[1] However...

[1] However, when returning to Medina, a group of hypocrites tried to kill Rasool-Allah -saww through a narrow mountain passage called ‘Al-Aqaba’ without succeeding in their heinous attempt. This short article briefly touches upon both Battle of Tabuk and Conspiracy of Al-Aqaba. During the preparation of Battle of Tabuk, the hypocrites planned to kill Rasool-Allah -saww at Al-Aqaba and Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws at Medina, but failed in both places and Allah -azwj Saved them -asws .

(The book) ‘Al-Amaali’ of the sheykh Al-Tusy – Abu Amro, from Ibn Uqda, from Ahmad Bin Yahya, from Abdul Rahman, from his father, from Al-Amsh, from Atiya, from Abu Saeed Al-Khudry who said, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said to Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws during the military expedition of Tabuk: ‘Take my -saww place among my -saww family’. Ali -asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww !

I -asws dislike it that the Arabs would be saying, ‘He -asws abandoned his -asws cousin -saww and stayed behind from him -saww ’. He -saww said: ‘But are you -asws not pleased that you -asws happen to be from me -saww at the status of Harun -as from Musa -as ?’ He -asws said: ‘Yes’. He -saww said: ‘Then take my -saww place’’.