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The Ka’bah is purified 
After the Prophet had circled the House of Allah, he sent 
for Uthman bin Talha who held the keys of the Ka’bah. He took 
the keys from Uthman and had the doors opened. The idols 
inside were removed ad destroyed, and all the pictures rubbed 
out. Following this, the Prophet entered the structure with 
Usama bin Zayd and Bilal and shut the door. He then faced the 
front wall and stood at a distance of three cubits thereof, and 
keeping one pillar on his left, two on his right, and three at the 
rear, offered two Rak’ah in prayer. He then went around the 
Sacred Mosque praising and glorifying Allah. 

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Have no fear this day 
The Prophet then opened the door of the Ka’bah. By then 
the area around the Ka’bah was packed with the Quraysh, who 
apprehensively awaited his next step. The Prophet stood at the 
door of the Ka’bah holding its frame, while the Quraysh arrayed 
themselves in front of him. To his old persecutors, humbled thus 
before him, he spoke at length, as he explained several injunctions 
of Islam and annulled all pagan practices. He then asked the 
Quraysh, “O Quraysh, what do you think I am about to do with 
you?” “We hope for the best,” they replied. “You are a noble 
brother and son of a noble brother.”
The Prophet said simply: “Have no fear this day: go your way 
and you are all free.” 
The Prophet descended and sat in the Sacred Mosque. He 
then returned the keys to Uthman bin Talha and said, “The key 
shall remain with you and none but a tyrant would take it from 
you.” 
The Quraysh pledge allegiance 
The Prophet then climbed Mount Safa until he could see 
the Ka’bah. He then raised his hands in prayer. When he had 
finished, the people came up to confess their faith and pledge 
their allegiance. Among those who became Muslim that day was 
Abu Qahafa, the father of his dear Companion, Abu Bakr, and 
the Prophet expressed great joy at his conversion. Women also 
came up and asked to be admitted to Islam, and the Prophet
administered the following oath to them without shaking hands: 
“Pledge that you will not associate anything with Allah, steal, 
commit adultery, kill your children, slander anyone nor disobey 
me.” Among the women who took the oath of allegiance that day 
was Hind bin Utbah, wife of Abu Sufyan. She came veiled and in 
disguise, as she feared for her life. What she had done to the dead 
body of Hamzah had been unforgivable, and the fear of 
retribution gnawed at her. After taking the oath, she said: “O 

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Messenger of Allah, there was no tent on the face of the earth 
more detested to me than yours, but now your tent is the dearest 
to me.” 
Thereupon the Prophet remarked, “By the One in Whose 
hand lies the life of Muhammad, it is so.” Umar bin Khattab sat 
below the Prophet’s seat, relaying the Prophet’s words to the 
people, and administering the oath of allegiance on behalf of the 
Prophet . 
Some people came up to pledge their willingness to migrate 
for the sake of Islam, but the Prophet said, “The Muhajireen 
have garnered all the reward of Hijrah [migration for the sake of 
Allah]. Now that Makkah has been conquered, there can be no 
more migration. However, Jihad remains open to you and so does 
the intention to make Jihad. When you are called upon to fight in 
Allah’s way, go forth.”