Hadith #443
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي عُثْمَانُ الْجَزَرِيُّ أَنَّ مِقْسَمًا مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ { وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيُثْبِتُوكَ } قَالَ تَشَاوَرَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لَيْلَةً بِمَكَّةَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ فَأَثْبِتُوهُ بِالْوَثَاقِ يُرِيدُونَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَلْ اقْتُلُوهُ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَلْ أَخْرِجُوهُ فَأَطْلَعَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ نَبِيَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى ذَلِ
كَ فَبَاتَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى فِرَاشِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ وَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِالْغَارِ وَبَاتَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَحْرُسُونَ عَلِيًّا يَحْسَبُونَهُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحُوا ثَارُوا إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا عَلِيًّا رَدَّ اللَّهُ مَكْرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا أَيْنَ صَاحِبُكَ هَذَا قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي فَاقْتَصُّوا أَثَرَهُ فَلَمَّا بَلَغُوا الْجَبَلَ خُلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَصَعِدُوا فِي الْجَبَلِ فَمَرُّوا بِالْغَارِ فَرَأَوْا عَلَى بَابِهِ نَسْجَ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ فَقَالُوا لَوْ دَخَلَ هَاهُنَا لَمْ يَكُنْ نَسْجُ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ عَلَى بَابِهِ فَمَكَثَ فِيهِ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ
Isnad Chain
عبد الرزاق
معمر
عثمان الجزري
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) — via Miqsam, freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas — regarding the verse: 'And [remember] when those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain you [8:30]' — that the Quraysh consulted one night in Makkah. Some of them said: 'When morning comes, bind him with chains' — meaning the Prophet ﷺ. Others said: 'No, kill him.' And others said: 'No, expel him.' Allah (عز وجل) informed His Prophet (ﷺ) of this. So 'Ali (رضي الله عنه) slept in the Prophet ﷺ's bed that night, and the Prophet ﷺ departed until he reached the cave [of Thawr]. The polytheists spent the night guarding 'Ali, thinking he was the Prophet ﷺ. When morning came, they rushed to [the bed] — but when they saw 'Ali, Allah turned their plot back on them. They said: 'Where is your companion?' He said: 'I do not know.' They followed his tracks, and when they reached the mountain they became confused. They climbed the mountain and passed by the cave, and saw a spider's web over its entrance. They said: 'Had anyone entered here, the spider's web would not be over the entrance.' [the Prophet ﷺ] remained in it for three nights.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 10, Hadith 443
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3081
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39471