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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 231
Narrated Jabir:
My father, my two maternal uncles and I were among those who took
part in the 'Aqaba Pledge.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 232
Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit:
Who had taken part in the battle of Badr with Allah's Apostle and
had been amongst his companions on the night of Al-'Aqaba Pledge:
Allah's Apostle, surrounded by a group of his companions said, "Come
along and give me the pledge of allegiance that you will not worship
anything besides Allah, will not steal, will not commit illegal
sexual intercourse will not kill your children, will not utter;
slander, invented by yourself, and will not disobey me if I order
you to do something good. Whoever among you will respect and fulfill
this pledge, will be rewarded by Allah. And if one of you commits
any of these sins and is punished in this world then that will be
his expiation for it, and if one of you commits any of these sins
and Allah screens his sin, then his matter, will rest with Allah: If
He will, He will punish him and if He will,. He will excuse him." So
I gave the pledge of allegiance to him for these conditions.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 233
Narrated 'Ubada bin As Samit:
I was one of the Naqibs who gave the ('Aqaba) Pledge of Allegiance
to Allah's Apostle . We gave the pledge of allegiance to him that we
would not worship anything other than Allah, would not steal, would
not commit illegal sexual intercourse, would not kill a person whose
killing Allah has made illegal except rightfully, would not rob each
other, and we would not be promised Paradise jf we did the above
sins, then if we committed one of the above sins, Allah will give
His Judgment concerning it.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 234
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to
Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I
got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my
mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with
some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not
knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and
made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and
when my breathing became Allright, she took some water and rubbed my
face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the
house I saw some Ansari women who said, "Best wishes and Allah's
Blessing and a good luck." Then she entrusted me to them and they
prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah's Apostle came to
me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that
time I was a girl of nine years of age.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 235
Narrated 'Aisha:
That the Prophet said to her, "You have been shown to me twice in my
dream. I saw you pictured on a piece of silk and some-one said (to
me). 'This is your wife.' When I uncovered the picture, I saw that
it was yours. I said, 'If this is from Allah, it will be done."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 236
Narrated Hisham's father:
Khadija died three years before the Prophet departed to Medina. He
stayed there for two years or so and then he married 'Aisha when she
was a girl of six years of age, and he consumed that marriage when
she was nine years old.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 237
Narrated Abu Wail:
We visited Khabbaba who said, "We migrated with the Prophet for
Allah's Sake, so our reward became due and sure with Allah. Some of
us passed away without taking anything of their rewards (in this
world) and one of them was Mus'ab bin 'Umar who was martyred on the
day (of the battle) of Uhud leaving a striped woolen cloak. When we
covered his head with it, his feet became naked, and when covered
his feet, his head became naked.
So Allah's Apostle ordered us to cover his head and put some Idhkhir
(i.e. a special kind of grass) on his feet. (On the other hand) some
of us have had their fruits ripened (in this world) and they are
collecting them."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 238
Narrated 'Umar:
I heard the Prophet saying, "The reward of deeds depends on the
intentions, so whoever emigrated for the worldly benefits or to
marry a woman, his emigration was for that for which he emigrated,
but whoever emigrated for the Sake of Allah and His Apostle, his
emigration is for Allah and His Apostle."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 239
Narrated Mujahid bin Jabir Al-Makki:
Abdullah bin 'Umar used to say, "There is no more Hijrah (i.e.
migration) after the Conquest of Mecca."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 240
Narrated 'Ata bin Abi Rabah:
'Ubaid bin 'Umar Al-Laithi and I visited Aisha and asked her about
the Hijra (i.e. migration), and she said, "Today there is no
(Hijrah) emigration. A believer used to run away with his religion
to Allah and His Apostle lest he should be put to trial because of
his religion. Today Allah has made Islam triumphant, and today a
believer can worship his Lord wherever he likes. But the deeds that
are still rewardable (in place of emigration) are Jihad and good
intentions." (See Hadith No. 42 Vol. 4).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 241
Narrated Aisha:
Sad said, "O Allah! You know that there is none against whom I am
eager to fight more willingly for Your Cause than those people who
disbelieved Your Apostle and drove him out (of his city). O Allah! I
think that You have ended the fight between us and them."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 242
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle started receiving the Divine Inspiration at the age
of forty. Then he stayed in Mecca for thirteen years, receiving the
Divine Revelation. Then he was ordered to migrate and he lived as an
Emigrant for ten years and then died at the age of sixty-three (years).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 243
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle stayed in Mecca for thirteen years (after receiving
the first Divine Inspiration) and died at the age of sixty-three.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 244
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle sat on the pulpit and said, "Allah has given one of
His Slaves the choice of receiving the splendor and luxury of the
worldly life whatever he likes or to accept the good (of the
Hereafter) which is with Allah. So he has chosen that good which is
with Allah." On that Abu Bakr wept and said, "Our fathers and
mothers be sacrificed for you." We became astonished at this. The
people said, "Look at this old man! Allah's Apostle talks about a
Slave of Allah to whom He has given the option to choose either the
splendor of this worldly life or the good which is with Him, while
he says. 'our fathers and mothers be sacrifice(i for you." But it
was Allah's Apostle who had been given option, and Abu Bakr knew it
better than we. Allah's Apostle added, "No doubt, I am indebted to
Abu Bakr more than to anybody else regarding both his companionship
and his wealth. And if I had to take a Khalil from my followers, I
would certainly have taken Abu Bakr, but the fraternity of Islam is.
