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The plot at Dar al-Nadwa

اجتماع دار الندوة وقرار اغتيال النبي

c. 12 September 622 CE · c. 29 Safar 1 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Mecca

The fateful meeting of Quraysh's parliament in Dar al-Nadwa on Thursday 26 Safar 14 AH (12 September 622 CE) where chiefs debated expelling, imprisoning, or assassinating Muhammad, resolving on Abu Jahl's proposal to strike him simultaneously with a young warrior from each clan.

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At a glance

Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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In time

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In space

Mecca

Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph

Peace-making and coexistence

Connections

Had participant
Abu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham)Jubayr ibn Mut'imAbu Sufyan ibn Harbal-Nadr ibn al-HarithUmayya ibn KhalafQuraysh
Occurred at
Mecca
Part of
The Prophetic Era
Caused by
The Pledges of Aqaba

People and things also explored

QurayshMeccaLast Quraysh delegation to Abu TalibThe Battle of BadrThe Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)The departure night of the HijraThe persecution of the vulnerable MuslimsThe early Muslim community

Sources

  • al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
  • al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
  • Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
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islam.museum contributors. “The plot at Dar al-Nadwa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/plot-of-dar-al-nadwa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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Quraysh

The tribe that held Mecca and the custodianship of the Kaaba — the Prophet's own people, its elite his fiercest opponents for a decade, then, after 630, the core of the new community's leadership.