Biography of uqbah ibn amir adnan

(Friday Sermon - January 11, 2019 )

Background and Acceptance of Islam

The name of Hazrat Uqbah bin Aamir’s^(ra) mother is Fuqaihah bint Sakan^(ra) and his father was Aamir bin Naabi.

His mother had accepted the Holy Prophet^(sa) as well and had the honour of pledging allegiance to him. Hazrat Uqbah bin Aamir^(ra) was amongst the first six Ansar who accepted Islam in Mecca and later took the pledge of allegiance during the first Bai‘at that took place at Aqabah.

Biography of uqbah ibn amir adnan

(Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, p. 428, Uqbah bin Aamir^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990) (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 8, p. 301, Fuqaihah bint Sakan^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990)

Islam Reaches Medina

The details of this incident have been written by Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad Sahib^(ra) in Sirat Khatamun-Nabiyyin [The Life and Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa)] in which he explains how the message of Islam reached Medina through the efforts of the Holy Prophet^(sa):

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