When believing women come to you giving you a pledge that...

When believing women come to you giving you a pledge that they will not associate aught with Allah, and will not steal, and will not commit fornication, and will not kill their children, and will not bring a calumny which they have forged of themselves, and will not disobey you in what is good; accept their pledge, and ask forgiveness for them from Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (60:12. [^10] op cit, Ibn Sa`d, Al-tabaqat al-Kubra 1:220.

[^11] Mus`ab was a young man from a rich family that belonged to Banu-`Abd al-Dar, Quraysh. Although his parents loved him passionately, he was deprived of everything due to his belief in Islam. He was a zealous Muslim who had migrated to Abyssinia twice. See Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-Ghabah 4:368-370. [^12] Al-Bayhaqi, op cit, pp. 132-140, Ibn Husham, op cit, pp. 81-90; al-Buladhari, op cit, pp. 240-254; Ibn Sa`d, op cit, pp. 221-223; tabari, op cit, pp. 237; tabarsi, I`lam al-Wara, pp.

54; al-Majlisi, op cit, 19:25-26. [^13] al-Buladhari, op cit, 1:357; tabari, op cit, 2:240-241; Ibn Sa`d, op cit, 1:226; al-Majlisi, op cit, pp. 26. [^14] Ibn Husham, op cit, 2:111; Ibn Shahrashub, al-Manaqib 1:182, Ibn Kathir, al-Bidayah wa’l-Nihayah 3:169. [^15] Halabi, al-Sirah al-Halabiyyah 2:189. [^16] op cit.

[^17] The event of Dar al-Nidwah (House of Consultation) and Laylat al-Mabit (the Night of Staying) have been recorded in the following reference books, yet with little difference: Tarikh al-tabari 2:242-245; al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah 2:124-128; Al-tabaqat al-Kubra 1:227-228; Dala'il al-Nubuwwah 2:147; Ansab al-Ashraf 1:259- 260; al-Kamil fi’l-Tarikh 2:101-103; Tarikh al-Ya`qubi 2:32; I`lam al-Wara, pp. 61; Shaykh al-tusi’s al-Amali, pp.

245- 247 and 463- 471; Ibn Shahrashub’s Manaqib 1:182- 183; al-Khawarzmi’s Manaqib, p73; al-Karajaki’s Kanz al-Fawa'id 2:55; Ibn Kathir’s al-Bidayah wa’l-Nihayah 3:175-180; Ibn Husham’s al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah 2:189-206; al-Khatib al-Baghdadi’s Tarikh Baghdad 13:191-192; Bihar al-Anwar 19:47- 65. [^18] Al-Fattal al-Naysaburi, Rawzat al-Wa`izin, pp. 117; Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-Ghabah 4:25; Shablanji, Nur al-Absar, pp.

86; tabarsi, Majma` al-Bayan 1:301; Ibn Abi’l-Hadid, Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah 13:262; Sibt ibn al-Jawzi, Tadhkirat al-Khawass, pp. 35; Abu-Bakr Hamawi, Thamarat al-Awraq, pp. 20; `Allamah Amini, al-Ghadir 2:48. `Allamah Amini has reported this event from different reference books, such as, al-Muzaffar’s Dala'il al-sidq 2:80.