He went down and told Ali to mount his shoulders and he did.

He went down and told Ali to mount his shoulders and he did. And the Messenger rose up. Ali felt that if he wanted to reach Heaven he could. Ali went up to the roof of the Kaaba. He shook the largest idol which was made of copper being bound to the roof. When he took hold of the idol the Prophet told him to throw it down. He did and the idol was poken.

( 1 ) It seemed that this mission was completed before the conspirators surrounded the house of the Prophet and that the Prophet and Ali came back to the house after fulfilling this mission; then the Prophet left when the enemies were surrounding his house. Ali remained to fulfill the other two great missions: Occupying the bed of the Messenger and delivering to the Meccans their trusts.

Ibn Al-Atheer in his history (Al-Kamil) reported that Gapiel came to the Prophet and told him not to lie on his bed that night and that the Prophet ordered Ali to lie on his bed. He also commissioned him to deliver what was in his possession of the trusts to the Meccans and informed him that the enemies would not harm him. The Prophet took a handful of soil and threw it on the ( 1 ) Al-Hakim Al-Mustadrak Part 3 p. 5.

heads of the enemies who were surrounding his house and left unnoticed reciting the chapter of Yasine. Seeing the bed of the Prophet occupied the enemies believed that Mohammad was sleeping on his bed. They waited until morning and when Ali rose from the bed they recognized him. "Where is Mohammad?" they asked. "I do not know " Ali replied. "You ordered him to leave and he left." They beat Ali up pought him to the Mosque detained him for one hour then freed him.

( 2) It is also reported that when the dawn drew nigh they dashed into the house and were surprised to find that the occupier of the bed was Ali rather than Mohammad. Ali stood up and they asked him: "Where is Mohammad?" He denied any knowledge about his whereabouts. Violence erupted and Ali pressed the hand of their leader making the sword of the man fall from his hand. Seizing upon the sword he was able to drive them out. The chiefs of Mecca realized that their conspiracy was abortive.

The Meccans in groups went in every direction trying to find Mohammad. One group led by a tracker took the right direction until they approached the Cave of Thour. Hearing the rumble of their feet Abu Bakr who was hiding with the prophet was extremely frightened and sweating.