sufficient. Let no door (i.e. Khoukha) of the Mosque remain open,
except the door of Abu Bakr."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 245
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) I never remembered my parents believing in
any religion other than the true religion (i.e. Islam), and (I don't
remember) a single day passing without our being visited by Allah's
Apostle in the morning and in the evening. When the Muslims were put
to test (i.e. troubled by the pagans), Abu Bakr set out migrating to
the land of Ethiopia, and when he reached Bark-al-Ghimad, Ibn
Ad-Daghina, the chief of the tribe of Qara, met him and said, "O Abu
Bakr! Where are you going?" Abu Bakr replied, "My people have turned
me out (of my country), so I want to wander on the earth and worship
my Lord." Ibn Ad-Daghina said, "O Abu Bakr! A man like you should
not leave his home-land, nor should he be driven out, because you
help the destitute, earn their livings, and you keep good relations
with your Kith and kin, help the weak and poor, entertain guests
generously, and help the calamity-stricken persons. Therefore I am
your protector. Go back and worship your Lord in your town."
So Abu Bakr returned and Ibn Ad-Daghina accompanied him. In the
evening Ibn Ad-Daghina visited the nobles of Quraish and said to
them. "A man like Abu Bakr should not leave his homeland, nor should
he be driven out. Do you (i.e. Quraish) drive out a man who helps
the destitute, earns their living, keeps good relations with his
Kith and kin, helps the weak and poor, entertains guests generously
and helps the calamity-stricken persons?" So the people of Quraish
could not refuse Ibn Ad-Daghina's protection, and they said to Ibn
Ad-Daghina, "Let Abu Bakr worship his Lord in his house. He can pray
and recite there whatever he likes, but he should not hurt us with
it, and should not do it publicly, because we are afraid that he may
affect our women and children." Ibn Ad-Daghina told Abu Bakr of all
that. Abu Bakr stayed in that state, worshipping his Lord in his
house. He did not pray publicly, nor did he recite Quran outside his
house.
Then a thought occurred to Abu Bakr to build a mosque in front of
his house, and there he used to pray and recite the Quran. The women
and children of the pagans began to gather around him in great
number. They used to wonder at him and look at him. Abu Bakr was a
man who used to weep too much, and he could not help weeping on
reciting the Quran. That situation scared the nobles of the pagans
of Quraish, so they sent for Ibn Ad-Daghina. When he came to them,
they said, "We accepted your protection of Abu Bakr on condition
that he should worship his Lord in his house, but he has violated
the conditions and he has built a mosque in front of his house where
he prays and recites the Quran publicly. We are now afraid that he
may affect our women and children unfavorably. So, prevent him from
that. If he likes to confine the worship of his Lord to his house,
he may do so, but if he insists on doing that openly, ask him to
release you from your obligation to protect him, for we dislike to
break our pact with you, but we deny Abu Bakr the right to announce
his act publicly." Ibn Ad-Daghina went to Abu- Bakr and said, ("O
Abu Bakr!) You know well what contract I have made on your behalf;
now, you are either to abide by it, or else release me from my
obligation of protecting you, because I do not want the 'Arabs hear
that my people have dishonored a contract I have made on behalf of
another man." Abu Bakr replied, "I release you from your pact to
protect me, and am pleased with the protection from Allah."
