Volume 5, Book 58, Number 249:
Narrated Aisha:
The first child who was born in the Islamic Land (i.e. Medina) amongst the Emigrants, was ‘Abdul –
lah 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
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 250:
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 Al –
lah’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
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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 Is –
lam?” 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! 8e 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 Reli –
gion!’ They said, “You tell a lie.” On that Allah’s Apostle turned them out.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 251:
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.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 252:
Narrated Khabbab:
We migrated with Allah’s Apostle (See Hadith No. 253 below).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 253:
Narrated Khabbab:
We migrated with Allah’s Apostle seeking Allah’s Countenance, so our rewards became due and
sure with Allah. Some of us passed away without eating anything of their rewards in this world. One
of these was Mus’ab bin ‘Umar who was martyred on the day of the battle of Uhud. We did not find
anything to shroud his body with except a striped cloak. When we covered his head with it, his feet
remained uncovered, and when we covered his feet with it, his head remained uncovered. So Allah’s
Apostle ordered us to cover his head with it and put some Idhkhir (i.e. a kind of grass) over his feet.
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And there are some amongst us whose fruits have ripened and they are collecting them (i.e. they
have received their rewards in this world).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 254:
Narrated Abu Burda Bin Abi Musa Al-Ashari:
‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said to me, “Do you know what my father said to your father once?” I said,
“No.” He said, “My father said to your father, ‘O Abu Musa, will it please you that we will be rewarded
for our conversion to Islam with Allah’s Apostle and our migration with him, and our Jihad with him
and all our good deeds which we did, with him, and that all the deeds we did after his death will be
disregarded whether good or bad?’ Your father (i.e. Abu Musa) said, ‘No, by Allah, we took part in Ji –
had after Allah’s Apostle , prayed and did plenty of good deeds, and many people have embraced Is –
lam at our hands, and no doubt, we expect rewards from Allah for these good deeds.’ On that my
father (i.e. ‘Umar) said, ‘As for myself, By Him in Whose Hand ‘Umar’s soul is, I wish that the deeds
done by us at the time of the Prophet remain rewardable while whatsoever we did after the death of
the Prophet be enough to save us from Punishment in that the good deeds compensate for the bad
ones.’ ” On that I said (to Ibn ‘Umar), “By Allah, your father was better than my father!”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 255:
Narrated Abu ‘Uthman:
I heard that Ibn ‘Umar used to become angry if someone mentioned that he had migrated before
his father (‘Umar), and he used to say, ” ‘Umar and I came to Allah’s Apostle and found him having
his midday rest, so we returned home. Then ‘Umar sent me again (to the Prophet ) and said, ‘Go and
see whether he is awake.’ I went to him and entered his place and gave him the pledge of allegiance.
Then I went back to ‘Umar and informed him that the Prophet was awake. So we both went, running
slowly, and when ‘Umar entered his place, he gave him the pledge of allegiance and thereafter I too
gave him the pledge of allegiance,”
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?”