2730 – ʿĪsā narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Baghawī narrated to us; he said: Dāwūd ibn ʿAmr narrated to us; he said: Ibn Abī al-Zinād narrated to us, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: “At al-ʿAqabah, when seventy men of the Anṣār came to meet him, al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib took the hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) thereupon accepted their pledge, stipulated terms for them, and this took place in the early days of Islam, while it was gaining strength—before anyone had worshipped Allah openly.”