Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39370 — Reports on the emigration

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) bought a camel saddle from Sayyiduna Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) for thirteen dirhams. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr said to Sayyiduna Azib: Tell al-Bara' to carry it to my saddle. Sayyiduna Azib said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq: No, not until you tell us what you and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did when you left and the polytheists were searching for you. 2. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr said: We departed from Makkah and travelled on, staying awake a night and a day, until midday came upon us and the sun was at its height. I cast my gaze about to see whether any shade could be seen in which we might take shelter, and suddenly a rock appeared to me, so we made for it. Some of its shade remained. I looked at what remained of its shade and levelled (the spot), then I spread a skin for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in that shade. Then I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), lie down. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) lay down. Then I began to keep watch around me to see whether any pursuer could be seen, and suddenly I saw a shepherd driving his goats towards that same rock. He wanted from the rock what I had wanted. I asked him; I said: O boy, whom do you belong to? He replied: To a man of Quraysh. Abu Bakr said: The boy named the man and I recognised him. 3. I asked: Is there milk among your goats? He replied: Yes. I said: Will you milk for me? He said: Yes. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr said: I ordered him, and he caught hold of one goat from his goats. Then I ordered him to shake the dust from the goat's udder. Then I ordered him to shake off his palms. He said: Like this? And he struck one of his hands with the other, and then milked a little milk. I had with me, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), a water container with a cloth tied over its mouth. I poured it over the milk until it became cool at the bottom. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and found that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had woken up. I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), please drink. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) drank until I was content. 4. Then I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the time to depart has come. Then we departed while the people were searching for us. None of them caught up with us except Suraqah bin Malik bin Ju'shum, who was riding his horse. I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), this pursuer has reached us. And (saying this) I wept. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What is making you weep? I said: By Allah, I am not weeping for myself (out of fear), but I am weeping for you. Abu Bakr said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed against Suraqah and said: O Allah, suffice us against him in whatever way You will. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr said: Then Suraqah's horse sank into the ground up to its belly. Suraqah leapt off the horse. Then he said: O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), I know that this is your doing. So pray to Allah to rescue me from this calamity. By Allah, I will surely keep (this matter) hidden from the pursuers behind me. And this is my quiver; take an arrow from it. You will soon pass by my camels and goats at such-and-such a place, so take whatever you need from them too. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: We have no need of your camels. Then he turned back from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for him. Suraqah went back to his companions. 5. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kept going and I was with him (peace and blessings be upon him), until we reached Madinah at night. The people began to dispute over him (peace and blessings be upon him), as to whose house he (peace and blessings be upon him) would stay in. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Tonight I will stay with Banu al-Najjar, the maternal uncles of Abd al-Muttalib, and thereby honour them. The people came out, until he entered Madinah; and in the road and on the houses were the boys and servants, (saying): Muhammad has come, the Messenger of Allah has come. When morning came, he set off and stayed where Allah commanded him. 6. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had prayed towards Bayt al-Maqdis for sixteen or seventeen months, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) loved to be turned towards the Ka'bah. So Allah revealed: "We have seen the turning of your face towards the sky, so We will surely turn you towards a qiblah that pleases you. So turn your face towards al-Masjid al-Haram." [Surah al-Baqarah: 144] He said: So he was turned towards the Ka'bah. And the foolish among the people said: "What has turned them away from their qiblah which they used to face? Say: To Allah belong the east and the west; He guides whom He wills to a straight path." [Surah al-Baqarah: 142] He said: A man prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and then left after he had prayed. He passed by some of the Ansar who were bowing in the Asr prayer towards Bayt al-Maqdis, and he said: He bears witness that he prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and that he has been turned towards the Ka'bah. He said: So the people turned until they faced the Ka'bah. 7. Sayyiduna al-Bara' said: The first of the Muhajirun to stay with us was Sayyiduna Mus'ab bin Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him), the brother of Banu Abd al-Dar bin Qusayy. We said to him: What has the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) done? He said: He is in his place, and his companions are coming after me. Then after him came to us Sayyiduna Amr bin Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him), the blind man, the brother of Banu Fihr. We said to him: What have those behind you done, the Messenger of Allah and his companions? He said: They are coming after me. Then after him came to us Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir, Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud and Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with them). Then after them Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us with twenty riders. Then after them the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr with him. He did not reach us until I had read some of the surahs of the Mufassal. Then we set out to intercept the caravan, and we found that they had become wary.