Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq — Page 46
46 HADRAT ABU BAKR 46 would protect them and, indeed, divine protection came in a beautiful and miraculous way. As one of the men came within a few meters of where the Holy Prophet sa and Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra were hiding, he suddenly turned around and started walking away from the entrance of the cave. His companions asked him, “Why have you not gone into the cave?” He responded, “The entrance is covered with a spider’s web, and a pair of doves has made a nest on the edge of it. It is obvious that no one could have gone inside the cave without disturbing the doves and destroying the spider’s web. ” 13 Hearing this the Makkans agreed to leave and all of them returned to Makkah having failed to carry out their evil plan. In this way, Allah protected the Holy Prophet sa and Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra from the Makkans by using two of his weakest and gentlest creations, the spider and the dove.