The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume I — Page 317
IX - Exile 317 Therefore, everyone agreed to this proposition. 1 The Holy Qur’ān has alluded to their consultation in the following words: “And remember the time when the disbelievers plotted against thee that they might imprison thee or kill thee or expel thee from thy homeland 2. And they planned and Allāh also planned, and Allāh is the Best of planners. ” 3 Here, these people finished deliberations to taint their filthy hands with the blood of the Holy Prophet sa , and there, through Gabriel as , Allāh the Exalted informed His prophet of their evil intentions, and permitted him migration to Yathrib. He was instructed not to spend the following night in Makkah. 4 Upon receiving this news, the Holy Prophet sa left his home. These were summer days and afternoon time. Ḥaḍrat ‘ Ā’ishah ra states that “It was a custom that the Holy Prophet sa would come to visit Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra at our home in the morning or evening time. ” 5 That day since the Holy Prophet sa came at an odd time and in a state where he had covered his head with a mantle, Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra said, “It seems that there is something unusual about this day. ” The Holy Prophet sa 1 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Malik bin Hishām, pp. 341-342, Hijratur-Rasūl, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī, By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Al-Jarīr Ṭabarī, Volume 2, pp. 254-255, Bābu Dhikril-Khabri ‘ammā kāna min Amri Nabiyyillāhi sa ‘inda Ibtidā’illāhi Ta‘ālā. . . . . . , Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 1, p. 109, Dhikru Khurūji Rasūlallāhi sa wa Abī Bakrin ra ilal-Madīnati li-Hijratin, Dārul-Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 This case [i. e. , of expulsion] has been mentioned last, because practically, this is what transpired in the end. (Author) 3 Al-Anfāl (8:31) 4 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Malik bin Hishām, p. 342, Bābu Hijratir- Rasūl sa , Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī, By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Al-Jarīr Ṭabarī, Volume 2, p. 255, Bābu Dhikril- Khabri ‘ammā kāna min Amri Nabiyyillāhi sa ‘inda Ibtidā’illāhi Ta‘ālā. . . . . . , Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) 5 Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī, By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Al-Jarīr Ṭabarī, Volume 2, pp. 256-257, Bābu Dhikril- Khabri ‘ammā kāna min Amri Nabiyyillāhi sa ‘inda Ibtidā’illāhi Ta‘ālā. . . . . . , Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002)