belonging to Sahl and Suhayl. He summoned the two and negotiated with them over the yard so that he might turn it into a mosque, but they said, “Rather, we give it to you as a gift, Messenger of Allah.” He then built it as a mosque, carrying the bricks alongside the people while chanting:

This load is no Khaybar load;
before our Lord it is nobler and purer.

He would also say:

O Allah, the true reward is the reward of the Hereafter;
so show mercy to the Helpers and the Emigrants.

Al-Bukhārī records at full length the story of the migration through the chain of Abū Isḥāq from al-Barāʾ. He also relates, through ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb from Anas, who said:

“The Prophet ﷺ approached Madinah while Abū Bakr was riding behind him on the same mount. Abū Bakr was an elderly man whom people recognised, whereas the Prophet ﷺ was a young man whom they did not yet recognise. Whenever someone met Abū Bakr and asked, ‘Who is this man in front of you?’ he would reply, ‘A man who is guiding me along the road,’ meaning the road of goodness…

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ halted by the lava plain, then sent word to the Ansar. They came to the Prophet ﷺ, greeted them both with peace, and said, ‘Mount up, for you are safe and obeyed.’ They mounted, and the Ansar ringed them with their weapons. News spread through Madinah: ‘The Prophet of Allah has arrived! The Prophet of Allah has arrived!’ He advanced until he stopped beside the house of Abū Ayyūb.” The report continues.

We have likewise transmitted with a sound chain from Abū al-Baddāḥ ibn ʿĀṣim ibn ʿAdī, from his father, who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ reached Madinah on Monday, twelve nights having elapsed of Rabīʿ al-Awwal, and he remained in the city for ten years.”

Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq said: “He arrived in the late morning of Monday, the twelfth of Rabīʿ al-Awwal. He stayed with Banū ʿAmr ibn ʿAwf—so it is said—on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, then set out on Friday, and the time for the Friday prayer overtook him…"