It is narrated from Sayyiduna Suraqah bin Ju'shum (may Allah be pleased with him) that the messengers of the disbelievers of Quraysh came to us announcing that, for each of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), whoever killed or captured them would be given the blood money (one hundred camels). Suraqah says: I was sitting in one of the gatherings of my people, Banu Mudlij, when a man from among them came, stood over us and said: "O Suraqah! I have just seen some figures (people) on the coast; I think they are Muhammad and his companions." Suraqah says: I understood that it was them, but I said to them (to conceal the truth): "It is not them; rather you must have seen so-and-so and so-and-so, who have gone out searching for something they lost." Then I stayed in the gathering for a little while, then got up, went to my house and ordered my slave-girl to bring my mare out from behind the hillock and keep it ready for me there. I took my spear and went out from the back of the house, dragging the lower end of the spear along the ground and keeping its upper part lowered (so that no one would notice), until I reached my mare, mounted it and drove it fast until I could see their figures. When I got close enough to them that my voice could reach them, my mare stumbled and I fell off it. I got up, put my hand into my quiver, took out the divining arrows and cast lots with them as to whether I would be able to harm them or not; and out came the arrow I disliked (that is, that I would not be able to harm them). I disobeyed the divining arrows, mounted the mare again and drove it on, until, when I came very close to them, I heard the recitation of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) (was absorbed in recitation and) was not looking around, while Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was turning to look back frequently. Suddenly both front legs of my mare sank into the ground up to the knees, and I fell. I scolded the mare and she stood up, but she could hardly pull her legs out. When she stood upright, from the marks of her legs "uthan" (smoke) rose up towards the sky (the narrator Abdullah says: this means smoke that comes without fire). I took out the divining arrows again, and again out came what I disliked. Then I called out to them offering safety, and they stopped. I rode my mare until I reached them, and when I saw such obstacles against my reaching them, it became firm in my heart that the religion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would soon prevail. I said: "Your people have fixed a blood money for your life," and I informed them of the people's intentions. I offered them provisions and goods, but they accepted nothing from me; they only said: "Keep our matter secret (from Quraysh)." Then I requested the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to write me a document of safety, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Amir bin Fuhayrah, the freed slave of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and he wrote a letter of safety for me on a piece of leather. Then the two of them went on their way. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.