Sahih Muslim Book - 53, Hadith - 7521

حَدَّثَنِى سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ يَقُولُ جَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ إِلَى أَبِى فِى مَنْزِلِهِ فَاشْتَرَى مِنْهُ رَحْلاً فَقَالَ لِعَازِبٍ ابْعَثْ مَعِىَ ابْنَكَ يَحْمِلْهُ مَعِى إِلَى مَنْزِلِى فَقَالَ لِى أَبِى احْمِلْهُ. فَحَمَلْتُهُ وَخَرَجَ أَبِى مَعَهُ يَنْتَقِدُ ثَمَنَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِى يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ حَدِّثْنِى كَيْفَ صَنَعْتُمَا لَيْلَةَ سَرَيْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ نَعَمْ أَسْرَيْنَا لَيْلَتَنَا كُلَّهَا حَتَّى قَامَ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ وَخَلاَ الطَّرِيقُ فَلاَ يَمُرُّ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ حَتَّى رُفِعَتْ لَنَا صَخْرَةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ لَهَا ظِلٌّ لَمْ تَأْتِ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ بَعْدُ فَنَزَلْنَا عِنْدَهَا فَأَتَيْتُ الصَّخْرَةَ فَسَوَّيْتُ بِيَدِى مَكَانًا يَنَامُ فِيهِ النَّبِىُّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فِى ظِلِّهَا ثُمَّ بَسَطْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرْوَةً ثُمَّ قُلْتُ نَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأَنَا أَنْفُضُ لَكَ مَا حَوْلَكَ فَنَامَ وَخَرَجْتُ أَنْفُضُ مَا حَوْلَهُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَاعِى غَنَمٍ مُقْبِلٍ بِغَنَمِهِ إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ يُرِيدُ مِنْهَا الَّذِى أَرَدْنَا فَلَقِيتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لِمَنْ أَنْتَ يَا غُلاَمُ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ قُلْتُ أَفِى غَنَمِكَ لَبَنٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ. قُلْتُ أَفَتَحْلُبُ لِى قَالَ نَعَمْ. فَأَخَذَ شَاةً فَقُلْتُ لَهُ انْفُضِ الضَّرْعَ مِنَ الشَّعَرِ وَالتُّرَابِ وَالْقَذَى - قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَضْرِبُ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى الأُخْرَى يَنْفُضُ - فَحَلَبَ لِى فِى قَعْبٍ مَعَهُ كُثْبَةً مِنْ لَبَنٍ قَالَ وَمَعِى إِدَاوَةٌ أَرْتَوِى فِيهَا لِلنَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- لِيَشْرَبَ مِنْهَا وَيَتَوَضَّأَ - قَالَ - فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِىَّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَوَافَقْتُهُ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَصَبَبْتُ عَلَى اللَّبَنِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ حَتَّى بَرَدَ أَسْفَلُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اشْرَبْ مِنْ هَذَا اللَّبَنِ - قَالَ - فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَضِيتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ « أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلرَّحِيلِ ». قُلْتُ بَلَى. قَالَ فَارْتَحَلْنَا بَعْدَ مَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَاتَّبَعَنَا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ - قَالَ - وَنَحْنُ فِى جَلَدٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُتِينَا فَقَالَ « لاَ تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا ». فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَارْتَطَمَتْ فَرَسُهُ إِلَى بَطْنِهَا أُرَى فَقَالَ إِنِّى قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكُمَا قَدْ دَعَوْتُمَا عَلَىَّ فَادْعُوَا لِى فَاللَّهُ لَكُمَا أَنْ أَرُدَّ عَنْكُمَا الطَّلَبَ. فَدَعَا اللَّهَ فَنَجَى فَرَجَعَ لاَ يَلْقَى أَحَدًا إِلاَّ قَالَ قَدْ كَفَيْتُكُمْ مَا هَا هُنَا فَلاَ يَلْقَى أَحَدًا إِلاَّ رَدَّهُ - قَالَ - وَوَفَى لَنَا.

Al-Bara' bin 'Azib said: "Abu Bakr As-Siddiq came to my father in his house, and bought a saddle from him. He said to 'Azib: 'Send your son with me to carry it with me to my house.' My father said to me: 'Carry it,' so I carried it, and my father came out with him to get its price. My father said to him: 'O Abu Bakr, tell me what happened on the night when you set out on the journey (of Al-Hijrah from Makkah to Yathrib, Al-Madinah) with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w).' "He said: 'Yes. We traveled all night, until it was noon. The road was empty and no one passed by, until we came to a big rock that cast a shadow, and the sun had not come to it yet. We stopped there, and I came to the rock and smoothed the sand with my hands so that the Prophet (s.a.w) could sleep in its shade. Then I spread out a blanket and said: "O Messenger of Allah, go to sleep and I will keep watch around you.'' Be went to sleep and I went out to keep watch around him, and I saw a shepherd bringing his flock to the rock, wanting the same as we did. I met him and said: "To whom do you belong, O boy?" He said: "To a man from Al-Madinah." I said: "Is there any milk in your sheep?" He said: "Yes." I said: "Will you milk it for me?" He said: "Yes." He took a sheep, and I said to him: "Clean the udder of hair and dust and dirt."He (the narrator) said: "I saw Al-Bara striking one hand against the other, to demonstrate." - 'He milked it for me into a wooden cup, one squirt of milk. I had a bucket with which I would bring water to the Prophet (s.a.w) to drink and perform Wudu'. I came to the Prophet (s.a.w) and I did not like to wake him up from his sleep. But when I got there, he was already awake, and I poured some water onto the milk to cool it, and I said: "O Messenger of Allah, drink some of this milk." He drank until I was pleased, then he said: "Isn't it time to move on now?" I said: "Yes." So we moved on after the sun had passed its zenith. We were being followed by Suraqah bin Malik and we were on solid level ground. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, someone is coming to us." He said: "Do not worry, Allah is with us." The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) prayed against him, and his horse sank up to its belly in the earth. He said: "I know that you have prayed against me. Pray for me, and by Allah I promise that I will divert those who come after you." So he (s.a.w) prayed to Allah and he was saved, and he went back, and he did not meet anyone but he said: "I have checked this area for you." He did not meet anyone but he turned him back, and he fulfilled his promise to us."'