In the meantime, the disbelievers surrounded his home, but when they discovered that he was not there, they began to search for him. They sent search parties in every direction to search for Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam). While searching, some disbelievers eventually came to the mouth of the cave, but Allah Ta‘ala used the web of a spider to give them such protection that even a hundred coats of armour could not provide.