The Secret Migration

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عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ـ قَالَتْ

Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said:

هَاجَرَ إِلَى الْحَبَشَةِ نَاسٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

Some of the Muslims emigrated to Abyssinia.

وَتَجَهَّزَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُهَاجِرًا

And Abu Bakr prepared to emigrate.

فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى رِسْلِكَ

Then the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, "On your mount."

فَإِنِّي أَرْجُو أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لِي

I hope that I will be permitted.

فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَوَ تَرْجُوهُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ

Abu Bakr said, "Do you hope for him? By my father, you!"

قَالَ نَعَمْ

He said, "Yes."

فَحَبَسَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِصُحْبَتِهِ

So Abu Bakr kept his self near the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, for his companionship.

وَعَلْفُ رَاحِلَتَيْنِ كَانَتَا عِنْدَهُ

And the fodder for two mounts was with him.

وَرَقَ السَّمُرِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ

The samar tree's foliage lasted for four months.

قَالَ عُرْوَةُ

Urwah said.

قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ

Aisha said.

فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ يَوْمًا جُلُوسٌ فِي بَيْتِنَا

One day, while we were sitting in our house.

فِي نَحْرِ ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ

In the middle of the afternoon.

فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ هَذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُقْبِلًا مُتَقَنِّعًا

A speaker said to Abu Bakr, "This is the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, coming toward us, veiled."

فِي سَاعَةٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَأْتِينَا فِيهَا

At a time when he did not come to us.

قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِدًى لَهُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي

Abu Bakr said, "May my father and mother be ransomed for him."

وَاللَّهِ إِنْ جَاءَ بِهِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ إِلَّا لِأَمْرٍ

By God, if he brought him at this hour, it would be only for an important matter.

فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ

Then the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, came and asked permission.

فَأَذِنَ لَهُ فَدَخَلَ

So he gave him permission, and then he entered.

فَقَالَ حِينَ دَخَلَ لِأَبِي بَكْرِ أَخْرِجْ مَنْ عِنْدَكَ

When he entered, the Prophet said to Abu Bakr, "Bring out whoever is with you."

قَالَ إِنَّمَا هُمْ أَهْلُكَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

He said, "They are indeed your people, by my father, O Messenger of God."

قَالَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أُذِنَ لِي فِي الْخُرُوجِ

He said, "I have indeed been permitted to go out."

قَالَ فَالصُّحْبَةُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

He said, "Then the companionship is yours, by my father, O Messenger of Allah."

قَالَ نَعَمْ

He said, "Yes."

قَالَ فَخُذْ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِحْدَى رَاحِلَتَىَّ هَاتَيْنِ

He said, "By my father, O Messenger of Allah, take one of my two mounts."

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالثَّمَنِ

The Prophet said, "For the price."

قَالَتْ فَجَهَّزْنَاهُمَا أَحَثَّ الْجِهَازِ

She said, so we equipped them with the most complete equipment.

وَضَعْنَا لَهُمَا سُفْرَةً فِي جِرَابٍ

We placed a meal spread for the two of them in a pouch.

فَقَطَعَتْ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرِ قِطْعَةً مِنْ نِطَاقِهَا

So Asma bint Abi Bakr cut off a piece from her belt.

فَأَوْكَتْ بِهِ الْجِرَابَ

So she tied the bag with it,

وَلِذَلِكَ كَانَتْ تُسَمَّى ذَاتَ النِّطَاقِ

And for that reason she was called She of the Girdle,

ثُمَّ لَحِقَ الْنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ بِغَارٍ

Then the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and Abu Bakr took shelter in a cave.

فِي جَبَلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ ثَوْرٌ

In a mountain called Thawr,

فَمَكَثَ فِيهِ ثَلاَثَ لَيَالٍ

So he stayed in it three nights.

يَبِيتُ عِنْدَهُمَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ

Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr spent the night at their place.

وَهُوَ غُلاَمٌ شَابٌّ لَقِنٌ ثَقِيفٌ

He was a young boy, Laqin of Thaqif.

فَيَرْحَلُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمَا سَحَرًا

He then departs from their place at dawn.

فَيُصْبِحُ مَعَ قُرَيْشٍ بِمَكَّةَ كَبَائِتٍ

So he would spend the morning in Mecca with the Quraysh, sitting together in small gatherings.

فَلاَ يَسْمَعُ أَمْرًا يُكَادَانِ بِهِ إِلَّا وَعَاهُ

So he did not hear of any matter that nearly affected the two of them without being aware of it.

حَتَّى يَأْتِيهُمَا بِخَبَرِ ذَلِكَ حِينَ يَخْتَلِطُ الظَّلاَمُ

until news of that reaches them both, when darkness gathers,

وَيَرْعَى عَلَيْهِمَا عَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةَ مَوْلَى أَبِيِ بَكْرٍ مِنْحَةً مِنْ غَنَمٍ

And Amir ibn Fuhayrah, the freedman of Abu Bakr, tends them with a gift of sheep.

فَيُرِيحُهَا عَلَيْهِمَا حِينَ تَذْهَبُ سَاعَةٌ مِنَ الْعِشَاءِ

So he leaves it to rest with them two when an hour of the evening has passed.

فَيَبِيتَانِ فِي رِسْلِهَا حَتَّى يَنْعِقَ بِهَا عَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةِ بِغَلَسٍ

So they two spent the night in its pen until Amir ibn Fuhayrah cried out with it at dawn.

يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَاتِ الثَّلاَثِ

He does that on each of those three nights.