that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, “Appoint from among yourselves twelve naqībs—guarantors over their own clans—just as the disciples stood surety for Jesus, son of Mary.”

Asʿad ibn Zurārah replied, “Indeed, Messenger of Allah.” He said, “You are the naqīb for your people,” and then he named the remaining naqībs in the order transmitted by Maʿbad ibn Mālik.

Ibn Wahb related: Mālik told me that an elder from the Anṣār informed him that Gabriel was indicating to the Prophet ﷺ whom he should designate as a naqīb. Mālik added, “I used to wonder why one tribe produced a single man while another produced two, until that elder explained that Gabriel was pointing them out on the day of the pledge.” Mālik continued, “There were nine naqībs from the Khazraj and three from the Aws.”

Ibn Isḥāq said:
“The names of those who attended the Second ʿAqabah pledge are as follows—leaving out the naqībs, for they have already been mentioned.

From the Aws: Salamah ibn Salamah ibn Waqsh.
From Banū Ḥārithah: Zuhayr ibn Rāfiʿ, Abū Burdah ibn Niyār, and Buhayr ibn al-Haytham.
From Banū ʿAmr ibn ʿAwf: Rafāʿah ibn ʿAbd al-Mundhir (whom Ibn Isḥāq counted as a naqīb in place of Abū al-Haytham ibn al-Tayyihān); ʿAbd Allah ibn Jubayr ibn al-Nuʿmān, commander of the archers on the Day of Uḥud, who was martyred on that day; Maʿn ibn ʿAdī, who was killed at the Battle of al-Yamāmah; and ʿUwaym ibn Sāʿidah.”}
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