Narrated from Sayyiduna Bara’ bin ‘Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) bought a saddle from my father, Sayyiduna ‘Azib, for thirteen dirhams. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to my father: Tell Bara’ to take it to my house. He said: No, not until you tell me what you did at the time when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left Makkah and you were with him? Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We left (the cave) and walked during the first part of the night. We walked quickly that night and day until it was midday. I looked far and wide to see if there was any shaded place where we could rest. Suddenly, I saw a rock. I went towards it and leveled the remaining shade for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), spread a leather sheet over it, and said: O Messenger of Allah! Lie down. So he lay down, and I went out to see if any pursuer had reached us. Suddenly, I saw a shepherd with his sheep. I asked him: O boy! Whose shepherd are you? He said: So-and-so Qurayshi’s. He mentioned his name, and I recognized him. Then I said: Do your sheep have milk? He said: Yes. I said: Will you milk for me? He said: Yes. So I ordered him, and he tied the legs of the sheep. Then I ordered him to clean the dust from the udders, and then I ordered him to clean the dust from his hands as well. I had a vessel with a piece of cloth over its mouth. So he milked a small amount of milk for me. Then I poured water over the bowl until its bottom became cool. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and found him awake. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Drink the milk. So he drank until I was pleased. Then I said: It is time to depart. So we set out from there. Meanwhile, people searched for us, but only Suraqah bin Malik bin Ju’sham reached us. He was riding a horse. When I saw him, I said: O Messenger of Allah! The pursuer has reached us. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not worry, indeed Allah is with us. When he came so close to us that he was at a distance of one, two, or three spears, I said: O Messenger of Allah! The pursuer has reached us, and I began to weep. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Why are you crying? I said: By Allah! I am not crying for myself, but for you. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated against him, saying: O Allah! Protect us from him with whatever You will. So the legs of his horse sank into the hard ground up to its belly, and he jumped off and moved away from it. He said: O Muhammad! I know this is your doing. Now pray to Allah to save me from this calamity. By Allah, I will make those who are searching behind me blind to you. Here is my quiver; take an arrow from it, for you will soon pass by such-and-such a place where my camels and sheep are. (Show this arrow to my shepherd) and take whatever you need from there. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have no need of them. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for him, so he was freed, then he returned to his companions, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) continued on, while I (Abu Bakr) was with him until we reached Madinah. The people met the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and people were on the roads and rooftops, and servants and children crowded the way, saying: Allahu Akbar! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has come! Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) has arrived! Now people began to differ as to whose house the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would stay in. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Tonight I will stay with the maternal uncles of ‘Abdul Muttalib, the Banu Najjar. I want to honor them with this. When morning came, he set out as he was commanded. Sayyiduna Bara’ bin ‘Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The first of the Muhajirun to come to us were Sayyiduna Mus’ab bin ‘Umair (may Allah be pleased with him), the brother of Banu ‘Abd al-Dar. After him came Sayyiduna Ibn Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him), the brother of Banu Fihr. Then Sayyiduna ‘Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came with twenty men. We said to them: What is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) doing? They said: He is coming behind me. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was with him. Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had not yet entered Madinah when I had already learned some of the long Surahs. Isra’il, the narrator, said: Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) was among the Ansar of Banu Harithah.

It is narrated from Suraqah bin Malik, he says: (When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and Abu Bakr Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, set out after migrating,) the envoys of the disbelievers came to us and informed us about the blood money (one hundred camels) for each of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, that whoever kills or captures them will receive this blood money. I was sitting in the assembly of my tribe Banu Mudlij when a man came and stood before us and said: O Suraqah! I have just seen some people near the coast; I think they are Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions. Suraqah said: I recognized that it was them, but I outwardly pretended that these people were not them. I said: You have seen so-and-so, they were passing by a little while ago. I remained sitting in that assembly for a while, then I got up from there, entered my house, and ordered my slave girl to bring out my horse; it was behind a hill, and to keep it restrained until I arrived. Meanwhile, I took out my spear and left from the back of the house. I drew a line on the ground with my spear and turned its shiny side towards the ground (so that anyone watching from afar would not notice by its shine). Then I mounted my horse and made it run until I began to see those figures. When I got so close to them that my voice could reach them, my horse slipped and I fell down. I put my hand into my quiver, took out an arrow, and tried my luck to see if I could harm them or not. The arrow that came out was the one I disliked, meaning I would not be able to harm them. But I mounted my horse again and disobeyed the arrows. I made the horse run again. When I got close to them, my horse slipped again and I fell down. I stood up, put my hand into my quiver, took out an arrow, and tried my luck again. Again, the same arrow came out, the one I disliked, that I would not be able to harm them. But again, I disobeyed the arrows, mounted my horse, made it run, and got so close to them that I began to hear the recitation of the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, did not pay any attention to me, but Abu Bakr kept looking at me again and again. When I got close to them, the front legs of my horse sank into the ground, up to its knees. I fell again and scolded the horse, so it stood up, but it seemed as if it could not pull out its legs. When it stood up, there was no effect on it, but there was smoke rising into the sky like the smoke of fire, without any fire. I asked Abu Amr: What is meant by ‘Uthān’? After remaining silent for a while, he said: It means smoke without fire. Imam Zuhri said in his narration: Suraqah said: When I tried my luck with the arrows, the arrow that came out was the one I disliked, meaning I would not be able to harm them. So I called out to them with a guarantee of safety, and they stopped. I mounted my horse and reached them. The way I was forced to stop made me realize that soon the matter of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would prevail. I said to him, peace and blessings be upon him: Indeed, your people have set a blood money for you. Then I told them all the events of the journey and also informed them what people wanted regarding them. Then I offered them provisions and supplies, but they did not take anything from me nor did they ask me for anything. They only said that I should keep their matter hidden. Then I requested them to write me a message of reconciliation through which I would be granted safety. So the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered Sayyiduna ‘Amir bin Fuhayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, to write this guarantee for me on a piece of leather. Then the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, moved on.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, set out towards Madinah Munawwarah. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, was riding behind him. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr was elderly and could be recognized, whereas the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, appeared young and was not recognized. Therefore, people would meet Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, and ask: Who is this man sitting in front of you? He would reply: He is a man guiding me on the way. The questioner would think that he was showing him the road, whereas Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, meant the way of goodness and virtue. When Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, turned around, he saw that a horseman had reached them. Then he said: O Prophet of Allah! A horseman has caught up with us. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, turned towards him and said: O Allah! Make him fall. So his horse threw him down. Then the horse stood up and neighed. The horseman said: O Prophet of Allah! Command me as you wish. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Stand here and do not let anyone reach us. This person, at the beginning of the day, was one who intended to fight you, but by the end of the day, he became one who defended you. Thus, the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, stopped at one side of Harrah and sent for the Ansar. They came to him, greeted both personalities, and then said: Ride with peace and tranquility.