious like their rulers? With which power will you manage that?

Brother,

The Prophet

essentially engaged in a coup in Yathrib by gaining the the Second Pledge of Aqaba, or the Pledge of War. It was done at night with key members of Aus and Khazraj. And it was done without the Abdullah ibn Ubayy bin Salul knowing, who was supposed to be crowned the first king of Yathrib.

Here is an account of the event at al Aqaba:

We set out for pilgrimage and struck a rendezvous in mid Tashreeq Days. We were accompanied by a celebrity and a notable of ours called ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Haram, who was still a polytheist. We disclosed to him our intention of meeting Muhammad and exhorted him to join our ranks and give up polytheism lest he should serve as wood for Hell in the Hereafter. He promptly embraced Islam and witnessed the serious meeting at Al-‘Aqabah.
That very night we slept with our people in our camps. After a third of the night had elapsed, we began to leave stealthily and met in a hillock nearby. We were seventy three men and two women Nusaibah bint Ka‘b from the Najjars and Asma’ bint ‘Amr from Bani Salamah. We waited for the Messenger of Allâh until he came in the company of his uncle Al-‘Abbas bin ‘Abdul Muttalib who (though himself not a Muslim yet) adjured us not to draw his nephew away from the protection of his own kindred unless we were fully prepared to defend him even at the risk of our lives. He was the first to speak:

"O you people of the Khazraj — the Arabs used to call the Ansâr (Helpers) Khazraj, whether from Khazraj or Aws — you all know the position that Muhammad holds among us. We have protected him from our people as much as we could. He is honoured and respected among his people. He refuses to join any party except you. So if you think you can carry out what you promise while inviting him to your town, and if you can defend him against the enemies, then assume the burden that you have taken. But if you are going to surrender him and betray him after having taken him away with you, you had better leave him now because he is respected and well defended in his own place."
The Prophet

showed deference and sympathy for Abdullah on account of him being denied eventhough he became the chief of the hypocrites. [And on our beloved,

]

The Pledge occurred at night and everyone involved understood it to be of the gravest of life and death importance.

This occurred because the Prophet

had a strategy to approach different people and gauge their capabilities in fulfilling the requirements of 'protection', which today amounts to self sustaining governance and economics and the power to wage war.

And this occurred because the Prophet

had sent Musab ibm Umayr

to Yathrib previously as an emissary to spred the message of Islam. And it is known that he strategically leaders of Aus and Khazraj for Dawah for their conversion would lead to entire tribes converting. And of course the Prophet

intentionally gave Dawah to Quraishi leaders for the same reasons- that securing authority and power enables the secure practice of Islam and the greater propagation of Islam to humanity.

Thus, there was a known strategy for Dawah and the cause of establishing Islam in life.

In the face of this from our Deen, the matter of ruling is NOT beyond the reach of the believers. Rather, it is part of the obligation of the believers: to enjoin Good and forbid Evil and to Rule and judge according to what Allah has revealed.

These are fundamental features of the Ummah of Muhammad

and the way of the believers.

04-27-2012, 10:50 PM	#9
raspirator Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 419 Senior Member	How do you want to overthrow the ruler if the majority of the masses are irreligious like their rulers? With which power will you manage that? Brother, The Prophet essentially engaged in a coup in Yathrib by gaining the the Second Pledge of Aqaba, or the Pledge of War. It was done at night with key members of Aus and Khazraj. And it was done without the Abdullah ibn Ubayy bin Salul knowing, who was supposed to be crowned the first king of Yathrib. Here is an account of the event at al Aqaba: We set out for pilgrimage and struck a rendezvous in mid Tashreeq Days. We were accompanied by a celebrity and a notable of ours called ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Haram, who was still a polytheist. We disclosed to him our intention of meeting Muhammad and exhorted him to join our ranks and give up polytheism lest he should serve as wood for Hell in the Hereafter. He promptly embraced Islam and witnessed the serious meeting at Al-‘Aqabah. That very night we slept with our people in our camps. After a third of the night had elapsed, we began to leave stealthily and met in a hillock nearby. We were seventy three men and two women Nusaibah bint Ka‘b from the Najjars and Asma’ bint ‘Amr from Bani Salamah. We waited for the Messenger of Allâh until he came in the company of his uncle Al-‘Abbas bin ‘Abdul Muttalib who (though himself not a Muslim yet) adjured us not to draw his nephew away from the protection of his own kindred unless we were fully prepared to defend him even at the risk of our lives. He was the first to speak: "O you people of the Khazraj — the Arabs used to call the Ansâr (Helpers) Khazraj, whether from Khazraj or Aws — you all know the position that Muhammad holds among us. We have protected him from our people as much as we could. He is honoured and respected among his people. He refuses to join any party except you. So if you think you can carry out what you promise while inviting him to your town, and if you can defend him against the enemies, then assume the burden that you have taken. But if you are going to surrender him and betray him after having taken him away with you, you had better leave him now because he is respected and well defended in his own place." The Prophet showed deference and sympathy for Abdullah on account of him being denied eventhough he became the chief of the hypocrites. [And on our beloved, ] The Pledge occurred at night and everyone involved understood it to be of the gravest of life and death importance. This occurred because the Prophet had a strategy to approach different people and gauge their capabilities in fulfilling the requirements of 'protection', which today amounts to self sustaining governance and economics and the power to wage war. And this occurred because the Prophet had sent Musab ibm Umayr to Yathrib previously as an emissary to spred the message of Islam. And it is known that he strategically leaders of Aus and Khazraj for Dawah for their conversion would lead to entire tribes converting. And of course the Prophet intentionally gave Dawah to Quraishi leaders for the same reasons- that securing authority and power enables the secure practice of Islam and the greater propagation of Islam to humanity. Thus, there was a known strategy for Dawah and the cause of establishing Islam in life. In the face of this from our Deen, the matter of ruling is NOT beyond the reach of the believers. Rather, it is part of the obligation of the believers: to enjoin Good and forbid Evil and to Rule and judge according to what Allah has revealed. These are fundamental features of the Ummah of Muhammad and the way of the believers.
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