' The Prophet 's First League of Justice , the rights of all Human beings . "
An Arab had no individual responsibilities. If an Arab
murdered any one, the tribe of the murdered would revenge his death not from
the individual but the whole tribe. A tribe and not the individual concerned
had to face all the consequences.
When the Bedouins became dwellers of the city of Makkah,
such methods of revenge became invalid. There was neither police nor court in Makkah. Such methods of revenge became invalid .There was neither police nor court
in Makkah. Every tribe settled its accounts in a way that never trespassed the
tribal limits. However, if there was any intrusion from outside, all Quraish
tribes would from an alliance, against their common enemy .if any Bedouin was
offended in Makkah, he could only have his tribal members to avenge his woe from
him. Whenever that tribe reached Makkah, it would find itself facing ten tribes.
That was the reason an outside, when wronged in Makkah, was helpless to get
justice and take revenge.
An Arab historian Suhaili writes that one an Arab came to
Makkah with his young daughter, to buy some merchandise from ‘Ukaz market. A
rich Makkah merchant had her abducted. The poor father had no choice but to get
back to the desert to fetch his trible to help him to liberate hid daughter. The
abductor was aware that her tribesmen were helpless as their number was too
small to face him, therefore he rtefused to return the daughter. When
Muhammad came to know about the incident
, he asked the youth of the Quraish to join against such barbarism in Makkah
.Some volunteers who favoured the victim, gathered in Makkah, and took aoth:|”We
swear to support the wronged to the extent so as to compel the oppressor to
repay his right. We also swear to do this irrespective of any greed and whether
the aggrieved is rich or poor. “Having decided, after an earnest discussion,
that it was imperative to find an order of chivalry from the furtherance of
justice and the protection of the weak, they went in a body to the Holy Ka’bah
and vowed that henceforth, at every act of oppression in Makkah, they would
stand together as one man on the side of the oppressed against the oppressor
until justice was done, whether the oppressed was a man of Quraish or one had
come from abroad.
The chief of Taim, Zubair of Hashim and his nephew Muhammad
(s.a.w) were founder of this order. Muhammad (s.a.w) took part in the oath and
said in afteryears: “I was present in the house of Adullah bin Jad’an at so
excellent a pact that I would not exchange my part in it. I would gladly
respond to any call and help. “Another of those present was their host‘s first
cousin ,Abu Quhafah of Taim, together with his son Abu Bakar (RA)who was three
years older than Muhammad and was to become closest friend.
The formation of this voluntary organization marked the
beginning of the first human rights organisation. Its name ‘The League of the
Just’ was very befitting of its objectives .
Muhammad (s.a.w) along with other members of the League of
the just went to the merchant who had kidnapped the girl. The surrounded his
house and demanded immediate release of the girl to her father. The forced to
free the girl at the very moment.
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