It was the largest and the last military expedition during...

It was the largest and the last military expedition during the lifetime of Rasool-Allah -saww .\u00a0 In response to the planning of the hypocrites to create mayhem in Madinah in the absence of Rasool-Allah -saww , the Prophet -saww decided to leave Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws as his -saww successor in Madinah.

\n And the Prophet -saww descended at Tabuk and stayed there for two months, and what the Prophet -saww had been informed of (from the people) regarding- the sending of Hercules and his companions (to fight against Muslims), and his approaching to near Syria and his determination upon fighting the Prophet -saww and the Muslims – did not happen.

(Instead) Hercules [37] sent men from Gasaan to the Prophet -saww to look at his -saww description and his \u2011saww signs and at the redness in his -saww eyes and at the seal of the Prophet-hood and ask that he \u2011saww does not accept the charities. So, he (the reporter) retained (some) things from the attributes of the Prophet -saww . \n Then he left to go to Hercules and mentioned them (these attributes) to him.

Hercules called his people to the verification with it, but they refused to him until he scared them upon his kingdom; and he secretly became a Muslim and prohibited them from fighting the Prophet \u2011saww , and the Prophet -saww did not permit to fight him, and returned back to Madinah. [38] \n However, when returning to Madinah, a group of hypocrites tried to kill Rasool-Allah -saww through a narrow mountain passage called \u2018Al-Aqaba\u2019 without succeeding in their heinous attempt.

\n 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 Madinah, but failed in both places and Allah -azwj Saved them -asws . These events were known as the Battle of Tabuk and Conspiracy of Al-Aqaba.

\n In a Hadith, Abu Abdullah -asws says regarding the Words of Allah -azwj : but rather the Satan caused them to lose heart (and flee) due to something what they had earned, [3:155] , he \u2011asws said: \u2018They are the companions of Al-Aqaba\u2019\u2019. [39] .