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On the night of [[Rabi' I 1]], the Prophet (s) told [[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 tribe, 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 Ali (a) smiled and bowed down to perform [[sajda al-shukr]] (prostration of thankfulness) out of happiness, then said: "Go as you are ordered, may my ears, eyes, and my 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>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', 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 [[patience|patient]], be patient, for 'indeed Allah's mercy is close to the virtuous'" then embraced Ali (a) and both cried, then they separated.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Amālī'', p. 466.</ref> | On the night of [[Rabi' I 1]]/ [[September 13]], [[622]], the Prophet (s) told [[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 tribe, 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 Ali (a) smiled and bowed down to perform [[sajda al-shukr]] (prostration of thankfulness) out of happiness, then said: "Go as you are ordered, may my ears, eyes, and my 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>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', 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 [[patience|patient]], be patient, for 'indeed Allah's mercy is close to the virtuous'" then embraced Ali (a) and both cried, then they separated.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Amālī'', p. 466.</ref> | ||
The polytheists besieged the house of the Prophet (s) from the beginning of the night. They were expecting midnight to attack, but [[Abu Lahab]] said: "Some women and children are in the house and maybe they become harmed and later this will be a shame for us between 'Arabs" (So they postponed the attack to the sunrise.)<ref>Ḥalabī, ''al-Sīra al-Ḥalabīyya'', vol. 2, p. 32.</ref> | The polytheists besieged the house of the Prophet (s) from the beginning of the night. They were expecting midnight to attack, but [[Abu Lahab]] said: "Some women and children are in the house and maybe they become harmed and later this will be a shame for us between 'Arabs" (So they postponed the attack to the sunrise.)<ref>Ḥalabī, ''al-Sīra al-Ḥalabīyya'', vol. 2, p. 32.</ref> | ||