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When the Prophet's mission began in [[13 BH]]/[[610 CE|610]], Ali (a) was the first man and [[Khadija (a)]] was the first woman to have accepted the Prophet's call and believed in him.<ref>Muṣāḥib, ''Dāʾirat al-maʿārif-i Farsī'', vol. 2, p. 1760.</ref> Ali (a), who was ten years old at the time, would pray with the Prophet (s) on the mountains around [[Mecca]].<ref>Muṣāḥib, ''Dāʾirat al-maʿārif-i Farsī'', vol. 2, p. 1760; Maʿādīkhāh, ''Tārīkh-i Islām'', p. 64.</ref> When the Prophet (s) announced his mission publicly, in the event of [[Hadith Yawm al-Dar|Warning the Close Kin]], Ali (a) supported him and, in response, the Prophet (s) called Ali his brother, wasi (executer of his will), and successor.<ref>Maʿādīkhāh, ''Tārīkh-i Islām'', p. 80.</ref> | When the Prophet's mission began in [[13 BH]]/[[610 CE|610]], Ali (a) was the first man and [[Khadija (a)]] was the first woman to have accepted the Prophet's call and believed in him.<ref>Muṣāḥib, ''Dāʾirat al-maʿārif-i Farsī'', vol. 2, p. 1760.</ref> Ali (a), who was ten years old at the time, would pray with the Prophet (s) on the mountains around [[Mecca]].<ref>Muṣāḥib, ''Dāʾirat al-maʿārif-i Farsī'', vol. 2, p. 1760; Maʿādīkhāh, ''Tārīkh-i Islām'', p. 64.</ref> When the Prophet (s) announced his mission publicly, in the event of [[Hadith Yawm al-Dar|Warning the Close Kin]], Ali (a) supported him and, in response, the Prophet (s) called Ali his brother, wasi (executer of his will), and successor.<ref>Maʿādīkhāh, ''Tārīkh-i Islām'', p. 80.</ref> | ||
In [[ | In [[7 BH]]/[[615 CE|615]], the [[Boycott of Banu Hashim|Muslims were besieged]] in the [[valley of Abu Talib]] by the polytheists and were prohibited from trade and placed under curfew. In this period and in several occasions, Abu Talib ordered Ali (a) to sleep where the Prophet (a) used to sleep in order to preserve the Prophet's life.<ref>Shahīdī, "Zīstnāma-yi Imām ʿAlī," p. 14.</ref> Shortly after the siege ended, Ali (a) lost his father in [[4 BH]]/[[619 CE|619]].<ref>Qanawāt, "Dar kinār-i pidar," p. 99.</ref> With the demise of Abu Talib, the situation became more difficult for the Muslims, and the Prophet (s) decided to emigrate to Medina. The Prophet (s) was informed of the conspiracy of the polytheists to murder him on the night he had planned to embark on his emigration, so Ali (a), 23 years old at the time, slept where the Prophet (s) used to sleep so that the Prophet (s) could secretly leave his house, which was under surveillance by the polytheists.<ref>Shahīdī, "Zīstnāma-yi Imām ʿAlī," p. 14.</ref> A few days later, and after paying the Prophet's (s) debts, Ali (a) emigrated to Medina together with a group of people among whom were his mother [[Fatima bt. Asad]] and [[Lady Fatima (a)]] the Prophet's daughter. <ref>Muṣāḥib, ''Dāʾirat al-maʿārif-i Farsī'', vol. 2, p. 1760; Maʿādīkhāh, ''Tārīkh-i Islām'', p. 155-158.</ref> | ||
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