Learning about the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - QFatima

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The tableegh of the two people sent by the Prophet to Yathrib was so effective that in the
same year 70 people came to Makka from Yathrib including the 12 who took the first
pledge and all accepted Islam and invited the prophet to Yathrib. This pledge is called the
Second Pledge of Aqaba.
When the Makkans found out that Islam was spreading in Yathrib they were very angry.
They planned to kill the Prophet by choosing one person from each tribe to attack him
collectively so no one person or tribe could be blamed.
The Prophet came to know of this and was commanded by Allah to leave for Yathrib. He
left Imam Ali (AS) sleeping in his bed (when Imam Ali (AS) found out he was to be the
ransom for the Prophet's life he did a sijda of shukr. It is the first one in Islam). The
Prophet walked out of the house whilst his attackers were there without being noticed by
throwing towards them a handful of dust on which the following aya of the Qur'an had
been recited.
"And We have made before them a barrier and a barrier behind them, then We have
covered them over so they do not see."
Suratu Yaseen 36:9
The Prophet went to the Mountain of Thaur (about 5 miles from Makka) accompanied by
Abu Bakr.
When at dawn the attackers entered the
Prophet's house they were shocked and
furious at finding Imam Ali (AS) in the
Prophet's bed.
Immediately they started looking for the
Prophet and came right up to the mouth of
the cave in which he was hiding. they did not
look in because a spider had woven its
cobweb round the entrance and a pair of
pigeons had built their nest right at the mouth of the cave and
neither was the web broken nor the eggs disturbed.
They left Makka on the 1st night of Rabiul Awwal reaching the cave of Thaur before dawn;
remaining there until the 4th of Rabiul Awwal and then leaving for Yathrib. They reached
Quba (2 miles south of Yathrib) on the 8th or 12th of Rabiul Awwal.
At Quba the Prophet laid the foundation stone for the Mosque of Quba which has been
mentioned in the Qur'an as the first mosque founded on piety.
They entered the city of Yathrib on Friday the 16th of Rabiul Awwal (2nd of July 622 C.E.).
This was the date from which dates the Islamic year.
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