 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 doesn't 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 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 I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed, in the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Merciful May peace and blessings of Allah be upon our master and beloved Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam May peace and blessings of Allah be upon his family, the righteous, the righteous, the righteous, and may Allah be pleased with their enemies May Allah be pleased with Muhammad and his family, in the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Merciful Dr. Al-Azeez So we're continuing now to the phase where the Quraish have run out of options They've had enough, they're noticing that the holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is gaining power And they need to act fast, they want to get rid of him, ASAP So what happens? Quraish were very angry, probably the anger was the highest it had ever reached during the stay of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi in Mecca And they said, they called for a meeting in a meeting house, Darin-Nadwa, a conference center if you like A kind of place where they meet and discuss The top chiefs of the clans and the wealthy The chiefs and the nobles, the chiefs of Quraish, different clans of Quraish met there It is said that there were 40 who attended that meeting, and it is said As this is given in Tafsir-Ruqomi if you like Iblis also came in the shape, in the form of an old man And at the door, they said to him, who are you? He said, I'm a sheikh from Najd, from the people of Najd And I would like to advise the people here and have some advice for them and some opinion After a bit of haggling, they said, okay, Allahumma, let me And Abu Jal started speaking and they said This Muhammad was a nice guy, he was trustworthy, he was called Al-Amin And we called him Al-Amin because of his conduct, because of his honesty and truthfulness And he was very trustworthy because we could trust him with our Precious things and he would turn them to us But now he's got this interest, he claims that he's a prophet, he's a messenger of Allah And he is criticizing our beliefs and Ridiculing our gods And not only that, now he's forming a base in Medina And he's getting more and more people And I'm very concerned that the only thing which is left is some of the chiefs of Quraish to embrace Islam To accept him And this will be disastrous for Quraish, and for the standing of Quraish The fact that people from all around the land, they come for pilgrimage And we are responsible for the Kaaba And we're losing authority And I see that we have no choice but to kill him And they said, how do you suggest we do that? He said that we'll send one of our warriors to kill him And if Bani Hashem asks for blood money, then for Dea, then we'll give them 10 times What is required for blood money for one person, we'll give them for 10 times What do you think? They said, that sounds a good idea We're generous, we like Bani Hashem, it's just that our problem is with this guy Muhammad When we get rid of him, we give them 10 times This old man, this Ablis, he said that this will work, this is a stupid idea What do you mean? He said, well, if you kill him, even if you give them 10 times the blood money that they usually give Bani Hashem would not rest seeing the killer of Muhammad walking around in the streets and alleyways of the city They will go after him So basically, who is prepared to go and kill Muhammad, but basically he will sacrifice himself because he will be killed Is there anyone amongst you who is prepared to go and kill Muhammad and be prepared to be killed by Bani Hashem? Because they will not stop at that, they will not stop at accepting the Dea, the 10 times the Dea Valid point Valid point Someone else said, I have a different opinion Is that we detain him in the house, we give him food and water until he dies So we haven't killed him and we can put a stop to all these activities of Muhammad Ablis again said this wouldn't work either, this is even worse the other one, he said why? He said they will, Bani Hashem, while he is being detained, they will go and seek support from other Arabs Either from those who come and visit us during the two high seasons Or they go outside and seek support from the other Arabs And to come and fight us because they would have to excuse, we have detained one of their sons So even that wouldn't work A third person came and said I have another opinion And they said what? And he said that we send him into exile, we can rid him, we don't want him here And Ablis again, this old man from Najd, who is Ablis, he said that they will, this is even, this is worse than the other two Because he will personally be active, seeking support All the people of those who will support him, when he gathers them, he will come and take over Mecca And they were really speechless, they couldn't, he said what do you suggest? Now you keep saying this is wrong and this is wrong, but what do you suggest? And he gave his famous suggestion that What you should do is, you are 40 chiefs of 40 clans, so from each clan, one warrior comes Okay, and they attack the house or attack him simultaneously With a single blow, so each of them give them so that they don't say This was the first one, this warrior was the last one No, simultaneously they strike at Muhammad and kill him With a single blow, so that, and if Ben Yashim decides to fight The tribes or the clans of the killers, they will have to fight 40 clans And that would be something impossible for them to do And they all liked that idea Of course They said, this was a genius idea, so they decided for that And it was that, that an aya was revealed So those who disbelieved are plotting So basically this aya is revealing this Allah is informing what they're doing What they're doing, this conference This meeting that they are plotting to either detain you Or kill you, or send you into exile Now they are doing plots and Allah will advise something contrary to that