The second pledge of al-’Aqaba: the seventy-three men and the two women

The count: seventy-three men and two women

Such is the chapter gathering the names of those who attended the second pledge of al-’Aqaba. In total, according to Ibn Ishaq: seventy-three men and two women. Of the Aws: eleven men.

The eleven men of the Aws

Ussayd ibn Houdayr, one of the leaders; Abu al-Haytham ibn at-Tayyihan, also a Badri; Salama ibn Salama ibn Waqsh, also a Badri; Dhuhayr ibn Rafi’; Abu Burda ibn Niyar, a Badri; Nouhayr ibn al-Haytham ibn Nabi ibn Majda’a ibn Haritha; Sa’d ibn Khaythama, one of the leaders, a Badri, martyred at Badr; Rifa’a ibn Abd al-Moundhir ibn Zanbar, a leader and Badri; Abdallah ibn Jubayr ibn an-Nou’man, a Badri, martyred at Uhud as commander of the archers; Ma’n ibn Adi ibn al-Jadd ibn Ajlan ibn al-Harith ibn Dhubay’a al-Balawi, ally of the Aws, a Badri, martyred at al-Yamama; ’Owaym ibn Sa’ida, a Badri.

The sixty-two men of the Khazraj (first part)

Of the Khazraj: sixty-two men. Abu Ayyoub Khalid ibn Zayd, a Badri, who died in Roman lands in the time of Mu’awiya as a martyr; Mou’adh ibn al-Harith and his two brothers Awf and Mou’awwidh, of the Banu ’Afra’, Badris; ’Oumara ibn Hazm, a Badri, killed at al-Yamama; As’ad ibn Zourara, Abu Umama, one of the leaders, who died before Badr; Sahl ibn Atik, a Badri; Aws ibn Thabit ibn al-Moundhir, a Badri; Abu Talha Zayd ibn Sahl, a Badri; Qays ibn Abi Sa’sa’a, ’Amr ibn Zayd ibn Awf ibn Mabdoul ibn ’Amr ibn Ghannam ibn Mazin, commander of the army’s rear guard at Badr; ’Amr ibn Ghaziyya; Sa’d ibn ar-Rabi’, one of the leaders, a Badri, killed at Uhud; Kharidja ibn Zayd, a Badri, killed at Uhud; Abdallah ibn Rawaha, one of the leaders, a Badri, present at Uhud and the Trench, killed at Mu’ta as commander; Bashir ibn Sa’d, a Badri; Abdallah ibn Zayd ibn Tha’laba ibn Abd Rabbih, the one shown the call to prayer in a vision, a Badri; Khallad ibn Souayd, a Badri, of Uhud and the Trench, martyred on the day of the Banu Qurayza: a millstone was thrown at him and split his head, and it is said the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “He shall have the reward of two martyrs”; Abu Mas’oud ’Oqba ibn ’Amr, a Badri, the youngest in age of those who attended al-Aqaba according to Ibn Ishaq, without taking part in Badr; Ziyad ibn Labid, a Badri; Farwa ibn ’Amr ibn Wadfa, a Badri; Khalid ibn Qays ibn Malik, a Badri; Rafi’ ibn Malik, one of the leaders.

The sixty-two men of the Khazraj (second part)

Dhakwan ibn Abd Qays ibn Khalda, called “the Emigrant among the Ansar,” for he stayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in Mecca until he emigrated from it: a Badri, killed at Uhud; ’Ibbad ibn Qays ibn Amir ibn Khalid, a Badri; his brother al-Harith ibn Qays ibn Amir, also a Badri; al-Bara’ ibn Ma’rour, one of the leaders, the first to pledge, according to the Banu Salama, who died before the Prophet’s (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) arrival in Medina, bequeathing him a third of his wealth, which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) returned to his heirs; his son Bishr ibn al-Bara’, a Badri, present at Uhud and the Trench, who died at Khaybar as a martyr from the poisoned sheep eaten with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him); Sinan ibn Sayfi ibn Sakhr, a Badri;