At that time the Prophet was in Mecca, and he said to the Muslims,
"In a dream I have been shown your migration place, a land of date
palm trees, between two mountains, the two stony tracts." So, some
people migrated to Medina, and most of those people who had
previously migrated to the land of Ethiopia, returned to Medina. Abu
Bakr also prepared to leave for Medina, but Allah's Apostle said to
him, "Wait for a while, because I hope that I will be allowed to
migrate also." Abu Bakr said, "Do you indeed expect this? Let my
father be sacrificed for you!" The Prophet said, "Yes." So Abu Bakr
did not migrate for the sake of Allah's Apostle in order to
accompany him. He fed two she-camels he possessed with the leaves of
As-Samur tree that fell on being struck by a stick for four months.
One day, while we were sitting in Abu Bakr's house at noon, someone
said to Abu Bakr, "This is Allah's Apostle with his head covered
coming at a time at which he never used to visit us before." Abu
Bakr said, "May my parents be sacrificed for him. By Allah, he has
not come at this hour except for a great necessity." So Allah's
Apostle came and asked permission to enter, and he was allowed to
enter. When he entered, he said to Abu Bakr. "Tell everyone who is
present with you to go away." Abu Bakr replied, "There are none but
your family. May my father be sacrificed for you, O Allah's
Apostle!" The Prophet said, "i have been given permission to
migrate." Abu Bakr said, "Shall I accompany you? May my father be
sacrificed for you, O Allah's Apostle!" Allah's Apostle said, "Yes."
Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Apostle! May my father be sacrificed for
you, take one of these two she-camels of mine." Allah's Apostle
replied, "(I will accept it) with payment." So we prepared the
baggage quickly and put some journey food in a leather bag for them.
Asma, Abu Bakr's daughter, cut a piece from her waist belt and tied
the mouth of the leather bag with it, and for that reason she was
named Dhat-un-Nitaqain (i.e. the owner of two belts).
Then Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr reached a cave on the mountain of
Thaur and stayed there for three nights. 'Abdullah bin Abi Bakr who
was intelligent and a sagacious youth, used to stay (with them) aver
night. He used to leave them before day break so that in the morning
he would be with Quraish as if he had spent the night in Mecca. He
would keep in mind any plot made against them, and when it became
dark he would (go and) inform them of it. 'Amir bin Fuhaira, the
freed slave of Abu Bakr, used to bring the milch sheep (of his
master, Abu Bakr) to them a little while after nightfall in order to
rest the sheep there. So they always had fresh milk at night, the
milk of their sheep, and the milk which they warmed by throwing
heated stones in it. 'Amir bin Fuhaira would then call the herd away
when it was still dark (before daybreak). He did the same in each of
those three nights. Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr had hired a man
from the tribe of Bani Ad-Dail from the family of Bani Abd bin Adi
as an expert guide, and he was in alliance with the family of Al-'As
bin Wail As-Sahmi and he was on the religion of the infidels of
Quraish. The Prophet and Abu Bakr trusted him and gave him their two
she-camels and took his promise to bring their two she camels to the
cave of the mountain of Thaur in the morning after three nights
later. And (when they set out), 'Amir bin Fuhaira and the guide went
along with them and the guide led them along the sea-shore.
The nephew of Suraqa bin Ju'sham said that his father informed him
that he heard Suraqa bin Ju'sham saying, "The messengers of the
heathens of Quraish came to us declaring that they had assigned for
the persons why would kill or arrest Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr, a
reward equal to their bloodmoney. While I was sitting in one of the
gatherings of my tribe. Bani Mudlij, a man from them came to us and
stood up while we were sitting, and said, "O Suraqa! No doubt, I
have just seen some people far away on the seashore, and I think
they are Muhammad and his companions." Suraqa added, "I too realized
that it must have been they. But I said 'No, it is not they, but you
have seen so-and-so, and so-and-so whom we saw set out.' I stayed in
the gathering for a while and then got up and left for my home. and
ordered my slave-girl to get my horse which was behind a hillock,
and keep it ready for me.
Then I took my spear and left by the back door of my house dragging
the lower end of the spear on the ground and keeping it low. Then I
reached my horse, mounted it and made it gallop. When I approached
them (i.e. Muhammad and Abu Bakr), my horse stumbled and I fell down
from it, Then I stood up, got hold of my quiver and took out the
divining arrows and drew lots as to whether I should harm them (i.e.
