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461. 'Awf bin Mālik Al-Ashja'ī said: "We were with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and he said: 'Will you not pledge to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ?' And he repeated it three times. So we stretched forth our hands to give our pledge. We said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, we are willing to give you our pledge, but on what?' He said: 'That you will worship Allāh and not associate anything with him, and (offer) the five daily prayers.' And he said, very quietly: 'And you will not ask the people for anything.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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Commentary
During the sacred lifetime of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, four kinds of pledges were prevalent:
1. The Pledge of Islam - which was made at the time of accepting Islam.
2. The Pledge for emigration or Hijrah.
3. The Pledge for Jihad: for any expedition - for instance, at the time of the Treaty of Hudaybiyah.
4. The Pledge of obedience, for obeying the commands and prohibitions of Allāh Most High, as has been narrated in the above-mentioned Hadīth.
5. He uttered the last thing quietly because it was additional.