at-Toufayl ibn an-Nou’man ibn Hansa’, a Badri, killed on the day of the Trench; Ma’qil ibn al-Moundhir ibn Sarh, a Badri; his brother Yazid ibn al-Moundhir, a Badri; Mas’oud ibn Zayd ibn Soubay’; ad-Dahhak ibn Haritha ibn Zayd ibn Tha’laba, a Badri; Yazid ibn Khidham ibn Soubay’; Joubar ibn Sakhr ibn Umayya ibn Hansa’ ibn Sinan ibn Ubayd, a Badri; at-Toufayl ibn Malik ibn Hansa’, a Badri; Ka’b ibn Malik; Soulaym ibn ’Amr ibn Hadida, a Badri; Qoutba ibn ’Amir ibn Hadida, a Badri; his brother Abu al-Moundhir Yazid, also a Badri; Abu al-Yasar Ka’b ibn ’Amr, a Badri; Sayfi ibn Sawad ibn ’Ibbad; Tha’laba ibn Ghanama ibn Adi ibn Nabi, a Badri, martyred at the Trench; his brother ’Amr ibn Ghanama ibn Adi; ’Abs ibn Amir ibn Adi, a Badri; Khalid ibn ’Amr ibn Adi ibn Nabi; Abdallah ibn Unays, their ally from Qouda’a; Abdallah ibn ’Amr ibn Haram, one of the leaders, a Badri, martyred at Uhud, father of Jabir ibn Abdallah;

Mou’adh ibn ’Amr ibn al-Jamouh, a Badri; Thabit ibn al-Jidh’, a Badri, martyred at Taif; ’Umeyr ibn al-Harith ibn Tha’laba, a Badri; Khadij ibn Salama, their ally from Bali; Mou’adh ibn Jabal, a Badri, who died in the plague of Amwas during the caliphate of ’Oumar ibn al-Khattab; ’Ubada ibn as-Samit, one of the leaders, a Badri; al-’Abbas ibn ’Ubada ibn Nadla, who remained in Mecca until he emigrated from it: he was also called “the Emigrant among the Ansar,” martyred at Uhud; Abu Abd ar-Rahman Yazid ibn Tha’laba ibn Khazma ibn Asram, their ally from Bali; ’Amr ibn al-Harith ibn Labda; Rifa’a ibn ’Amr ibn Zayd, a Badri; ’Oqba ibn Wahb ibn Kalda, their ally, a Badri, who remained in Mecca until he emigrated from it: also “the Emigrant among the Ansar”; Sa’d ibn ’Ubada ibn Doulaym, one of the leaders; al-Moundhir ibn ’Amr, a leader, a Badri and of Uhud, killed at Bi’r Ma’ouna as commander: he was called “he who offered himself to death.”

The two women of the pledge: Nusseiba and Asma

As for the two women: Umm ’Omara, Nusseiba bint Ka’b ibn ’Amr ibn Awf ibn Mabdoul ibn ’Amr ibn Ghannam ibn Mazin an-Najjariyya. Ibn Ishaq said: she had already fought the battle with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him); her sister attended with her, as did her husband Zayd ibn ’Asim ibn Ka’b and her two sons Habib and Abdallah. This Habib was precisely the one killed by Musaylama the liar: he would ask him to testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and he would answer yes; then to testify that he himself is the Messenger of Allah, and he would answer: I do not hear. Musaylama began cutting him limb by limb until he died in his hands, without him saying more. Umm ’Omara was among those who went out to al-Yamama with the Muslims when Musaylama was killed, and returned bearing twelve wounds, between stabs and blows (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): and He was pleased with her. As for the second, she is Umm Mani’, Asma bint ’Amr ibn Adi ibn Nabi ibn ’Amr ibn Sawad ibn Ghannam ibn Ka’b ibn Salama (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).