Narrated Asma: I prepared the journey food for the Prophet and Abu Bakr when they wanted (to migrate to) Medina. I said to my father (Abu Bakr), I do not have anything to tie the container of the journey food with except my waist belt. He said, Divide it lengthwise into two. I did so, and for this reason I was named 'Dhat-un-Nitaqain' (i.e. the owner of two belts). (Ibn `Abbas said, Asma', Dhat-un-Nitaq. )
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara: When the Prophet migrated to Medina, Suraqa bin Malik bin Ju'sham pursued him. The Prophet invoked evil on him, therefore the forelegs of his horse sank into the ground. Suraqa said (to the Prophet ), Invoke Allah to rescue me, and I will not harm you. The Prophet invoked Allah for him. Then Allah's Apostle felt thirsty and he passed by a shepherd. Abu Bakr said, I took a bowl and milked a little milk in it and brought it to the Prophet and he drank till I was pleased.
Read More..Narrated Asma: That she conceived `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair. She added, I migrated to Medina while I was at full term of pregnancy and alighted at Quba where I gave birth to him. Then I brought him to the Prophet and put him in his lap. The Prophet asked for a date, chewed it, and put some of its juice in the child's mouth. So, the first thing that entered the child's stomach was the saliva of Allah's Apostle. Then the Prophet rubbed the child's palate with a date and invoked for Allah's Blessings on him, and he was the first child born amongst the Emigrants in the Islamic Land (i.e. Medina).
Read More..Narrated Aisha: The first child who was born in the Islamic Land (i.e. Medina) amongst the Emigrants, was `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair. They brought him to the Prophet. The Prophet took a date, and after chewing it, put its juice in his mouth. So the first thing that went into the child's stomach, was the saliva of the Prophet.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle arrived at Medina with Abu Bakr, riding behind him on the same camel. Abu Bakr was an elderly man known to the people, while Allah's Apostle was a youth that was unknown. Thus, if a man met Abu Bakr, he would day, O Abu Bakr! Who is this man in front of you? Abu Bakr would say, This man shows me the Way, One would think that Abu Bakr meant the road, while in fact, Abu Bakr meant the way of virtue and good. Then Abu Bakr looked behind and saw a horse-rider persuing them. He said, O Allah's Apostle! This is a horse-rider persuing us. The Prophet looked behind and said, O Allah! Cause him to fall down. So the horse threw him down and got up neighing. After that the rider, Suraqa said, O Allah's Prophet! Order me whatever you want. The Prophet said, Stay where you are and do not allow anybody to reach us. So, in the first part of the day Suraqa was an enemy of Allah's Prophet and in the last part of it, he was a protector. Then Allah's Apostle alighted by the side of the Al-Harra and sent a message to the Ansar, and they came to Allah's Prophet and Abu Bakr, and having greeted them, they said, Ride (your she-camels) safe and obeyed. Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr rode and the Ansar, carrying their arms, surrounded them. The news that Allah's Prophet had come circulated in Medina. The people came out and were eagerly looking and saying Allah's Prophet has come! Allah's Prophet has come! So the Prophet went on till he alighted near the house of Abu Aiyub. While the Prophet was speaking with the family members of Abu Aiyub, `Abdullah bin Salam heard the news of his arrival while he himself was picking the dates for his family from his family garden. He hurried to the Prophet carrying the dates which he had collected for his family from the garden. He listened to Allah's Prophet and then went home. Then Allah's Prophet said, Which is the nearest of the houses of our Kith and kin? Abu Aiyub replied, Mine, O Allah's Prophet! This is my house and this is my gate. The Prophet said, Go and prepare a place for our midday rest. Abu Aiyub said, Get up (both of you) with Allah's Blessings. So when Allah's Prophet went into the house, `Abdullah bin Salaim came and said I testify that you (i.e. Muhammad) are Apostle of Allah and that you have come with the Truth. The Jews know well that I am their chief and the son of their chief and the most learned amongst them and the son of the most learned amongst them. So send for them (i.e. Jews) and ask them about me before they know that I have embraced Islam, for if they know that they will say about me things which are not correct. So Allah's Apostle sent for them, and they came and entered. Allah's Apostle said to them, O (the group of) Jews! Woe to you: be afraid of Allah. By Allah except Whom none has the right to be worshipped, you people know for certain, that I am Apostle of Allah and that I have come to you with the Truth, so embrace Islam. The Jews replied, We do not know this. So they said this to the Prophet and he repeated it thrice. Then he said, What sort of a man is `Abdullah bin Salam amongst you? They said, He is our chief and the son of our chief and the most learned man, and the son of the most learned amongst us. He said, What would you think if he should embrace Islam? They said, Allah forbid! He can not embrace Islam. He said, What would you think if he should embrace Islam? They said, Allah forbid! He can not embrace Islam. He said, What would you think if he should embrace Islam? They said, Allah forbid! He can not embrace Islam. He said, O Ibn Salaim! Come out to them. He came out and said, O (the group of) Jews! Be afraid of Allah except Whom none has the right to be worshipped. You know for certain that he is Apostle of Allah and that he has brought a True Religion!' They said, You tell a lie. On that Allah's Apostle turned them out.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Umar: `Umar bin Al-Khattab fixed a grant of 4000 (Dirhams) for every Early Emigrant (i.e. Muhajir) and fixed a grant of 3500 (Dirhams) only for Ibn `Umar. Somebody said to `Umar, Ibn `Umar is also one of the Early Emigrants; why do you give him less than four-thousand? `Umar replied, His parents took him with them when they migrated, so he was not like the one who had migrated by himself.
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