Chapter 12: The Hijrahالهجرة
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Hijrat (migration) to Madinah Munawwarah
From the book · p. 20
The book’s text
When the people of Makkah heard that the people of Madinah had taken (a promise) at the hands of ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him), their anger knew no bounds. Every day they thought of new plans to harm the Muslims.
Seeing this condition, Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) suggested to the رضي الله عنهم (may Allah be pleased with them) to make (migrate) to . The Sahaabah رضي الله عنهم (may Allah be pleased with them) secretly left for Madinah until there were no Muslims left in Makkah besides Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him), Hadhrat Ali رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) and a few weak Sahaabah رضي الله عنهم (may Allah be pleased with them). Hadhrat Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) also intended to migrate but Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped him and told him to wait a while and make hijrat with him.
Hadhrat Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) was waiting to make hijrat and set aside two camels for this journey, one for himself and the other for Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him).
The disbelievers were constantly making effort to harm the Muslims, each one taking a part. One day they gathered at Darun-Nadwa to decide what course of action should be adopted against Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him). Some suggested that he should be imprisoned. Some suggested that he should be banished. The cunning and evil ones among them did not accept these ideas and said that they would not be successful by doing this.
Abu Jahl suggested that Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) should be killed. One person from each tribe should take part in this so that Nabi’s ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) family would not be able to take revenge.
Allah ﷻ (exalted is His majesty) informed Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) of this meeting and at once Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) decided to make hijrat. At night he told Hadhrat Ali رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) to sleep in his bed. The (trusts) of the non-muslims that were kept by Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) were all handed over to Hadhrat Ali رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) with the instruction to return them to the people the next morning.
Thereafter, when Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) left his home, he saw a group of the disbelievers waiting at the door. Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) came out of the house reciting Yaseen and when he reached the (verse):
وَجَعَلْنَا مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّۭا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّۭا فَأَغْشَيْنَٰهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
And We have enveloped (with the darkness of Kufr and sin) them so they cannot see (the truth)
Site note: the Arabic is the full verse (Tanzil, Uthmani text). The book translates the part it quotes.
He repeated it several times. Due to this, Allah ﷻ (exalted is His majesty) blinded the disbelievers and they were unable to see Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) emerge from his home.
Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) then went to the house of Hadhrat Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) and found him waiting there. Hadhrat Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) had engaged a guide to show them the way. They left his house from the back and went towards Mount Thaur.