عَنِ الْفَرَزْدَقِ بْنِ حَنَّانَ الْقَاصِّ قَالَ أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي لَمْ أَنْسَهُ بَعْدُ خَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حِيْدَةَ فِي طَرِيقِ الشَّامِ فَمَرَرْنَا بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِكُمَا أَعْرَابِيٌّ جَافٍ جَرِيءٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ الْهِجْرَةُ إِلَيْكَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ أَمْ إِلَى أَرْضٍ مَعْلُومَةٍ أَوْ لِقَوْمٍ خَاصَّةٍ أَمْ إِذَا مِتَّ انْقَطَعَتْ قَالَ فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ ((أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ الْهِجْرَةِ)) قَالَ هَا أَنَا ذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ((إِذَا قُمْتَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَآتَيْتَ الزَّكَاةَ فَأَنْتَ مُهَاجِرٌ وَإِنْ مِتَّ بِالْحَضْرَمَةِ)) يَعْنِي أَرْضًا بِالْيَمَنِيَّةِ
Farazdaq bin Hanan Qas says: Shall I narrate to you such a hadith, which I have heard with my own ears, my heart has memorized it, and I have not forgotten it till now? I and Abdullah bin Hida set out on the road to Syria and passed by Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both), ... ... (the rest of the hadith is mentioned), then he said: A harsh and bold Bedouin from your people came and said: O Messenger of Allah! Will migration (hijrah) be towards you wherever you may be, or will it be towards a specific land, or towards a specific people? And when you pass away, will migration be discontinued? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent for a while and then said: Where is the one who asked about migration? Here I am, O Messenger of Allah! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you establish prayer and pay zakat, then you are indeed a muhajir (emigrant), even if you die in Hadramaut. This is a place in the region of Yemen.