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

344 THE WVES OF THE SAHABAH @@@!& (Vol-I)
times he walked at the back. When Rasulullaah &?% noticed this, he asked, '0
Abu Bakr! Why do walk sometimes ahead of me and sometimes at the back?' He
said, 'When I think that there may be someone searching for you, I walk at the
back but 1 then walk ahead whenl'think that someone may be lying in ambush.'
Rasulullaah @% said, '0 Abu Bakr! If anything Has to happen, do you prefer that
it happens to you rather than me?' 'Certainly! I swear to this by the Being Who
has sent you with the truth!' replied Hadhrat Abu Bakr -."
"When they reached the cave, Hadhrat Abu Bakr %43W6 said, '0 Rasulullaah
m! You stay here until I have cleaned the cave for you.' He then entered the
cave and cleaned it. When he came out and remembered that he had not cleaned
the holes, he said, '0 Rasulullaah @$%! You stay here until I have cleaned it.' He
then entered the cave and cleaned out the holes. He then told Rasulullaah @@
to enter and Rasulullaah @@ did. I swear by the Wing Who controls my life!
That single night is better than the entire family of Umar!" (I)
Hadhrat Abu Bakr %,%&!&j Fears for Rasulullaah
when they were in the Cave
Hadhrat Hasan Basri narrates that that when Rasulullaah and Hadhrat Abu
Bakr !&!3&% went to the cave, the Quraysh came to search for Rasulullaah w.
However, when they saw that a spider had spun a web on the entrance, they
concluded that no one could have entered the cave. Rasulullaah was busy
performing salaah and Hadhrat Abu Bakr %834@j was keeping watch when
Hadhrat Abu Bakr %X&&& said, "Here comes your people in search for you. By
Allaah! I have no concern for myself but I fear that I should not see anything
unpleasant happen to you." Rasulullaah &%& comforted him saying, "0 Abu Bakr!
Do not fear for Allaah is with us." (2)
Hadhrat Anas 33X3@!3 narrates that Hadhrat Abu Bakr S,Wj told him, "(When
we were in the'cave) I said to Rasulullaah @%!, 'If any of them has to look to his
feet, he would certainly spot us beneath his feet.' Rasulullaah @%! said, '0 Abu
Bakr! What do you think of two who have Allaah as the third?"' (3)
Hadhrat Abu Bakr !&U@!&!j Speaks about His Hijrah
with Rasulullaah and their Encounter with
Suraaqa bin Maalik
Hadhrat Baraa bin Aazib narrates that Hadhrat Abu Bakr 8.W once bought a
saddle from (his father) Hadhrat Aazib ?BG&@& for thirteen Dirhams. Hadhrat Abu
Bakr @,- then asked Hzdhrat Aazib !Bg&& to tell (his son) Baraa $iEW to
(1) Bayhaqi as quoted in A1 Bidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.3 Pg.180). Haakim has also narrated as quoted
in Muntakhab Kanzul ummaal (Vo1.4 ~g.348). As quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vo1.8 ~;.335),
Baghawi has also narrated it from Hadhrat Umar WSW and the Hadith is reliable, as confirmed
by Ibn Katheer.
(2) iaafidh ~ b Bakr u Qaadhi.
(3) Ahmad as quoted in A1 Bidaaya wan Njhaaya (Vol.3 Pg.181,182). As quoted in Kanzul Ummaal
(Vo1.8 Pg.329), the narration has been reported by Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi, Ibn Sa'd, Ibn Abi
Shaybah and others.