The time after Migration to Madinah from Makkah
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ ع: قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع لَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ص بِمَكَّةَ وَ أَظْهَرَ بِهَا دَعْوَتَهُ، وَ نَشَرَ بِهَا كَلِمَتَهُ، وَ عَابَ أَدْيَانَهُمْ فِي عِبَادَتِهِمُ الْأَصْنَامَ، وَ أَخَذُوهُ وَ أَسَاءُوا مُعَاشَرَتَهُ، وَ سَعَوْا فِي خَرَابِ الْمَسَاجِدِ الْمَبْنِيَّةِ- كَانَتْ لِقَوْمٍ مِنْ خِيَارِ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ [وَ شِيعَتِهِ] وَ شِيعَةِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع.
The Imam (Hassan Al-Askari-asws) said: ‘Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws said: ‘When Allah-azwj Sent Muhammad-saww at Makkah and Manifested his-saww call in it, and Publicised his-saww ‘Kalima’ (There is no god except Allah-azwj and Muhammad-saww is Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj), and Faulted their religions with regards to their worshipping the idols, his-saww community seized him-as and mistreated him-saww, and they strive in ruining the constructed Masjids – which were for a group of the good companions of Muhammad-saww and his-saww Shias, and the Shias of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws.
كَانَ بِفِنَاءِ الْكَعْبَةِ مَسَاجِدُ يُحْيُونَ فِيهَا مَا أَمَاتَهُ الْمُبْطِلُونَ، فَسَعَى هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فِي خَرَابِهَا، وَ أَذَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ سَائِرِ أَصْحَابِهِ، وَ أَلْجَئُوهُ إِلَى الْخُرُوجِ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، الْتَفَتَ خَلْفَهُ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ: اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أُحِبُّكِ، وَ لَوْ لَا أَنَّ أَهْلَكِ- أَخْرَجُونِي عَنْكِ لَمَا آثَرْتُ عَلَيْكِ بَلَداً، وَ لَا ابْتَغَيْتُ عَنْكِ بَدَلًا، وَ إِنِّي لَمُغْتَمٌّ عَلَى مُفَارَقَتِكِ.
‘‘There used to be Masjids in the courtyard of the Kabah wherein was being revived what killed the falsities. So those polytheists strived in ruining these, and hurt Muhammad-saww and the rest of his-saww companions, made him-saww a refugee to exit from Makkah to Al-Medina. He-saww turned behind him-saww towards it (Makkah) and he-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Knows that I-saww love you (Makkah), and had not your inhabitants exited me-saww from you, I-saww would not have preferred a (another) city over you, nor would I-saww have sought a replacement from you, and I-saww am gloomy upon separating from you’.
فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِلَيْهِ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ الْعَلِيَّ الْأَعْلَى يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ، وَ يَقُولُ: سَأَرُدُّكَ إِلَى هَذَا الْبَلَدِ ظَافِراً غَانِماً سَالِماً، قَادِراً، قَاهِراً، وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى. إِنَّ الَّذِي فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لَرادُّكَ إِلى مَعادٍ يَعْنِي إِلَى مَكَّةَ ظَافِراً غَانِماً. وَ أَخْبَرَ بِذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَصْحَابَهُ، فَاتَّصَلَ بِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ فَسَخِرُوا مِنْهُ
‘‘So, Allah-azwj Revealed unto him-saww: ‘O Muhammad-saww! The Most Exalted Conveys the greetings upon you-saww, and is Saying: “I-azwj will Return you-saww to this city, triumphant, victorious, unscathed, powerful, compelling”’ – and these are the Words of the Exalted: Surely He Who has made the Quran Binding on you will bring you back to the destination [28:85] – meaning, to Makkah, triumphant, victorious. And Rasool-Allah-saww informed his-saww companions with that. So it was transmitted to the people of Makkah, and they laughed from it… (an extract)’’[1]
NB: Approximately the 1 (AH) corresponds to 16 July 622 (CE).
[1] Tafseer Imam Hassan Askari-asws, H. 329