the Prophet and Abu Bakr) or not, and the lot which I disliked came
out. But I remounted my horse and let it gallop, giving no
importance to the divining arrows. When I heard the recitation of
the Quran by Allah's Apostle who did not look hither and thither
while Abu Bakr was doing it often, suddenly the forelegs of my horse
sank into the ground up to the knees, and I fell down from it. Then
I rebuked it and it got up but could hardly take out its forelegs
from the ground, and when it stood up straight again, its fore-legs
caused dust to rise up in the sky like smoke. Then again I drew lots
with the divining arrows, and the lot which I disliked, came out. So
I called upon them to feel secure. They stopped, and I remounted my
horse and went to them. When I saw how I had been hampered from
harming them, it came to my mind that the cause of Allah's Apostle
(i.e. Islam) will become victorious. So I said to him, "Your people
have assigned a reward equal to the bloodmoney for your head." Then
I told them all the plans the people of Mecca had made concerning
them. Then I offered them some journey food and goods but they
refused to take anything and did not ask for anything, but the
Prophet said, "Do not tell others about us." Then I requested him to
write for me a statement of security and peace. He ordered 'Amr bin
Fuhaira who wrote it for me on a parchment, and then Allah's Apostle
proceeded on his way.
Narrated 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair: Allah's Apostle met Az-Zubair in a
caravan of Muslim merchants who were returning from Sham. Az-Zubair
provided Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr with white clothes to wear.
When the Muslims of Medina heard the news of the departure of
Allah's Apostle from Mecca (towards Medina), they started going to
the Harra every morning . They would wait for him till the heat of
the noon forced them to return. One day, after waiting for a long
while, they returned home, and when they went into their houses, a
Jew climbed up the roof of one of the forts of his people to look
for some thing, and he saw Allah's Apostle and his companions
dressed in white clothes, emerging out of the desert mirage.
The Jew could not help shouting at the top of his voice, "O you
'Arabs! Here is your great man whom you have been waiting for!" So
all the Muslims rushed to their arms and received Allah's Apostle on
the summit of Harra. The Prophet turned with them to the right and
alighted at the quarters of Bani 'Amr bin 'Auf, and this was on
Monday in the month of Rabi-ul-Awal. Abu Bakr stood up, receiving
the people while Allah's Apostle sat down and kept silent. Some of
the Ansar who came and had not seen Allah's Apostle before, began
greeting Abu Bakr, but when the sunshine fell on Allah's Apostle and
Abu Bakr came forward and shaded him with his sheet only then the
people came to know Allah's Apostle. Allah's Apostle stayed with
Bani 'Amr bin 'Auf for ten nights and established the mosque (mosque
of Quba) which was founded on piety. Allah's Apostle prayed in it
and then mounted his she-camel and proceeded on, accompanied by the
people till his she-camel knelt down at (the place of) the Mosque of
Allah's Apostle at Medina. Some Muslims used to pray there in those
days, and that place was a yard for drying dates belonging to Suhail
and Sahl, the orphan boys who were under the guardianship of 'Asad
bin Zurara. When his she-camel knelt down, Allah's Apostle said,
"This place, Allah willing, will be our abiding place." Allah's
Apostle then called the two boys and told them to suggest a price
for that yard so that he might take it as a mosque. The two boys
said, "No, but we will give it as a gift, O Allah's Apostle!"
Allah's Apostle then built a mosque there. The Prophet himself
started carrying unburnt bricks for its building and while doing so,
he was saying "This load is better than the load of Khaibar, for it
is more pious in the Sight of Allah and purer and better
rewardable." He was also saying, "O Allah! The actual reward is the
reward in the Hereafter, so bestow Your Mercy on the Ansar and the
Emigrants." Thus the Prophet recited (by way of proverb) the poem of
some Muslim poet whose name is unknown to me.
(Ibn Shibab said, "In the Hadiths it does not occur that Allah's
Apostle
recited a complete poetic verse other than this one.")
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 246
Narrated Asma:
I prepared the journey food for the Prophet and Abu Bakr when they
wanted (to migrate to) Medina. I said to my father (Abu Bakr), "I do
not have anything to tie the container of the journey food with
except my waist belt." He said, "Divide it lengthwise into two." I
did so, and for this reason I was named 'Dhat-un-Nitaqain' (i.e. the
owner of two belts). (Ibn 'Abbas said, "Asma', Dhat-un-Nitaq.")
