HUMA 1845 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Abu Sufyan Ibn Harb, Banu Qurayza, Medina
28 Apr 2017
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Muhammed met a group of men at a fair near mecca who were from yathrib (also known as. Experienced too much tension and bloody fighting between two major arab tribes the aws and khazraj. People wanted muhammed as their leader, agreed to become muslim and obey the prophet. 75 people tra(cid:448)eled do(cid:449)(cid:374) fro(cid:373) medi(cid:374)a a(cid:374)d pledged to foght i(cid:374) muha(cid:373)(cid:373)ed"s cause if necessary. Muhammed invited his followers in mecca to emigrate north to medina in small groups. Muhammed, abu-bakr, and ali stayed in mecca, planned to move north when everything was ready there. Mecca became dangerous and a few quraysh planned to kill him, so ali slept in muhammeds bed while muhammed and abu-bakr hid in a cave for 3 days. Muhammed and abu-bakr arrived safely, and so did ali afterwards, officially recgonized as the beginning of the islamic lunar calendar-not the day of muhammeds arrival but the start of the year.