Of course, the advice of Allah SWT was Jibrail informed the Prophet SAW that he has to leave for Medina Because they are going to kill you tonight So this was, and in fact some of the narration give the names of the individuals Some of the individuals, if you like the 40 so-called warriors Who wanted to come and kill And amongst those names, there are various other names Among those names is Khalid Nualid Is one of the people who was amongst those 40 Who wanted to come and kill the Prophet SAW While he was sleeping in his bed So this how it was revealed to the Prophet SAW And then the Prophet SAW asked Informed Imam Ali SAW That Jibrail has informed me of the revealed this aya to me And I have to, I'm instructed by Allah SWT to leave for Medina And on my way to Medina, I have to stay in the cave called Ghar Thor And will you stay in my bed while I leave so that they don't realize I've left, they don't realize that the house is empty Imam Ali SAW immediately said Will you be safe? And the Prophet SAW He was concerned about the safety and well-being of the Prophet SAW He said, Allah informs me that I will be safe And then it is said that he was, Imam Ali was smiling He was only too pleased that he would do that And out of his joy he, he prostrated on the ground To say thank you to Allah SWT, Sayjid al-Shukr And it is said that this was he, Imam Ali was the first one to do Sayjid al-Shukr Really? Imam Ali SAW was the first one to prostrate On the ground to Allah SWT Thanking Allah SWT that Allah has said that he will be safe And he was honored, Imam Ali He was honored that he will stay in the place of Prophet SAW Even though that meant, of course he didn't talk about this in this conversation Even though that meant that he will be killed Forty men are coming with their swords and going to attack To strike him as a single blow And Imam Ali didn't even hesitate What about my well-being? What's going to happen to that? And the Prophet SAW said, it's a very interesting comparison That Allah SWT says that Allah SWT tests individuals And the awliyaa, those who are devout And the greater your iman, the greater the test And Allah SWT, and the greatest tests are for the Prophet SAW And the messengers of Allah SWT And he said Allah has tested both of us, you and me Just as Allah SWT tested Ibrahim Alayhi salam and Ismail Because what happened, Allah SWT said to Ibrahim That to slaughter his son Ismail To sacrifice his son And Ibrahim accepted And he informed Ismail that I'm instructed That I do this to you and Ismail accepted Now, of course it's very hard for Ismail to accept For this to happen to him And it's probably even harder for Ismail, for Ibrahim to do that to his son To his beloved son But it shows the amount of iman, faith they had to do It shows the iman, but it was this In the same way, the Prophet SAW has been asked To place Imam Ali in his bed And Imam Ali was the most dear to him Among all his relatives I love Of course The most beloved of all people is Ali SAW Now he's instructed by Allah SWT to expose Ali In such a danger So it's a test for the Prophet SAW And a test for Imam Ali to accept that But of course he eagerly and happily accepted And as I said, he was smiling When he heard that the Prophet would be okay And he was honored that he would do that So, of course I want to say that There is a On this occasion when Imam Ali accepted that Allah SWT revealed this Aya from the Quran And there are those who would sell their souls Sell themselves Seeking the pleasure and content of Allah SWT And it is said that in Hadith And it's given in Amal At-Tulsi page 469 That Allah SWT Said to Jibrail and Mikael If I want to give a longer life to one of you Over the other, who would favor his brother? And they remain silent That means they wanted to live the longer life And Allah SWT said You go and congratulate Ali Who has stayed For the safety of the Prophet SAW Has stayed in his bed And he is in imminent danger And they descended to Imam Ali SAW And they congratulated him on this And they informed the Prophet SAW Of the revelation of this Aya Omin and Nasi Mayashri Nafsahu Ibtugha Amar Zatillah And of course this is also given In various Sunni references And Sunni Tafsir Like Thalabi Like Al-Ghazali Wil-Ahya And also in Al-Ghazali Kimya Al-Sa'ada And various other scholars Sunni scholars As well as Shi'a scholars And in here There are numerous references Which are given Al-Mussasjid Al-Ibn Jareel Al-Tabari Shawwad Al-Tanzeel Al-Sa'alabi For his Tafsir Osd Al-Ghaba Fadal Amir Al-Mu'mineen Sa'ad Al-Saud And so on So there are numerous Tafasir And references to say that This Aya was revealed Ibad Imam Ali Ali SAW Okay so So Imam Ali Eventually sleeps In the bed of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Rasulullah escapes by himself Does he leave Mecca alone? He leaves Mecca with Abu Bakr With Abu Bakr Yes He There is also someone else Who was the guide He's called Hind Ibn Abi Hala Okay He takes them to the It is said that I take them to this And he instructs them to go back To inform Ali that They've arrived at the cave So this is one narration Almost all narrations say And it's almost universal acceptance On both Sunni and Shi'a scholars That the person Who was in the cave With the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Was Abu Bakr And of course they stayed there Before they left For Medina when If you like the dust settles When they were Quraish were seeking them They tried to How long did they stay in the cave? It is said that they stayed there For three days and three nights That's quite a long time All along Allah is talking about Don't you support him Which is the Prophet Allah gave him the victory Which is the Prophet While the disbelievers forced him out Forced him being the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam And the point is He doesn't say Allah only descended the Sakeena on the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam And not Abu Bakr And whereas in other verses of the Quraam States that Allah Allah descends His Sakeena his Tranquility Upon his Messenger And upon the Mu'mineen But not in here