 The mysteries of Islam fascinate us time and time again. This is no different from the life story of the Prophet. Who was Muhammad, sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam? An illiterate dozen merchant who one day stumbled upon amazing Arabic rhetoric? Or was he the creation of Allah's greatest light? Sent down to earth to pull man out of ignorance and bring them to the purest of truths. I Ali Burji, I'm on a journey to discover the real story behind the Prophet, the real story behind our religion, the roots, the beginning, the cradle of civilization. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon our master and beloved Abu Al-Qasim Muhammad al-Mustafa, sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam. And may peace and blessings of Allah be upon those who are gathered from now on to the Day of Judgement. Dr. Al-Aziz, so we've come to the point where Quraysh have abandoned the embargo since the discussion with Abu Talib regarding the document, the treaty which was placed in the Ka'bah. So the Quraysh found the document which was eaten by termites. And only wherever the name of Allah was written, the termites did not chew on it. So now the Quraysh must be very desperate. They don't see any other solution other than eliminating the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. And logically I presume that the Holy Prophet as well will be informed about this. So if we can go inshallah into the details regarding the events of the preparation and the scheme, the whole strategy, the plan regarding the assassination of the Holy Prophet and the preparation for the Hajr. Bismillah. I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. And praise be to Allah, the Merciful. And may peace and blessings of Allah be upon those who are gathered from now on to the Day of Judgement. The Quraysh were determined to eliminate the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in any way they could. Allah's Messenger. And after the death of his devout and loyal supporter, his uncle Abu Talib, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, and also the death of his devout and loyal wife, Sayyida Khadija, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Art Angel Jibrail, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, descended upon the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. He said, you've lost your supporters and you must migrate to Medina. It is said that the Quraysh came together and they said, we have to do something about him once and for all. Basically, storm his house, and they were thinking how to do it. And they, of course, there was this notion that who's going to do it? It is said that in their meeting that they were sitting, it's reported that an old person appears to them or comes to the door, and he gives them a suggestion. They were not sure how to go about addressing the issue of Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, basically trying to get rid of him. How to deal with it? How to deal with it, trying to get rid of him. And this old man, he said to them, I'll give you a suggestion. He said, you're fearful that if someone from this tribe goes and kills Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, then you're fearful of Benny Hashim. They said, yes. He said, my suggestion is that one warrior from every clan is put forward, so that there is a group of warriors attack the house of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and kill the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. And because you have a member from every single clan of Quraish, then Benny Hashim will be faced with not a single clan, but the entire Quraish. And they won't have the way with all to fight you. If they do, they will be defeated. And they really liked that idea. They thought that was a clever idea. Okay. And who was this old man? And it is reported in our traditions that this old man was Satan himself, Shaitan Iblis. He appeared to them. So Shaitan himself, he intervened. He intervened and he put forward this, if you like, solution to the problem that they were having. And they really liked this idea. And of course Iblis appeared to him, appeared to, when the Khilafah was reserved from Imam alaihi wa sallam, he also appeared there and made allegiance, but inshallah we'll come to that in the future. Okay. With regards to Shaitan, it's quite interesting because this is proof that Shaitan can appear as a human being and walk among us. Is that something he can do today as well? Of course if he could do it then he could do it now, but inshallah we'll go into that at some other stage. So they decided to do this. They decided to put forward one person from every clan, which they did. Forty warriors, if you like, were gathered and it was decided that they will attack the prophet, while in his sleep at the time of dawn. Just before Fajr. And the prophet, who was informed of this plot by Archangel Gabriel alaihi salam, and the prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, decided to go along with this and leave, migrate at midnight, or at night, for Madinah. He made the arrangements, if you like, and he asked Imam alaihi salam. He told