Pledge of the Tree
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The Pledge of the Tree (Arabic: يُبَعة الشَّجَرَة, romanized: bayʿat ash-shajara) was a pledge that was sworn to the Islamic prophet Muhammad by his companions prior to the Treaty of al-Hudaybiya (6 AH/628 CE). The pledge, sworn under a tree, was to avenge the rumoured death of Uthman.[1][2]
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