The lesson
- The mission began, according to the Twelver Shia, on 27 Rajab (610 CE), when he was forty, in the cave of Hira, where he used to retreat to worship God; the first revelation was: Read in the name of your Lord who created (96:1) (Tarikh-i Payambar-i Islam of Ayati; Tarikh-i Tahlili-yi Islam of Shahidi). The first to believe in him were his wife Khadija among the women and Ali ibn Abi Talib among the men (al-Sira al-Nabawiyya of Ibn Hisham).
- When the verse Warn the nearest of your kinsfolk (26:214) came down, he gathered about forty of the sons of Abd al-Muttalib and asked which of them would help him and be his brother, his executor and his caliph among them. Only Ali answered, and the Prophet said: This is my vicegerent and my caliph among you; listen to his words and obey his orders (Tarikh al-Tabari; al-Siyar wa l-Maghazi of Ibn Ishaq; Tarikh-i Tahlili-yi Islam of Shahidi). This is the Hadith of Yawm al-Dar.
- When the chiefs of Quraysh pressed Abu Talib to stop him, the Prophet said: By God, if the sun were given to me in my right hand and the moon in the other, I would not abandon my mission; and Abu Talib answered: Then follow your mission, and I will not let them harm you (al-Sira al-Nabawiyya of Ibn Hisham; Tarikh-i Tahlili-yi Islam of Shahidi).
Questions
According to Twelver Shia belief, when did the mission of the Messenger of God ﷺ begin?
At the gathering known as the Hadith of Yawm al-Dar, what did the Prophet ﷺ say to Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) in the presence of the sons of Abd al-Muttalib?
When the chiefs of Quraysh pressed Abu Talib to stop the Prophet ﷺ, what did the Prophet ﷺ swear?
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