On the night when the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.)
migrated from Makkah to Madina, the pagans surrounded his house. In order to
minimize the possibility of reprisal from the clan of Banu Hashim, all the
hostile tribes decided to kill the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.). They were
guarding the Prophet’s house with drawn swords at night and planned to enter
the house in the morning. Allah (s.w.t.) informed His Prophet about the
impending danger to his life and advised him to let Imam Ali (a.s.) sleep on
his bed covering with his green sheet concealing the person beneath the sheet.
Imam Ali (a.s.) only asked if he slept in Prophet’s
bed his life will be safeguarded. When the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) replied
in affirmative, Imam Ali (a.s.) slept in Prophet’s bed. At this time, Allah, the Mighty questioned
Jib’raeel and Mi’kaeel which one of the two would devout his life for the
other, but neither of them was ready to sacrifice his life for the other. Then
Allah told them to watch how Ali ibne Abi Talib (a.s.) was ready to sacrifice
his life for the Noble Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.s.).
At that time, the Ayah 207 of Surah al-Baqarah was
revealed: “Wa Minan Na’ase Man Yashri Nafsahub Tegha Maraz’atillah Wallahu
Raufun Bil Iba’d” “And among people is he who sells his self to seek the
pleasure of Allah; and Allah is affectionate unto His (faithful)
servants.”
The one, who would agree to himself instead of the
Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.), who was wanted by the enemy, must essentially
have:
1.
The safety of the
Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) preferred to his own safety.
2.
Implicit faith in
the duty of man to earn the Pleasure of Allah and His Noble Messenger at any
cost even at the cost of his own life.
3.
The courage of
surrendering himself willingly with the utmost peace of mind, to sleep under
the swords, ready to fall upon him.
4.
The confidence and faith
in the Divine Protection.
5.
The external as well
as internal resemblance to resemble the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) to the
watching eyes, when under the mantle (sheet).
Surprisingly, the enemy could not distinguish when
Imamate slept on the bed of Prophet Hood!
It was a sales transaction in which Imam Ali (a.s.) was
the seller, the commodity being sold was his “Self”, the buyer was Allah
(s.w.t.), and the price being paid to the seller was “the pleasure” of Allah
(s.w.t.)
Following are the list of some of the authors and their
books who had reported this event of Imam Ali (a.s.) sleeping in the bed of the
Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.):
Ibne Abil Hadid Mu’tazeli Sharah-e-Nahjul-Balagha
Allama al-Amini Al-Ghadeer
volume 2 page 48
Imam Ahmad ibne Hanbal Musnad
volume 1 page 348
Tabari Tarikh-e-Tabari
volume 2 page 373
Yaqubi Tarikh-e-Yaqubi
volume 2 page 39
Imam Ghazali Ihya
–u-Uloom ud-Deen volume 3 page 238
Sebt-ibn-Jauzi Hanafi Tatkhirat-ul-Khawas
page 21
Ibn Husham As-Sirat-un
Nabawiyya volume 2 page 291
Ibn Sabbaq Maliki Al-Fusul
ul-Muhimma
Ibne Hisham Seerat
ibne Hisham volme 2 page 291
Halabi Seerat-e-Halabi
volume 1 page 29
The famous Ibne Abil Hadid Mu’tazeli expressed in his
renowned Sharah-e-Nahjul Balagha, volume 4 page 73 that Muawia ibn Abu Sufyan
paid four thousand Dirhams to Sumra bin Jundab to fabricate a tradition saying
that this valuable Ayah was revealed upon the virtue of the worst creature and
murderer of the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (a.s.)!
Source: The Glorious Qur’an (English translation) by
Ayatollah H.M.M. Pooya Yazdi
An Enlightening Commentary into the Light of the Glorious
Qur’an
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