Imam alaihi salam, informed Imam alaihi salam about his plan, and he said to him, will you sleep in my bed instead while I'm leaving? And Imam alaihi salam said to him, will you be safe? He said yes, I will be safe. He said, if you will be safe then I will stay in your place. And again, it comes to show that in the most important phases in the life of the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, he goes to no one else but Amir al-Mu'minin alaihi salam, which comes again to prove a statement that the next one in charge, the most trustworthy to Rasulullah, his best friend, his companion, everything is Amir al-Mu'minin, and he goes to none other but him. And of course, Amir al-Mu'minin, you wouldn't expect a lesser response, subhanallah. In fact, Amir al-Mu'minin alaihi salam accepts the most dangerous tasks. I mean, this basically is extremely dangerous. A similar one when he had in a conversation during the embargo, when his father, Abu Talib alaihi salam, said to him, you come to sleep in the place of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi. And he, as the point that I want to make that this will, this could lead to my death, which Abu Talib thought that he was afraid, but he was saying, Imam Ali said to him, I just wanted to show you that I am totally obedient to you. So in here, again, Imam Ali alaihi salam faced imminent deaths, basically killing by 40 warriors, if you like, Quraish warriors. And despite that, he accepted the challenge and accepted that he would sacrifice himself for the safety of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi. And the importance of this is so great that Allah swt revealed a verse, an ayah in the Quran, which Allah declared that there are those who will offer themselves, give up themselves, their souls for the sake of Allah swt. I can, if you like, I can tell you which ayah, which Surah you probably need, I don't know, shall I do it here? It's Surah al-Baqarah ayah number 207. It says, women and nasiman yashri, nafsahu ibtiqaa marzatillah wa allahu raofan bil ibad. And the English translation is, amongst the people is he who sells his life, seeking the pleasure of Allah. Allah is most kind to his servants. Allah swt reveals this ayah about this, about what the Amir al-Muwni alaihi salam did, which agreeing to stay in place of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi so the Prophet had a chance to escape from Mecca and escape the assassination attempt by the warriors of Quraish. So who did he, the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi wasallam, who did he flee with from Mecca at night? And where did he had to? They had the assassination to oppose, so the Holy Prophet at night he leaves Amir al-Muwni alaihi salam in his bed, and he flees with whom? There are, the general acceptance is that he, of course, he went to Ghar Thor. Ghar Thor? Yeah. The cave which first ever Al-Qangil Jibrail alaihi salam appeared to him. Yes. No, that's Ghar Haraa. This is closer. Ghar Thor is further away from Mecca. And yes, because when they came, attacked, and they found Amir al-Mu'mineen there, and his first contact was with Khalid ibn Walid, and he was like his father, Khalid ibn Walid. Like his father, they were staunch opponents of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi salam. And Imam alaihi salam threw him to the ground, and they realized that he is not the Prophet, and he's Ali ibn Abi Talib alaihi salam. There are variations where, whether they said, some narrations say that there were some clashes there, some narrations say that keep him alive, don't kill him, we'll kill him tomorrow, but let's immediately find the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi. And the Prophet headed for and stayed in Ghar Thor. The majority of cases say that he was in that Ghar, in that cave with Abu Bakr. Some say that he wasn't, he was with someone else. But the overwhelming majority among Sunni scholars and Shi'a scholars say that it was Abu Bakr who was with him. And again, just as there was a Quranic verse revealed about concerning Imam alaihi salam staying in the bed of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi, which I just read for you. Another ayah was revealed in the cave concerning the cave and the person who was with him. And that verse says, It's ayah number 40 of Surah Al-Tawbah. It means those two were in the cave, while they were in the cave, he said to his companion, The ayah begins with the fact that you did not support him, the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi, and he was forced out. And he was with another person in the cave and he was telling, that is the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi, who wasn't supported by the people, he was forced out. The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi said to his companion, Do not grieve in Allah and with us. So all of these are talking about two people. Allah brought down his tranquility upon him, not upon them. And this is quite significant. It doesn't say that Allah brought down the sakinah on both of them. Even though all along the ayah it talks about two people. While those two were in the cave, he tells