A cikin shekara ta gaba, mutane goma sha biyu daga Madina sun halarci Hajji, kuma suka gana da Manzon Allah ﷺ a al-‘Aqabah, inda suka ba shi alkawarin farko na al-‘Aqabah. Sun yi alkawarin cewa ba za su yi wa Allah shirka da kowa ba, ba za su yi sata ba, ba za su yi zina ko fasikanci ba, ba za su kashe 'ya'yansu ba, kuma ba za su yi wa makwabcinsu kazafi ba, ba kuma za su saba wa Manzon Allah ﷺ ba. Idan suka cika wannan, Aljannah za ta zama tasu, amma idan suka aikata wani daga cikin wadannan zunubai, to yana ga Allah (SWT) ya yi musu azaba ko ya gafarta musu yadda Ya so. Da zarar sun mika alkawarinsu kuma lokacin Hajji ya kare, sai suka koma Madina.

In the following year, twelve people from Madinah attended the Hajj and met with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) at al-‘Aqabah where they gave him the first pledge of al-‘Aqabah. They pledged to associate none with Allah, that they should not steal, neither commit fornication nor adultery, nor kill their offspring, and that they should not slander their neighbor, nor disobey the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). If they fulfilled this, Jannah would be theirs, but if they committed any of those sins, it was for Allah (swt) to punish or forgive as He I pleased. Once they had delivered their pledge and the Hajj season was over they returned to Madinah.