The Book of al-Bay'ah

Ya la said: On the day of the Conquest, I came to the Messenger of Allah with my father and asked: Messenger of Allah, accept my fathers pledge to migrate. He replied: I accept his pledge to strive in jihad, for migration has ended.

Safwan ibn Umayyah said: I asked the Messenger of Allah: They say that no one enters Paradise except an Emigrant. He replied: There is no migration after the Conquest of Makkah, but there is jihad and intention. When you are called to mobilize, then go forth.

Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah said on the day of the Conquest of Makkah: There is no more migration; rather, there are jihad and sincere intention. When you are called to mobilize, then go forth.

Nuaim ibn Dijajah said: I heard Umar ibn al-Khattab say: There is no migration after the death of the Messenger of Allah.

Abdullah ibn Waqid al-Sadi said: We came in a delegation to the Messenger of Allah, each seeking something. I was the last to meet him and said: Messenger of Allah, I left people behind who say that migration has ended. He replied: Migration does not end as long as the disbelievers are fought.

Abdullah ibn al-Sadi said: We came in a delegation to the Messenger of Allah. My companions went in and presented their requests. I was the last to enter, and he asked: What do you need? I said: Messenger of Allah, when will migration end? He replied: Migration does not end as long as the disbelievers are fought.

Jarir said: I came to the Prophet and told him: I pledge to hear and obey you in what I like and dislike. The Prophet asked: Can you bear that, Jarir? He told me to say: As far as I am able. He accepted my pledge on that basis, and on sincerity toward every Muslim.

Jarir said: I pledged to the Messenger of Allah to establish prayer, pay zakah, act sincerely toward every Muslim, and separate from the polytheists.

Jarir came to the Messenger of Allah, and the narrator related a report similar to the preceding one.

Jarir said: I came to the Prophet while he was accepting pledges and said: Messenger of Allah, extend your hand so I may pledge to you, and set the conditions, for you know best. He replied: I accept your pledge that you worship Allah, establish prayer, pay zakah, act sincerely toward Muslims, and separate from the polytheists.

Ubadah ibn al-Samit said: I pledged to the Messenger of Allah along with a group. He said: I accept your pledge that you will not associate anything with Allah, steal, commit adultery, kill your children, fabricate slander, or disobey me in what is right. Whoever fulfills the pledge will be rewarded by Allah. Whoever commits any of these acts and is punished for it is thereby purified. If Allah conceals the act, the matter rests with Him: if He wills, He punishes; if He wills, He forgives.

Umm Atiyyah said: When I wished to pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah, I told him: A woman helped me with funeral wailing in the pre-Islamic period. May I go and help her, then come back and pledge to you? He said: Go and help her. I went and helped her, then returned and pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah.

Umm Atiyyah said: The Messenger of Allah took our pledge that we would not wail for the dead.

Umaymah bint Ruqayqah said: I came with some women of the Ansar to pledge to the Prophet. We said: Messenger of Allah, we pledge that we will not associate anything with Allah, steal, commit adultery, fabricate slander, or disobey you in what is right. He said: As far as you are able. We replied: Allah and His Messenger are more merciful to us; come, Messenger of Allah, let us pledge to you. He said: I do not shake hands with women; my word to a hundred women is like my word to one woman. Another wording says: it is like my word to a single woman.

A man from the family of al-Sharid, named Amr, reported from his father: A man with leprosy was among the Thaqif delegation. The Prophet sent him a message: Go back, for I have accepted your pledge.

Al-Hirmas ibn Ziyad said: When I was a boy, I held out my hand to the Prophet so that he would accept my pledge, but he did not accept it.

Jabir said: A slave came and pledged to the Prophet to migrate, although the Prophet did not know he was enslaved. His master came looking for him. The Prophet said: Sell him to me. He bought him for two black slaves. After that, he did not accept a pledge from anyone until asking whether he was a slave.

Jabir ibn Abdullah reported that a Bedouin pledged Islam to the Messenger of Allah, then fell ill with fever in Medina. He came to the Messenger of Allah and asked to be released from his pledge, but the Prophet refused. He came again and made the same request, and the Prophet refused again. The Bedouin then left. The Messenger of Allah said: Medina is like a furnace: it removes its impurities and brings out what is good.

Salamah ibn al-Akwa said that he once visited al-Hajjaj, who said: Son of al-Akwa, you turned back on your heels and went to live among the Bedouins. Salamah replied: No; the Messenger of Allah gave me permission to live in the desert.

Ibn Umar said: We used to pledge to the Messenger of Allah to listen and obey, and he would say: As much as you are able. Ali related the wording in the plural: As much as you are able.