attacking (1) those who had accompanied him before that. They were the ones who spent (2) before the Conquest and fought. He explained that even if one of the former group were to spend gold equal to Mount Uhud, it would not equal a mudd given by one of the latter, nor even half of it.

If [this] was how he forbade (3) Khālid [ibn al-Walīd] (4) and others like him among the converts of al-Hudaybiya, then what of the converts (5) of the Conquest, who did not embrace Islam until after the conquest of Mecca? Moreover, the former were Emigrants: Khālid, Amr, and others like them who embraced Islam after al-Hudaybiya but before the conquest of Mecca and emigrated to Medina are (6) among the Emigrants. As for those who embraced Islam after the conquest of Mecca, there was no emigration for them, for the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“There is no emigration after the Conquest, but there remain jihad and intention; and when you are called to mobilize, go forth.”

This was narrated by al-Bukhārī (7).

Therefore, whenever one of these people was brought to him to pledge allegiance, he accepted his pledge to Islam but did not accept a pledge from him to emigrate. Among these were most of Banū Hāshim, such as Aqīl ibn Abī Tālib,