Questions from Chapter 13 of Adil Salahi's book 'Muhammad – Man and Prophet' (published by Islamic Foundation): A Major Breakthrough (11th to 13th year of Prophethood).

1. The Life of the
Prophet (saws)
Questions on Chapter 13: A Major Breakthrough
(11th to 13th year of Prophethood)

2. Questions
• What are the names of the two major tribes that lived in
Yathrib (the city now known as Madinah)?
• How many men from Yathrib first accepted the Prophet’s call
to Islam in the pilgrimage season of the 11th year of
Prophethood? Which of the two tribes were they from?
• In the pilgrimage season of the following year (the 12th year of
Prophethood) how many additional men joined the original
six?

3. Questions
• Of these twelve men, how many were from the Khazraj tribe
and how many from the Aws tribe?
• The Prophet entered into a covenant with these twelve men.
What were the terms of this covenant?
• Who from the Muslims in Makkah did the Prophet send to
Madinah with these twelve men?

4. Questions
• What was Mus’ab ibn Umayr’s tasks in Madinah (as well as
educating the new Muslims on their new faith and calling on
people to adopt Islam)?
• Mus’ab ibn Umayr returned to the Prophet in the following
pilgrimage season. What did he report?
• What did the Prophet arrange for the last night of the
pilgrimage based on Mus’ab ibn Umayr’s report?

5. Questions
• How many individuals from Madinah attended the secret
meeting with the Prophet?
• Of these, how many were men and how many were women?
• Who else from Makkah attended the meeting?

6. Questions
• What happened in the meeting? What did the Muslims from
Madinah pledge? And what did the Prophet promise in
return?
• What was the outcome of the meeting for the Makkan
Muslims in the weeks that followed?