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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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