They selected a man from each tribe so that they would...

They selected a man from each tribe so that they would strike him together that his blood would be distributed among the entire tribes equally. The purpose beyond such a cabal was obliging the Hashemites to miss out any opportunity to revenge Mohammed. They believed that Mohammed would achieve his goals and, in sequence, divest them from their leadership and authority, if he reached in Yathrib.

They applied this cabal so accurately, but they were astonished when they found Ali­bn­Abi­Talib sleeping in Mohammed's bed. The leaders of Mecca became so perturbed that they…