When Makkans did not listen to him without any prejudice, Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) started to convey the message of Islam to the tribes around Makkah. He tried to call them for years. Almost none of them gave him a positive answer. Then, he met people from Madinah. They promised each other in a place near Makkah called Aqaba. About seventy Muslims from Madinah promised him to protect him just as they protected their wives and children even if the whole world were against them. However, one of them asked the Prophet (pbuh),

“O Messenger of Allah! Will you not return to your relatives and your hometown if you become successful in the future?”

He answered confidently,

“Your blood is my blood; your cemetery is my cemetery; I am from you and you are from me.”

And it happened as he said. One day, the whole Arabian Peninsula along with Makkah accepted his sovereignty. However, he returned to Madinah after each expedition as he had promised. Madinah became his house and hometown until he died. He died in Madinah and was buried there. He is still in Madinah.