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After the decision of Quraysh to assassinate the Prophet (s), [[Jabra'il]] (Gabriel) informed the Prophet (s) about the plan and revealed the [[verse]] 30 of [[sura al-Anfal]]: "When the faithless plotted against you to take you captive, or to kill or expel you. They plotted and Allah devised, and Allah is the best of devisers", so the Prophet (s) decided to emigrate to [[Yathrib]].<ref>Halabi, ''Sira'', vol.2 p.32</ref> While he was leaving, he recited: "And We have put a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, then We have blind-folded them, so they do not see" (Q 36:9), so the polytheists could not see him.<ref>Subhani, ''Furugh abadiyyat'', vol.1 p.420</ref> | After the decision of Quraysh to assassinate the Prophet (s), [[Jabra'il]] (Gabriel) informed the Prophet (s) about the plan and revealed the [[verse]] 30 of [[sura al-Anfal]]: "When the faithless plotted against you to take you captive, or to kill or expel you. They plotted and Allah devised, and Allah is the best of devisers", so the Prophet (s) decided to emigrate to [[Yathrib]].<ref>Halabi, ''Sira'', vol.2 p.32</ref> While he was leaving, he recited: "And We have put a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, then We have blind-folded them, so they do not see" (Q 36:9), so the polytheists could not see him.<ref>Subhani, ''Furugh abadiyyat'', vol.1 p.420</ref> | ||
==Events of that Night== | |||
In the night of the 1 of [[Rabi' al-Awwal]], [[the Prophet (s)]] told [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]: "the angel descended to me and informed me that Quraysh polytheists are united to kill me, and he recommended me from my God to emigrate from my people, and go to the [[Thawr cave]] tonight, and he ordered me to order you to sleep in my bed so my trace will become hidden by that; so what do you say and what will you do?", so 'Ali (a) said: "will you be safe by my sleeping there?", the Prophet (s) said: "yes", so Imam 'Ali (a) smiled and bowed down to perform [[Sajdat al-Shukr]] out of happiness, then said: "go as you are ordered, may my ears, eyes, and the very heart be sacrificed for you, order me as you wish, I am like your assistant, I will do it as you want, and my success is only by [[Allah]]."<ref>Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol.19 p.60</ref> the Prophet (s) said: "sleep in my bed, and put on my clothes, and I inform you that Allah tests his friends according to their faith and their rank in His religion, so the most hardly tested people are the prophets, then their successors, etc., so He is testing you and is testing me with you, like He tested His friend [[Ibrahim (a)]], and [[Isma'il (a)]] (when Ibrahim was commanded to slaughter Isma'il), so be patient, be patient, for 'indeed Allah’s mercy is close to the virtuous'" then embraced Imam 'Ali (a) and both cried, then they separated.<ref>Tusi, ''Amali'', p.466</ref> | In the night of the 1 of [[Rabi' al-Awwal]], [[the Prophet (s)]] told [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]: "the angel descended to me and informed me that Quraysh polytheists are united to kill me, and he recommended me from my God to emigrate from my people, and go to the [[Thawr cave]] tonight, and he ordered me to order you to sleep in my bed so my trace will become hidden by that; so what do you say and what will you do?", so 'Ali (a) said: "will you be safe by my sleeping there?", the Prophet (s) said: "yes", so Imam 'Ali (a) smiled and bowed down to perform [[Sajdat al-Shukr]] out of happiness, then said: "go as you are ordered, may my ears, eyes, and the very heart be sacrificed for you, order me as you wish, I am like your assistant, I will do it as you want, and my success is only by [[Allah]]."<ref>Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol.19 p.60</ref> the Prophet (s) said: "sleep in my bed, and put on my clothes, and I inform you that Allah tests his friends according to their faith and their rank in His religion, so the most hardly tested people are the prophets, then their successors, etc., so He is testing you and is testing me with you, like He tested His friend [[Ibrahim (a)]], and [[Isma'il (a)]] (when Ibrahim was commanded to slaughter Isma'il), so be patient, be patient, for 'indeed Allah’s mercy is close to the virtuous'" then embraced Imam 'Ali (a) and both cried, then they separated.<ref>Tusi, ''Amali'', p.466</ref> | ||