Musnad Abi Ya'la 7316 — while we were in Yemen, news reached us

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that while we were in Yemen, news reached us of the migration of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so we set out to migrate to him (peace and blessings be upon him). My two brothers were with me, and I was the youngest of them; one of them was Abu Burdah and the other Abu Ruhm. We set out with fifty-three or fifty-two men of our people. Then we boarded a ship, and our ship brought us to the Negus (al-Najashi) in Abyssinia. There we met Sayyiduna Ja'far bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) and stayed with them. Sayyiduna Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us here and ordered us to stay here, so you too stay here with us." So we stayed with them until we all came back together. Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When we reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Khaybar had been conquered at that time, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave us too a share of the spoils of Khaybar, although he (peace and blessings be upon him) had not given a share to anyone absent other than those who took part in the battle of Khaybar, except the people of our ship who came with Sayyiduna Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) and his companions; he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave them a share along with the fighters. Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Some people used to say to us (that is, to the people of the ship): "We preceded you in migration." Meanwhile Sayyidah Asma' bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her), who was among those who came with Sayyiduna Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him), came to visit Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), the pure wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). She was among those who had migrated to the Negus. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) also came to Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), and on seeing Sayyidah Asma' (may Allah be pleased with her) there, he asked: "Who is this?" Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: "This is Asma' bint Umays." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said (by way of remark): "I see, is this the Abyssinian one, the one who came by sea?" Sayyidah Asma' (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: "Yes." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We preceded you in migration, so we have more right to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than you." On hearing this she became angry and said: "O Umar, never! By Allah, you were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) fed the hungry among you and admonished the ignorant among you, while we were living in the distant land of enemies in Abyssinia, and all of that was for the sake of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). By Allah, I will neither eat food nor drink water until I mention what you said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). We were harmed there and lived in fear. I will mention all this to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and ask him (peace and blessings be upon him). By Allah, I will not lie, nor deviate from the truth, nor add anything of my own." So when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came, she said: "O Prophet of Allah, Umar has said such and such." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What did you reply to him?" She said: "I replied such and such." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He (Umar) has no more right to me than you. He and his companions have the reward of one migration, whereas you, O people of the ship, have the reward of two migrations." Sayyidah Asma' (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I saw that Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) and the people of the ship would come to me in groups and ask me about this hadith. Nothing in the world was a greater cause of joy and honour for them than what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had said about them. Abu Burdah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyidah Asma' (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) asking me again and again to repeat this hadith.