Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh - Ibn Taimiya - (6/374)

Abi Waqqas, Saʿid b. Zayd, Abu ʿUbaydah b. al-Jarrah, and ʿAbd al-Rahman b. ʿAwf; in addition to these were many others such as ʿAbd Allah b. Masʿud, Ubayy b. Kaʿb, Muʿadh b. Jabal, Saʿd b. Muʿadh, Saʿd b. ʿUbadah, Abu Talhah, Abu Ayyub, Usayd b. Hudayr, and countless more besides.

It is also reported that one thousand four hundred men pledged their allegiance to him beneath the tree—those concerning whom Allah revealed:

“Allah was certainly pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you beneath the tree” (Al-Fath 18).

When he arrived in Madinah he built his mosque, and on its northern side there was a raised platform where the unmarried Companions used to lodge. The Emigrants and the Helpers all embraced Islam willingly, without any desire or

أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، وَغَيْرُ هَؤُلَاءِ كَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، وَأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، وَسَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ، وَسَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ، وَأَبِي طَلْحَةَ، وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ، وَأُسَيْدِ بْنِ حُضَيْرٍ، وَأَضْعَافِ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَأَنَّهُ بَايَعَهُ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ أَلْفٌ وَأَرْبَعُمِائَةٍ، وَهُمُ الَّذِينَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِمْ: {لَقَدْ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ} [الفتح: ١٨] وَأَنَّهُ لَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ بَنَى مَسْجِدَهُ، وَكَانَ فِي شَمَالِيِّهِ صُفَّةٌ يَنْزِلُهَا الْعَزْبَاءُ، وَأَنَّ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارَ كُلَّهُمْ أَسْلَمُوا طَوْعًا بِلَا رَغْبَةٍ وَلَا