The night of the departure from Mecca: eleven of Quraysh's chiefs surrounded the Prophet ﷺ's house to harm him after midnight; Ali slept in his bed and the Prophet walked out between them safely to Abu Bakr's house, and the two left until they reached the cave of Thawr. It was the night of 27 Safar, September 622 CE.
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The departure night of the Hijra
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When Quraysh's plan to kill the Prophet ﷺ was sealed by Dar al-Nadwa, God told him of the plot and he went at midday to Abu Bakr's house to settle the Hijra's stages. Eleven chiefs were chosen to surround the house — Abu Jahl, al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As, Uqba ibn Abi Mu'it, al-Nadr ibn al-Harith, Umayya ibn Khalaf, Abu Lahab and Ubayy ibn Khalaf among them — gathering at his door in the dark with execution set after midnight. The Prophet told Ali: sleep in my bed wrapped in my green cloak, nothing you dislike will reach you; then he walked out through their ranks, scattering a handful of valley dust over their heads while reciting the barrier verse, and not a man of them was left without dust on his head. He reached Abu Bakr's house and they left by night to the cave of Thawr — the night of 27 Safar, year 14 of prophethood, 12/13 September 622 CE.
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