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

342 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @%$&3 (Vol-I)
accompany me.' I swear by Allaah that before then I had never known anyone
to cry out of joy until I saw Hadhrat Abu Bakr BGw cry that day. Hadhrat Abu
Bakr SW$6 then said, '0 Nabi of Allaah @&! I have kept those two camels
ready for this purpose.' He then hired Abdullaah bin Urayqidh as a guide to show
them the way. He was a Mushrik from the Bahu Du'il bin Bakr tribe whose
mother belonged to the Banu Sahm bin Amr tribe. They gave him their two
camels and he kept them and grazed them until the appointed day." ('I
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A reliable narration from Hadhrat Aa'isha states that when Hadhrat Abu
Bakr !&3W asked Rasulullaah @# whether he could accompany him and
Rasulullaah @@ agreed, Hadhrat Abu Bakr SGWZ said, "I have two camel that I
have fed for the past six months for this purpose. Take any one of the two."
Rasulullaah @@ said, "I shall rathersbuy it." Rasulullaah @% then bought the
camel from Hadhrat Abu Bakr !&%% and they both left. They then stayed in the
cave. (2)
Hadhrat Asmaa UElWd!& whowasthedaughterof Hadhrat Abu Bakr S,GW narrates
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that that when they were staying in Makkah Rasulullaah @@ usually visited
them twice each day. However, one day he arrived in the afternoon. She said to
Hadhrat Abu Bakr !B@W,"Father, here comes Rasulullaah &%. May my parents
be sacrificed! It must be something important that has brought him at this hour."
Rasulullaah I&!,%% came and said, "Do yoy know that Allaah has permitted me to
leave Makkah?" Hadhrat Abu Bakr asked, "May I accompany you, 0
Rasulullaah m ? " "Certainly," replied Rasulullaah @@. Hadhrat Abu Bakr
said, "I have two camels that I have been rearing from a long time in
!i@kW
anticipation for this day. You may take one." Rasulullaah @%@ said, "Only at a
price, Abu Bakr." Hadhrat Aby Bakr !EW,W.j replied, "May my parents be sacrificed
for you! You may have it at a price if you,so wish."
Hadhrat Asmaa @@W& says, ''We then prepared the food for their journey. I cut
my belt and used part of it to fasten their provisions." Rasulullaah and
Hadhrat Abu Bakr ?3@4Uj then left and stayed in a cave in the Thowr mountain.
When they arrived at the cave, Hadhrat Abu Bakr !BMM entered first and placed
his finger in every hole, fearing that there may be an insect there (which #would
harm Rasulullaah I&!,%%). When the Quraysh found out that they were gone, they
set out in search of them and fixed a reward of a hundred camels for anyone
who captured Rasulullaah w. They scoured the mountains of Makkah and
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eventually reached the mountain where Rasulullaah and Hadhrat Abu Bakr
WW4j were hiding. Referring to a person who was facing the cave, Hadhrat Abu
Bakr said, "0 Rasulullaah #%!$I He will surely see us." "Never," replied
Rasulullaah W , "because the angels are hiding us with their wings." Still
facing the cave, the man then sat down to pass urine. Rasulullaah @% said,
"Had he seen-us, he would never have done that."
They stayed three nights in the cave and every evening Hadhrat Aamir bin
Fuhayra 9!3&% would bring the goats of Hadhrat Abu Bakr SIGw to them. At
(I) Ibn Is'haaq.
(2) Baghawi. The complete narration appears in Kaneul LImmaal(Vo1.8 Pg.334).