First encounter with the six Ansar at al-Aqaba

لقاء النبي بالنفر الستة من الخزرج بالعقبة

c. July 620 CE

Mecca

The historic meeting at al-Aqaba during the pilgrimage season of the 11th year of prophethood (July 620 CE) between the Prophet ﷺ and six notables from the Khazraj clan of Yathrib, who embraced Islam and carried its call to Medina.

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Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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610620630 c.
Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era

In space

Mecca

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Had participant
As'ad ibn Zurara· Muhammad· Awf ibn al-Harith (Ibn Afra')· Rafi' ibn Malik ibn al-Ajlan· Qutba ibn Amir ibn Hadida· Uqba ibn Amir ibn Nabi· Jabir ibn Abdullah ibn Ri'ab· The Ansar
Occurred at
Mecca
Part of
The Prophetic Era

People and things also explored

The Pledges of Aqaba· Six men of Yathrib embrace Islam at Mina· The Ansar· The Battle of Badr· The Pledge of the Tree (Bay'at al-Ridwan)· The Hijra· Abu Jahl's plan to crush the Prophet's head with a stone· The three years of the secret call

Sources

  • al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
  • al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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islam.museum contributors. “First encounter with the six Ansar at al-Aqaba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/first-encounter-with-the-ansar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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The Pledges of Aqaba

The First and Second Pledges of Aqaba at Mina in the 12th and 13th years of prophethood (621 and 622 CE), in which delegates from Yathrib pledged allegiance to the Prophet, preparing Medina as the haven of the Hijra.