Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (8/439)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

“O Messenger of Allah, we have been overtaken (1)!” He replied:

“Do not grieve; indeed, Allah is with us.”

The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—then supplicated against him, and his horse sank into the ground up to its belly. Surāqah said: “I know that you both supplicated against me. Now supplicate to Allah for me, and I pledge to you both, by Allah, that I will turn the pursuers away from you.”

The Messenger supplicated to Allah, and Surāqah was freed. He turned back, telling everyone he encountered: “You need not concern yourselves with this area.” He turned back everyone he met. He also said (2): “Take an arrow from my quiver, for you will pass by my camels and my young servants. Take whatever you need of the camels.” The Prophet replied: “I have no need of your camels.”

He continued: We then arrived in Medina, where the people vied over who would host him. The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: “I will stay with Banū al-Najjār, the maternal uncles of ‘Abd al-Muttalib, thereby honouring them.” The men and women climbed onto the rooftops, while the boys and servants spread through the streets (3), calling out: ‘O Muhammad, O Messenger of Allah! O Muhammad, O Messenger of Allah!’” (4).

Al-Bukhārī also narrated from ‘Ā’ishah, who said: “Ever since I can remember, both my parents followed Islam. Not a day passed without the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—visiting us at both ends of the day, morning and evening. When the Muslims were put to the test, Abū Bakr set out as an emigrant

(1) س, ب: ūtīnā. (2) These phrases are absent from al-Bukhārī but occur in a version in Muslim and al-Musnad. (3) ن, م, س: fī al-tarīq (“on the road”). The adopted reading is from (ب) and Muslim. (4) This hadith—with variations in wording—is narrated from al-Barā’ ibn ‘Āzib—may Allah be pleased with him—in al-Bukhārī, 4/201–202 (Book of Merits, chapter on the signs of prophethood in Islam), 5/3–4 (Book of the Virtues of the Prophet’s Companions … chapter on the merits of the Emigrants: the merits of Abū Bakr al-Siddīq …); Muslim, 4/2309–2311 (Book of Asceticism and Heart-Softening Reports, chapter on the account of the Migration …); and al-Musnad (al-Ma‘ārif edition), 1/152–156.

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ: أُتِينَا (١) ، فَقَالَ: {لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا} ، فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَارْتَطَمَتْ فَرَسُهُ إِلَى بَطْنِهَا، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكُمَا دَعَوْتُمَا عَلَيَّ، فَادْعُوَا اللَّهَ لِي، فَاللَّهُ لَكُمَا أَنْ أَرُدَّ عَنْكُمَا الطَّلَبَ فَدَعَا اللَّهَ فَنَجَا فَرَجَعَ لَا يَلْقَى أَحَدًا إِلَّا قَالَ قَدْ كُفِيتُمْ مَا هُنَا، وَلَا يَلْقَى أَحَدًا إِلَّا رَدَّهُ، وَقَالَ (٢) : خُذْ سَهْمًا مِنْ كِنَانَتِي فَإِنَّكَ تَمُرُّ بِإِبِلِي وَغِلْمَانِي، فَخُذْ مِنْهَا حَاجَتَكَ فَقَالَ: " لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِي إِبِلِكَ " قَالَ: فَقَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ، فَتَنَازَعُوا أَيُّهُمْ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " أَنْزِلُ عَلَى بَنِي النَّجَّارِ أَخْوَالِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ؛ أُكْرِمُهُمْ بِذَلِكَ " ؛ فَصَعِدَ الرِّجَالُ وَالنِّسَاءُ فَوْقَ الْبُيُوتِ، وَتَفَرَّقَ الْغِلْمَانُ وَالْخَدَمُ فِي الطُّرُقِ (٣) يُنَادُونَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، يَا مُحَمَّدُ، يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ» (٤) ". وَرَوَى الْبُخَارِيُّ «عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: لَمْ أَعْقِلْ أَبَوَيَّ قَطُّ إِلَّا وَهُمَا يَدِينَانِ الدِّينَ، وَلَمْ يَمُرَّ عَلَيْنَا يَوْمٌ إِلَّا يَأْتِينَا فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ: بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيَّةً؛ فَلَمَّا ابْتُلِيَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ خَرَجَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُهَاجِرًا

(١) س، ب: أُوتِينَا. (٢) الْعِبَارَاتُ لَيْسَتْ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ، وَهِيَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ فِي " مُسْلِمٍ " " الْمُسْنَدِ " (٣) ن، م، س: فِي الطَّرِيقِ. وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنْ (ب) ، مُسْلِمٍ. (٤) الْحَدِيثُ - مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ - عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي " الْبُخَارِيِّ ٤/٢٠١ - ٢٠٢ (كِتَابُ الْمَنَاقِبِ، بَابُ عَلَامَاتِ النُّبُوَّةِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ) ، ٥/٣ - ٤ (كِتَابُ فَضَائِلِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ. . . بَابُ مَنَاقِبِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ: مَنَاقِبُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ. . .) مُسْلِمٍ ٤/٢٣٠٩ - ٢٣١١ (كِتَابُ الزُّهْدِ وَالرَّقَائِقِ، بَابٌ فِي حَدِيثِ الْهِجْرَةِ. . .) الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ١/١٥٢ - ١٥٦.