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 247
Narrated Al-Bara:
When the Prophet migrated to Medina, Suraqa bin Malik bin Ju'sham
pursued him. The Prophet invoked evil on him, therefore the forelegs
of his horse sank into the ground. Suraqa said (to the Prophet ),
"Invoke Allah to rescue me, and I will not harm you. "The Prophet
invoked Allah for him. Then Allah's Apostle felt thirsty and he
passed by a shepherd. Abu Bakr said, "I took a bowl and milked a
little milk in it and brought it to the Prophet and he drank till I
was pleased."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 248
Narrated Asma:
That she conceived 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair. She added, "I migrated
to Medina while I was at full term of pregnancy and alighted at Quba
where I gave birth to him. Then I brought him to the Prophet and put
him in his lap. The Prophet asked for a date, chewed it, and put
some of its juice in the child's mouth. So, the first thing that
entered the child's stomach was the saliva of Allah's Apostle. Then
the Prophet rubbed the child's palate with a date and invoked for
Allah's Blessings on him, and he was the first child born amongst
the Emigrants in the Islamic Land (i.e. Medina).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 249
Narrated Aisha:
The first child who was born in the Islamic Land (i.e. Medina)
amongst the Emigrants, was 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair. They brought him
to the Prophet. The Prophet took a date, and after chewing it, put
its juice in his mouth. So the first thing that went into the
child's stomach, was the saliva of the Prophet
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 250
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle arrived at Medina with Abu Bakr, riding behind him
on the same camel. Abu Bakr was an elderly man known to the people,
while Allah's Apostle was a youth that was unknown. Thus, if a man
met Abu Bakr, he would day, "O Abu Bakr! Who is this man in front of
you?" Abu Bakr would say, "This man shows me the Way," One would
think that Abu Bakr meant the road, while in fact, Abu Bakr meant
the way of virtue and good. Then Abu Bakr looked behind and saw a
horse-rider persuing them. He said, "O Allah's Apostle! This is a
horse-rider persuing us." The Prophet looked behind and said, "O
Allah! Cause him to fall down." So the horse threw him down and got
up neighing. After that the rider, Suraqa said, "O Allah's Prophet!
Order me whatever you want." The Prophet said, "Stay where you are
and do not allow anybody to reach us." So, in the first part of the
day Suraqa was an enemy of Allah's Prophet and in the last part of
it, he was a protector. Then Allah's Apostle alighted by the side of
the Al-Harra and sent a message to the Ansar, and they came to
Allah's Prophet and Abu Bakr, and having greeted them, they said,
"Ride (your she-camels) safe and obeyed." Allah's Apostle and Abu
Bakr rode and the Ansar, carrying their arms, surrounded them. The
news that Allah's Prophet had come circulated in Medina. The people
came out and were eagerly looking and saying "Allah's Prophet has
come! Allah's Prophet has come! So the Prophet went on till he
alighted near the house of Abu Aiyub. While the Prophet was speaking
with the family members of Abu Aiyub, 'Abdullah bin Salam heard the
news of his arrival while he himself was picking the dates for his
family from his family garden. He hurried to the Prophet carrying
the dates which he had collected for his family from the garden. He
listened to Allah's Prophet and then went home.
Then Allah's Prophet said, "Which is the nearest of the houses of
our Kith and kin?" Abu Aiyub replied, "Mine, O Allah's Prophet! This
is my house and this is my gate." The Prophet said, "Go and prepare
a place for our midday rest." Abu Aiyub said, "Get up (both of you)
with Allah's Blessings." So when Allah's Prophet went into the
house, 'Abdullah bin Salaim came and said "I testify that you (i.e.
Muhammad) are Apostle of Allah and that you have come with the
Truth. The Jews know well that I am their chief and the son of their
chief and the most learned amongst them and the son of the most
learned amongst them. So send for them (i.e. Jews) and ask them
about me before they know that I have embraced Islam, for if they
know that they will say about me things which are not correct." So
Allah's Apostle sent for them, and they came and entered. Allah's
Apostle said to them, "O (the group of) Jews! Woe to you: be afraid
of Allah. By Allah except Whom none has the right to be worshipped,
you people know for certain, that I am Apostle of Allah and that I
have come to you with the Truth, so embrace Islam." The Jews
replied, "We do not know this." So they said this to the Prophet and
he repeated it thrice. Then he said, "What sort of a man is
'Abdullah bin Salam amongst you?" They said, "He is our chief and
the son of our chief and the most learned man, and the son of the
most learned amongst us." He said, "What would you think if he
should embrace Islam?" They said, "Allah forbid! He can not embrace
Islam." He said, " What would you think if he should embrace Islam?"
They said, "Allah forbid! He can not embrace Islam." He said, "What
would you think if he should embrace Islam?" They said, "Allah
forbid! He can not embrace Islam." He said, "O Ibn Salaim! Come out
to them." He came out and said, "O (the group of) Jews! 8e afraid of
Allah except Whom none has the right to be worshipped. You know for
certain that he is Apostle of Allah and that he has brought a True
Religion!' They said, "You tell a lie." On that Allah's Apostle
turned them out.
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