Rasool Allah -saww said to Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws ...

Rasool Allah -saww said to Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws : ‘Ransom me -saww with your -asws self.’ Ali -asws said: ‘Yes, Rasool-Allah -saww .’ He -saww said: ‘O Ali -asws , sleep on my -saww bed and cover up (yourself -asws ) with my -saww blanket.’ Ali -asws slept on the bed of Rasool-Allah -saww and covered up with his -saww blanket (so that the Quraysh would think Rasool Allah -saww is resting in his -saww bed).

(Allah -azwj Sent) Jibraeel -as to Hold Rasool-Allah -saww ’s hand, take him -saww out from the Quraysh whilst they were asleep and he (Jibraeel -as ) was reciting to him -saww And We have made in front of them a barrier and a barrier behind them, so We have Covered them over, so they are not seeing [36:9] .

[14] The narrator says in another Hadith: It is narrated: “On the (emigration) night (of Rasool Allah -saww ), when Imam Ali -asws slept in the bed of Rasool Allah -saww , Allah -azwj Revealed to Jibraeel -as and Mikaeel -as that I -azwj have made you brothers of each other. And one of you is given a longer life than the other. Which one of you will give (the extra years of) his life to the other?

They did not agree upon giving away part of their lives (to the other one who was given lesser life-span). At that Allah -azwj Revealed to them: “Why can’t you be like Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws ? I -azwj Made him -asws the brother of Mohammed -saww and he -asws (is prepared to sacrifice his -asws life to protect the life of his -asws brother -saww ) and Ali -asws is sleeping in his -asws (brother’s) bed after dedicating his -asws life to him -asws .

So go to the earth and protect Ali -asws from (the attackers of) his -asws (brother). So they -as came down and Jibraeel -as sat at Ali -asws ’s head side and Mikaeel -as sat at his -asws feet side and said: “Glad Tidings for you -asws , O son of Abu Talib -asws , who can be like you -asws ?