Mwaka uliofuata, watu kumi na wawili kutoka Madina walihiji na wakakutana na Mtume wa Allah ﷺ huko al-‘Aqabah, ambapo walimpa ahadi ya kwanza ya al-‘Aqabah. Waliahidi kutomshirikisha Allah na chochote, kutoiba, wala kufanya zinaa, wala kuua watoto wao, na kutomsingizia jirani yao, wala kumwasi Mtume wa Allah ﷺ. Ikiwa wangetekeleza haya, Jannah ingekuwa yao, lakini ikiwa wangefanya lolote kati ya dhambi hizo, ingekuwa kwa Allah (SWT) kuwaadhibu au kuwasamehe apendavyo Yeye. Baada ya kutoa ahadi yao na msimu wa Hija kumalizika, walirudi 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.