(Second chain) It is narrated from Tariq bin Abdur Rahman that the tree of allegiance was mentioned in the presence of Saeed bin Musayyib. He said: My father told me that he was also with the Companions that year (i.e., the year of Hudaybiyyah), but when he went with the Companions the following year, they had forgotten that tree.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of Hudaybiyyah our number was fourteen hundred. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us: Today, you are the best of all the people on the face of the earth.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: None of those who pledged allegiance under the tree will enter Hell.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent Sayyiduna Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, to Makkah Mukarramah. After he had gone, the pledge of Ridwan took place. During this pledge, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, struck one of his hands upon the other and said: "This is on behalf of Uthman."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We returned from Hudaybiyyah with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we stopped at the place of Suqya. (There was a shortage of water there.) Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Who will give us water to drink? So I set out with a few young men from the Ansar, until we reached the water of Athayah, which was about twenty-three (23) miles from there, and we filled our water skins and brought them back. Night had fallen, and we saw a man whose camel was pulling him towards the water trough. He also said: Drink. When we looked, it was the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So the camel drank water, then I took hold of the bridle of your (peace and blessings be upon him) she-camel and made it sit down, and you (peace and blessings be upon him) stood there and performed the Isha prayer. According to the statement of Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), he also prayed at your (peace and blessings be upon him) side. After that, you (peace and blessings be upon him) performed thirteen rak‘ahs (standing in prayer at night).

It is narrated from Iyas, who says: My father, Sayyiduna Salamah bin Akwa’ (may Allah be pleased with him), told me that we reached the place of Hudaybiyyah in the company of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). We were fourteen hundred in number. There were fifty goats there, and the water there was insufficient for them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat at the edge of the well. He either supplicated or put his blessed saliva into it, and then the well began to gush forth. We drank the water ourselves and gave it to the animals as well.

Afterwards, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called all the people to pledge allegiance under a tree. The first to pledge allegiance to him was Salamah bin Akwa’ (may Allah be pleased with him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to take pledges from the people. When half the people had pledged, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Salamah! Pledge again.”He said:“O Messenger of Allah! I have already pledged first.”The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Pledge again.”So he pledged again. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw me without a weapon, i.e., empty-handed, so he granted me a shield, and then continued to take pledges from the people.

When the last of the people were pledging, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) again said:“Ibn Akwa’! Will you not pledge allegiance to me?”I said:“O Messenger of Allah! I have already pledged first and in the middle of the people.”The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Then pledge again.”So I pledged allegiance to him a third time. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“The shield I gave you, where is it?”I said:“O Messenger of Allah! My uncle ‘Amir met me without a weapon, i.e., empty-handed, so I gave him that shield.”The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“You are like the man who said: ‘O Allah, provide me with such friends who are dearer to me than myself.’”The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled at this.

After that, the polytheists kept trying to make peace with us, until some of us even went to each other. At that time, I was serving Sayyiduna Talhah bin ‘Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him); I would groom his horse, give it water, and eat from his food. Because of migrating to Allah and His Messenger, I had left my family and wealth and had become detached from them. When we made peace with the people of Makkah and began to meet each other, I went under a tree, cleared its thorns, and lay down in its shade. Four polytheists from among the people of Makkah came to me and began to speak ill of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I left them and went under another tree. They hung their weapons on the tree and lay down. While they were in that state, a caller from the lower part of the valley called out:“O Muhajirun! Ibn Zunayn (may Allah be pleased with him) has been killed.”I drew my sword and ran towards those four, took their weapons into my possession, and said to them:“By the One who honored Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! If any of you raises his head, I will kill him.”I drove them to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and my uncle ‘Amir captured Ibn Muqarriz, making him ride his horse. There were seventy more polytheists with them, until we all stopped.

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at those people and said:“Let them go, the beginning of the wrongdoing is upon them.”And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forgave them, and this verse was revealed: {وَہُوَ الَّذِی کَفَّ أَیْدِیَہُمْ عَنْکُمْ وَأَیْدِیَکُمْ عَنْہُمْ} …“And He it is Who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them.”(Surah Al-Fath: 24)

After that, we set out towards Madinah. On the way back, we stopped at a place called Lahi Jamal. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for forgiveness for the man who would climb the mountain that night to guard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the noble Companions. So that night, I climbed the mountain two or three times. Then we reached Madinah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent his slave Rabah (may Allah be pleased with him) to take his camel among the other camels. I too, riding the horse of Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), hurried along with Rabah. In the morning, we saw that ‘Abdur Rahman bin ‘Uyainah al-Farazi had raided the camels of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), taken them all away, and killed the camel herder.