under oath that they would end the unrest in the land, protect travellers, assist the poor, support the oppressed and not permit any oppressor to reside in Makkah. (Seerat-e-Mustafa, pp. 89)

As several members of this agreement were called “Fadl”, the agreement was called “Hilf-ul-Fudool”, meaning, “the agreement of several people named Fadl.” (Seerat-e-Hishaam, vol. 1, pp. 297, abridged)

The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was also present in this (agreement). This agreement was so beloved to him that after the proclamation of Prophethood, he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would say, “This agreement pleased me to such an extent that if I were given red coloured camels in its place, I would not have been pleased to the same extent. Today, even in Islam, if an oppressed person called out to me for assistance, I am ready (to assist him).” (Seerat Nabawiyyah li Ibn Hishaam, pp. 56, simplified)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                      صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! We have received several Madani pearls from the aforementioned parable:

1.         The first Madani pearl is that – even during his youth – the wisdom and intellect of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was such that the foremost leaders of the Quraysh would include him in their most important conferences and agreements. Regarding the perfect intellect of the most Noble Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, the Taabi’i sage, Sayyiduna Wahb Bin Munabbih رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه states: I read 71 heavenly revelations, and in every one I found “the total intellect granted to all people from the beginning to the end of the world is such in comparison to the intellect of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم as a single atom is to all of the deserts of the earth.” Without a doubt, the intellect and decisions of the Beloved Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم are greater and more virtuous than all other people. (Allah Walon Ki Baatayn, vol. 2, pp. 42)