Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH mgw> (Vol-I) 341
him and also taken to his family in Makkah. He also had an honest and
trustworthy slave by the name of Hadhrat Aamir bin Fuhayra W,- who was a
very good Muslim. Hadhrat Abu Bakr sent him to hire a guide (to take
them to Madinah) and Hadhrat Aaamir iB@,W hired a man called Ibnul
Ayqadh. He belonged to the danu Abd bin Adi tribe who were allies of the Banu
Sahm branch of the Banu Aas bin Waa'il
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tribe that belonged to the Quraysh. This
guide from the Banu Adi tribe was a Mushrik then and it was his occupation to
guide people on the journeys. During those nights (that they hid the cave), the
two of them (Hadhrat Aamir !33lX% and the guide) hid in the camels of
Rasulullaah L%!@ and Hadhrat Abu Bakr %3!%% while Hadhrat Abdullaah
33WMj the son of Hadhrat Abu Bakr would come to them every evening
and relate to them the events taking place in Makkah. Every night, Hadhrat
Aamir 9- would bring them some goats, which they would milk and then
slaughter one to eat. Early in the mornings, he would take the goats away to the
grazing fields that the people used for their goats and no one realised what was
happening.
This continued until talk of Rasulullaah @%!! and Hadhrat Abu Bakr 9,= died
down and they learnt that things were quiet. Their two companions then arrived
with the camels and they left. They had already been in the cave for two days and
two nights. They took Hadhrat Aamir bin Fuhayra 3,W along with them, who
drove the camels, served them and assisted them. HadhratAbu Bakr W Wj would
let him ride the camel behind him in turns. Besides Hadhrat Aamir 9.w and
the guide from the Banu Adi, no one else accompanied Rasulullaah @% and
Hadhrat Abu Bakr @15W6. ('1
The preparations that Hadhrat Abu Bakr %ll%M
made for the Hijrah
Hadhrat Aa'isha @G@.G narrates, "Rasulullaah @%!! never failed to visit Hadhrat
Abu Bakr W,Gi during one of the ends of the day. He either visited during the
mornings or during the evenings. This was his practice until the day arrived when
Allaah permitted him to migrate and to leave Makkah in the midst of all the
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people. That day, ~asulullaah rn came to our house at midday which was a
time that he usually never visited. When Hadhrat Abu Bakr %$XGj saw him
come, he said, 'Rasulullaah will come during this hour only if something
important has cropped up.' When Rasulullaah @% arrived, Hadhrat Abu Bakr
moved back on his bed (to make way for him) and Rasulullaah @@$ sat
down. There was nobody with Hadhrat Abu Bakr !4%@!3j besides myself and my
sister Asmaa bint Abi Bakr. Rasulullaah &?% said, 'Send everyone else away from
you.' Hadhrat Abu Bakr replied, 'It is only my two daughters. May my
parents be sacrificeltfqou, there is no harm in them being here."'
Narrating further, Hadhrat Adisha @l3&kj says, "Rasulullaah@I%
then said,
'Allaah has permitted me to migrate and to leave Makkah.' Hadhrat Abu Bakr
~,Wj asked, 'May I accompany you?' Rasulullaah @i% replied, 'You
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may
(1) Tabraani. Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.51) has commented on the chain of narrators.