Later, in the same year, staunch supporter and protecter Abu...

Later, in the same year, staunch supporter and protecter Abu Talib -asws and caring and comforting wife of Rasool Allah ‑saww were called back by Allah -azwj , and they -asws met their martyrdom owing to three years’ malnutrition and hardship deteriorating their -asws health. Prophet -saww declared the year as the Year of Sorrow. At that Rasool Allah -saww was asked (by Allah -azwj ) to migrate from Makkah as he -saww had lost his -saww support.

[13] This marked the commencement of the Hijri (Migration) –the Start of Islamic Calendar (A.H.). Islamic year started when Rasool Allah -saww immigrated to Madinah from Makkah, which approximately equates to 622 CE in the Gregorian calendar. Islamic Year refers to Hijra or A.H. (After Hijra). All the years referred in the following events are Hijra.

Migration from Makkah to Madinah – Year 1 When the Quraysh had become very annoyed with the preaching of Rasool Allah -saww and the success of Islam in Makkah, they decided to collectively attack Rasool Allah -saww on one night. They picked one person from each tribe in order to have the presence and contribution of each tribe in the killing of Rasool Allah -saww while asleep.

They started gathering during the earlier part of the night and sealed all possible ways out of Rasool Allah -saww ’s house. Allah -azwj Asked Rasool Allah -saww to leave his -saww house immediately and migrate to Madinah (350 kilometres North of Makkah), by entrusting the deposits of the people with his cousin Ali -asws Ibn Abu Talib -asws , who would join him -saww later, after returning the deposits of people, who used to entrust their valuables to Rasool Allah -saww for safekeeping.

Rasool Allah -saww miraculously made his -saww way out through the rows of Quraysh, without them realising him ‑saww going out in the midst of their well-planned surveillance. The narrator of the Hadith says regarding the explanation of the exit of the Prophet -saww from his -saww house towards the cave (on his -saww way to Madinah), that Rasool-Allah -saww asked that Imam Ali -asws should sleep on his -saww bed instead.