Ṣuwar min Ḥayāt al-ṢaḥābiyyātAbd al-Rahman Ra'fat al-Basha

without a single soul from among Allah’s creation accompanying me.

No sooner had I reached al-Tan‘im (1) than I met ‘Uthman ibn Talhah (2), who said, “Where are you headed, daughter of Zād ar-Rākib?”

I replied, “I am going to my husband in Medina.”

He asked, “Is no one traveling with you?”

I answered, “No, by Allah—none but Allah and this little son of mine.”

He said, “By Allah, I will not leave you until you reach Medina.”

He then took hold of the lead-rope (3) of my camel and set off, urging it on at a brisk pace…

By Allah, I have never travelled with an Arab man more noble or more honorable than he. Whenever we reached a campsite he would make my camel kneel and then move away from me; and when I had dismounted from its back and settled myself on—

(1) At-Tan'im: A location situated three miles from Mecca. (2) Uthman ibn Talha: He served as the guardian of the House of God (Kaaba) during the pre-Islamic period. He embraced Islam alongside Khalid ibn al-Walid and witnessed the conquest of Mecca. The Messenger entrusted him with the key to the Kaaba, and on the day he accompanied Umm Salama, he was still a polytheist. (3) Al-Khitam: A rope placed around a camel’s neck to guide it.
وما إن بلغت «التَّنعيم» (١) حتَّى لقيت عثمان بن طلحة (٢) فقال: إلى أين يا بنت «زاد الرَّاكب»؟!. فقلت: أريد زوجي في المدينة. قال: أو ما معك أحدٌ؟!. قلت: لا والله إلاَّ الله ثمَّ بنيَّ هذا. قال: والله لا أتركك أبدًا حتَّى تبلغي المدينة. ثمَّ أخذ بخطام (٣) بعيري، وانطلق يهوي بي ... فوالله ما صحبت رجلًا من العرب قطُّ أكرم منه ولا أشرف، كان إذا بلغ منزلًا من المنازل ينيخ بعيري، ثمَّ يستأخر عنِّي، حتَّى إذا نزلت عن ظهره واستويت على
(١) التنعيم: مكان على ثلاثة أميال من مكَّة. (٢) عثمان بن طلحة: كان حاجب بيت الله في الجاهلية، أسلم مع خالد ابن الوليد وشهد فتح مكَّة، فدفع إليه الرَّسول ﵊ مفتاح الكعبة وكان يوم رافق أم سلمة مشركاً. (٣) الخِطام: حبلٌ يجعل في عنق البعير ليقاد به.

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