Misba's Reviews > The Prophet’s Biography - As-sirah Nabawiyyah

Each tribe will nominate a young man and they will all attack him in unison so that no single person is to blame. The Banu Hashim (prophet’s tribe) won’t be able to declare war and will be forced to accept blood money.”

Allah revealed in the verse describing the night of migration: “And when the disbelievers conspired to capture, kill, or exile you. They planned, but God also planned, and God is the best of planners.” Quoting from history books now: “Allah described the Quraish gathering in the Dar al-Nadwah of Mecca—their parliamentary meeting place—to find a solution to deal with the Prophet and the religion of Islam. The Quraish gathered with the exception of Banu Hashim (the last prophet’s tribe). While the likes of Abu Lahab (prophet’s uncle) had no issue with plotting against the prophet. It would have been a public disgrace according to tribal politics if he were to allow such an event to occur regarding his own tribesman. He was therefore not invited so that he could claim ignorance of the matter and save face.
The entirety of the Quraysh except for Abu Lahab and Mutim ibn Adiyy (because the prophet was living under his protection)—gathered to finally put a stop to the Prophet. The first suggestion was to imprison him, but imprisonment was an alien concept to the Arabs, considered inhuman and impractical. Satan physically placed himself among the crowd and said, “If you imprison him, his words will still reach his followers.” The second suggestion was to exile him, but satan responded, “Sending him to exile is to send him back to his followers.” Abu Jahl, the worst of them, said, “You still haven’t said what everyone is thinking: why don’t we kill him? We will do it in a way where no single tribe can be blamed. Each tribe will nominate a young man and they will all attack him in unison so that no single person is to blame. The Banu Hashim (prophet’s tribe) won’t be able to declare war and will be forced to accept blood money.” Satan then said, “This is the right decision.” The Quraysh agreed, nominated their tribe members, and sent them immediately to the prophet’s house. Jibril descended and informed the prophet that he must leave for migration immediately.