Volume 5, Book 58, Number 256:
Narrated Al-Bara:
Abu Bakr bought a (camel’s) saddle from ‘Azib, and I carried it for him. ‘Azib (i.e. my father) asked
Abu Bakr regarding the journey of the migration of Allah’s Apostle. Abu Bakr said, “Close observers
were appointed by our enemies to watch us. So we went out at night and travelled throughout the
night and the following day till it was noon, then we perceived a rock and went towards it, and there
was some shade under it. I spread a cloak I had with me for Allah’s Apostle and then the Prophet
layed on it. I went out to guard him and all of a sudden I saw a shepherd coming with his sheep
looking for the same, the shade of the rock as we did, I asked him, ‘O boy, to whom do you belong?’
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He replied, ‘I belong to so-and-so.’ I asked him, ‘Is there some milk in your sheep?’ He replied in the
affirmative. I asked him, ‘Will you milk?’ He replied in the affirmative. Then he got hold of one of his
sheep. I said to him, ‘Remove the dust from its udder.’ Then he milked a little milk. I had a water-skin
with me which was tied with a piece of cloth. I had prepared the water-skin for Allah’s Apostle . So I
poured some water over the milk (container) till its bottom became cold. Then I brought the milk to
the Prophet and said, ‘Drink, O Allah’s Apostle.’ Allah’s Apostle drank till I became pleased. Then we
departed and the pursuers were following us.” Al-Bara added: I then went with Abu Bakr into his
home (carrying that saddle) and there I saw his daughter ‘Aisha Lying in a bed because of heavy
fever and I saw her father Abu Bakr kissing her cheek and saying, “How are you, little daughter?”