Eleven of them passed away there.

Eleven of them passed away there. Thirty-nine of them returned to Mecca prior to the Holy Prophet's emigration. Twenty-six men and some women returned to Mecca after the Battle of Badr.

The last group, supervised by Ja`far Ibn Abi-talib, returned home on the 7th year of Hegira and met the Holy Prophet after the Conquest Khaybar.[^87] The Birth of Fatimah Shi`ite historians unanimously contend that Lady Fatimah was born in Mecca in the fifth year after Hegira.[^88] The youngest child of the Holy Prophet and Khadijah, Fatimah (s) married Imam `Ali (a.s) in Medina after the Holy Prophet's Hegira.

During her early age, she witnessed her father's severest struggles against the unbelievers; she could vividly remember all the troubles of that period.

The Night Ascension (Mi`raj) The Holy Prophet's nocturnal journey from Mecca to Jerusalem (isra' [Qur'an 17:1]) in a supernatural way and his journey from Jerusalem to the Heavens (mi`raj [Qur'an: 70]) through God's power are both significant events of Mecca, because these two events are recorded in the Meccan surahs; however, there are disagreements related to the exact date of their occurrence.

The Holy Prophet's objectives of these two journeys was to closely observe God's Grandeur across the heavens and skies, to meet the angels and the souls of the previous prophets, to watch Paradise and Hell and to observe the differing ranks of the dwellers of Paradise and the residents of Hell.

God refers to this journey as follows: Glory be to Him who made His servant to go on a night from the Sacred Mosque to the Remote Mosque of which We have blessed the precincts, so that We may show to him some of Our Signs; Surely, He is the Hearing, the Seeing. (17:1) Concerning mi`raj, God remarks: Certainly, he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

(53:18) Imam al-Riza (s) was asked, “Why did God take the Prophet to the skies when He has no definite place?” Imam al-Riza (s) replied, “God would not need any place or time. By taking the Holy Prophet to the skies, God intended to glorify the angels and the sky-dwellers. God also wanted Muhammad (s) to observe the extension of the creation so that upon his descent he could inform people of God's Grandeur.

God does not need time or place as the skeptics erroneously assume.”[^89] The Evaluation of the Narrations on mi`raj Concerning the Holy Prophet's Divine journey, there are several narrations available.