Chief of the Prophets — Page 81
Chapter Six Conspiracy in Dārun-Nadwah to Assassinate Muḥammad sa Migration of Muḥammad sa to Yathrib Anṣār’s Treatment of Emigrants in Madīnah Major Events from the Time of the Pact with the Jews until the Battle of Badr Conspiracy in Dārun-Nadwah to Assassinate Muḥammad sa After the Second Pledge of ‘Aqabah, Muḥammad sa instructed the companions to migrate to Yathrib in ones and twos, but he himself waited for the permission of Allah, the Exalted. When the Quraish observed that Muḥammad sa was left alone in Makkah, they thought of this as the perfect opportunity and about 100 people from the Quraish assembled in Dārun-Nadwah to deliberate about how to deal with him. After discussing various suggestions, Abū Jahl’s proposal was accepted. According to his proposal, the task of killing Muḥammad sa would be jointly carried out by all the tribes, such that every tribe would assign one young man with an unsheathed sword to carry out the task. Then these people would attack Muḥammad sa together as one man. In this manner, his blood shall be distributed throughout all the tribes of the Quraish, and the Banū ‘Abd Manāf will not have the courage to fight all those people. While this consultation was going on, Allah the Exalted informed the Prophet of the enemy’s evil plans through the angel Gabriel as and permitted him to immediately migrate to Yathrib. Migration of Muḥammad sa to Yathrib Muḥammad sa went to the house of Abū Bakr ra and informed him about the permission to migrate. Abū Bakr ra , who had been anxiously waiting for this moment, immediately said: