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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Muhammad the Messenger of Allah The Great Iimmigration The new faith found new grounds to stand firmly an. Now the Prophet (s.a.w.) ordered his adherents to flee Mecca, for the purpose of preserving their faith, and to set out in the direction of Madinah. Secretly, the groups of the migrants began to arrive in the city of faith.

In the heart of the night, they moved towards Madinah, leaving behind them their property and houses for the sake of Allah(45) Fearing the consequences of the immigration, the Quraish tried to prevent same of the faithful from going to Madinah. In that, they achieved same success. Then came the day when Allah allowed His Prophet (s.a.w) to immigrate to the blessed land.

That was a consequence of a meeting held by the chiefs of the Quraish at the hall of council to settle the matter of the Prophet (s.a.w.) once and far all. There, conflicting views were expressed. One said: Draw up new agreements against him. Another proposed killing him. A third one advised them to turn him out of Mecca. A third proposal was brought forward which won the consensus of the participants in the meeting.

The proposal was that a young men should be picked from every clan of the Quraish, including Bani Hashim. They would be charged with the task of killing the Prophet (s.a.w.) with their swords. They would strike their blow together. As no specific man could be identified as the murderer of the Prophet (s.a.w.), his blood would he shed, and so Bani Hashim would not seek vengeance.

Allah, the Mast High, revealed to His Messenger their plot: "And when those who disbelieved devised plans against you that they might confine you or slay you or drive you away; and they devised plans and Allah too had arranged a plan; and Allah is the best of planners". Holy Qur'an (8:30) The Quraish wanted to execute the plan at nightfall, but Abu-Lahab proposed the break of dawn as mast suitable.

They posted guards around the house of the Prophet (s.a.w.) so that he would not slip out of their hands.

Ordering Ali (a.s.) to sleep in his bed and wrap him in his cloak, the Prophet (s.a.w.) made his way among them reciting the holy verse: "And We have made before them a barrier and a barrier behind them, then We have covered them over so that they do not see." Holy Qur'an (36:9) In a certain place, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) met Abu Bakr bin Abi Quhafa(46), and, then, both of them went into hiding in a cave on Mt. Thawr.