The hypocrites in the battle conspired to kill him, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam, on the way back.

“When the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was on his way back from the expedition of Tabook, he commanded one person to call aloud: ‘The Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is taking the passage through this mountain, so no one should take it.’ The Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was on his animal with Huthayfah (one of his Companions) leading the animal from behind and ‘Ammaar ibn Yaasir (a Companion) holding the reins and leading it from the front. Suddenly, a group of men with masked faces appeared on camels, standing ahead of ‘Ammaar while he was leading the Prophet’s cam- el. Immediately an alarm was raised and ‘Ammaar started hitting the faces of their camels and pursued the masked men, but they took to their heels. The Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said to Huthayfah (a Companion): “Enough, enough.” He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, came down from the passage, and by then ‘Ammaar had returned so the Prophet of Allah, sallal- laahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said to him: “Did you recognize these people?” ‘Ammaar replied: ‘I recognized their animals, but the men were masked.’ The Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said to ‘Am- maar: “Do you know what these people were intending to do?” ‘Ammaar replied: ‘Allah and His messenger know best.’ He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “They wanted to push the Messenger of Allah and kill him.” The Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, accepted the excuse of three of them who swore by Allah they did not hear the person who called aloud warning against taking the same passage, and that they were not aware of the intention of the rest of the group. ‘Ammaar said: ‘I bear witness that these twelve will continue to be at war with Allah and His Messenger, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, in this life and remain hypocrites, and on the Day of Resur- rection will face the consequence of their hypocrisy. It was then that

«And [they] planned that which they were not to attain [i.e. the murder of Prophet Muhammad].»