Migration to Medina – Under the Cover of Night (Hazrat Musleh Mau’d’s (ra) Narration)

The narration Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud (ra) has mentioned is as follows:

“When the people of Mecca were gathering outside the house of the Holy Prophet (sa) in order to kill him, the Holy Prophet (sa) was leaving in the darkness of the night with the intention to migrate from there. The people of Mecca most certainly would have suspected that the news of their plan had reached the Holy Prophet (sa), but despite that, when the Holy Prophet (sa) left in front of them, they thought it was someone else. Hence, instead of attacking the Holy Prophet (sa), they began to hide, so that their plans would not be revealed to the Holy Prophet (sa). Prior to this night, Abu Bakr (ra) had also been informed about migrating with the Holy Prophet (sa), and so he met with the Holy Prophet (sa) and after a short while they departed from Mecca.”

(Dibacha Tafsir-ul-Quran, Anwar-ul-Ulum, Vol. 20, pp. 222-223)