his companion, do not grieve, Allah is with us. Allah revealed or brought down his sakinah, his tranquility upon him. And this is quite significant. If we have a pause in here, if we see the occurrence of sakinah in the Quran, it occurs in five other places. One of them to do with the coffin of Musa and the Jews, and the other four to do with the Muminin and Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi. In short, the other four revealed to us that Allah descends the sakinah on the Muminin and no one else. If you like Allah doesn't bring down the sakinah upon the kuffar. This is one. And whenever Allah brings down the sakinah on Rasulullah, he brings it on the Muminin as well. It says, Allah brings down the sakinah on the Muminin so that their faith enhances, increases. So this is a criteria that only descends brings down the sakinah on the Muminin, those who have faith in their heart. And the purpose of that is to increase their faith, to increase their iman. In other verses, we say, So when there is the Prophet and the Muminin, when the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi wa alaihi and the Muminin, he brings down the sakinah on the Prophet and on the Muminin. Not for example on the Muminin only or on the Prophet only, sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi. Because some say, Oh, the Prophet doesn't need the sakinah. The others do. And this is not true because we have the ayah, As I said, we have these two verses. One is that Allah descends the sakinah on the Muminin to increase their iman. The other one is that when he descends it on Rasulullah, he also descends it on the Muminin. But in here, the sakinah was brought down by Allah sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi alone, and not on his companion. Okay, that's quite interesting. So it's like Allah sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi through this ayah is trying to give you a hint. And this hint is basically that that second person, whoever it was, not getting the tranquility that means is not Muminin. That's right. That's quite disturbing. Yes. So from this ayah, we understand this person, Mr. X, doesn't really have much iman in Allah sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi wa alaihi his holy Prophet. Any iman? Yeah. So, okay, from here, from this very important ayah, we take this with us. InshaAllah, further on, we can take a lot more. At the end of the day, we want to uncover the truth and expose the truth, and there's no reason for holding back. Yeah? Now, at that cave, did anything else occur? Any other incident, a miracle, maybe? Because I do remember there's a very famous event that occurred with the cave when the Quraish were looking for Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. With the bird, if you can please share some of your knowledge and enlighten me on regards to that event. They say that they followed the, if you like, the print. The footprints. The footprints or the trace of the Prophet, if you like, these two people, the Prophet and his companion, and they came to near the cave and the guide who was the expert in identifying the footprints or any kind of prints and distinguishes whether this is of what kind of individual or what kind of animal and so on. The guide said, he noticed that there is, if you like, a bird sitting in its nest and also a cobweb on the entrance of the cave. And he said that he couldn't have gone, Mohammed and his companion, they couldn't have gone inside the cave because... Without damaging the cobweb, for example, and the nest. So this is, if you like, what is narrated to us. On the issue of the companion, if I may, as I said, the majority of Shi'a and Sunni scholars say the companion was Abu Bakr. And there was one mention in the book of Sulaym, reporting on the events of the Saqifah, where they, basically it was, if you like, they usabbed the Khilafa from Amir Mu'neen. Which, inshallah, we would like to cover it later on. But the point was that in order to justify that Abu Bakr qualifies for to take over, Omar was saying that you are, he is the one, you are the one who was a companion of the Prophet in the cave. And they forgot the rest of the ayah. Making it sound as if it's some sort of an achievement, where in fact, Allah is quite... They treated it as... The point is that in that debate, he was using that to say that he was Sahib Al-Ghar, he was the companion in the cave. And he was the one, that's Abu Bakr. He was the one who accompanied the Prophet in the cave. So Sahib Al-Ghar was Abu Bakr. And these are the kind of evidence that we have, which show that the companion is Abu Bakr. And that is something which is agreed by the majority of Sunni and Shi'a scholars. Right from the beginning, where the Prophet was at his... If you like, he didn't have all the support that he wanted. When you approach the people and you tell them, I'm not going... I don't expect... I'm not going to coerce anyone. I tell you what my message is. You either listen to it and believe in it and adopt it, or you leave it. It's all up to you. All I want is the protection, the protection from you so that I can convey my message to the people.