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               86  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (32): 61-97, Autumn. 2022
                 (
               Quran  and  teaching  the                 The document is  a book
               new  religion,  Islam,  and            of  the  Prophet  Muhammad
               giving charity. (Alviri, 2005)         to  operate  between  the
               -  Appointing  12  middle              believers     and     Muslims
               class  peacemakers  calling            from the Quraysh tribe and

               them  Naqeeb  for  taking              from  Yathrib  and  those
               assistance from them in the            who  may  be  under  them
               process  of  peacemaking  in           and  wage  war  in  their

               the  tribal  conflict  context.        company, declaring them to
               The  Prophet  addressed  12            constitute one nation Umma
               Naqeeb saying “you as the              includes all individuals of a

               Apostles of Jesus Christ are           diverse society.
               the  chiefs  of  your  tribes,            It established the collective
               and  I  am  the  chief  of  my         responsibility      of     nine

               own      people”.      (Tabari,        constituent  tribes  for  their
               1956: 935)                             members actions, specifically
                                                      emphasizing  blood  money
                   •  Medina Charter                  and ransom payment.
               The  Charter  of  Medina,  is             The     first    constituent
               the construction drafted by            group  mentioned  are  the

               the  Prophet  Muhammad                 migrants  from  Quraysh,
               shortly  after  his  arrival  at       followed  by  eight  other
               Medina to build faith-based            tribes. Eight Jewish groups

               peace  and  grantee  the               are  recognized  as  part  of
               sustainable  peace  in  the            the  Yathrib  community,
               Muslim  community.  (Watt,             and        their      religious

               1964)
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