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.