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Laylat al-Mabīt, (lit. the night of sleeping) is the title of the night on which Imam Ali (a) slept in the bed of the Prophet (s) because Polytheists of Quraysh had plotted to assassinate him. The Prophet (s) started his emigration from Mecca to Medina in the night, and Imam Ali (a) slept in his bed, so the assassins would not notice his absence. The verse 207 of the Qur'an 2 is revealed about the sacrifice of Ali (a) for saving the life of the Prophet (s).

After the demise of Abu Talib, the Quraysh polytheists intensified the harassment of Muslims. As the life of Muslims was in danger, the Prophet (s) ordered Muslims to immigrate to Yathrib. The Prophet (s) had recently made an allegiance with the people of Yathrib, so the Muslims were safe there. The Muslims started to emigrate to Yathrib covertly in small groups.

Chiefs of Quraysh gathered in Dar al-Nadwa to decide about their encounter with the Prophet (s). At last, with the plot of Abu Jahl, it was decided that selected brave men from every tribe attack the Prophet (s) together and assassinate him at his home. Thus, all the tribes have a part in the assassination of the Prophet (s) so Banu Hashim, who were his family and his avengers, could not fight all the tribes and have to accept the blood money.

After the decision of Quraysh to assassinate the Prophet (s), the angle Jabra'il (Gabriel) informed the Prophet (s) about the plan and revealed the verse 30 of Qur'an 8: "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".....

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