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Chapter 38: Mentioning of the decision of Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq to<br />
emigrate to Abyssinia<br />
Ibn Is-ḥaaq said: I was informed by Muḥammad Ibn Muslim al-Zuhree, from `Urwah,<br />
that `Aaishah رضي ُاهلل ُعنها said: “Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq رضي ُاهلل ُعنه experienced suffering in<br />
ﷺ Makkah and witnessed the antagonism of Quraish for the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah<br />
and his Companions, he asked permission from the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah ﷺ to<br />
migrate, and he ﷺ granted him his request. So, Abu Bakr رضي ُاهلل ُعنه set out (for<br />
Abyssinia) as emigrant, and when he had traveled a day or two days distance from<br />
Makkah, he met Ibn al-Daghinah, who was the brother of Banoo al-Ḥaarith Ibn Yazeed,<br />
being from the tribe of Bakr Ibn `Abd Manaat Ibn Kinaanah, who was at that time the<br />
chief of al-Aḥaabeesh (al-Aḥbaash). 298<br />
Ibn al-Daghinah asked: ‘Where are you heading for, Abu Bakr?’ Abu Bakr replied: ‘My<br />
people forced me to leave, for they have treated me badly and made it difficult for me<br />
(to live).’ He asked: ‘And why is that? By <strong>Al</strong>laah! You are a credit to the tribe, aiding<br />
those in distress, and you do good deeds, and you are kind towards the needy. Go back,<br />
for you are under my protection!’ So Abu Bakr returned with him, and when they<br />
entered Makkah, Ibn al-Daghinah stood up with him and said: ‘O Quraish! I have given<br />
protection to Ibn Abee Quḥaafah, so let no man do anything but good to him.’ So they<br />
left him alone.”<br />
`Aaishah added: “Abu Bakr used to have a Masjid (praying place) near the gate of his<br />
home, among the tribe of Banoo Jumah and there he would pray. He was a very<br />
sensitive man and would shed tears upon reciting the Qur’aan. 299 Young men, slaves,<br />
and women would stand nearby astonished at his behavior.<br />
298 Ibn Is-ḥaaq mentioned: The Aḥbaash were the tribes of Banoo al-Ḥaarith Ibn `Abd Manaat Ibn Kinaanah, and<br />
al-Hoon Ibn Khuzaimah Ibn Mudrikah, and Banoo al-Mustaliq from Khuzaa`ah.<br />
Ibn Hishaam said: <strong>Al</strong>l these tribes formed an alliance and they were named as al-Aḥaabeesh because they formed<br />
the alliance while they were in the valley known as <strong>Al</strong>-Aḥbaash which is in the lower part of Makkah. [“al-<strong>Seerah</strong><br />
of Ibn Hishaam (1/373)]<br />
299 [TN: Ibn Katheer reported in his “Tafseer” that Ibn Shawdhab and `Aṭaa’ al-Khurasaanee, both said: “The<br />
Aayah:<br />
﴿وَلِمَن ُُخَافَُُمَقَامَُُرَبِّهُُِجَنَّتَانُِ﴾<br />
{But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise)} [Surah al-<br />
Ramḥaan (55): 46], was revealed regarding Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq.”]<br />
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