The Prophet ﷺ said, "While three persons were walking, rain began to fall and they had to enter a cave in a mountain. A big rock rolled over and blocked the mouth of the cave. They said to each other, 'Invoke Allah with the best deed you have performed (so Allah might remove the rock)'. One of them said, 'O Allah! My parents were old and I used to go out for grazing (my animals). On my return I would milk (the animals) and take the milk in a vessel to my parents to drink. After they had drunk from it, I would give it to my children, family and wife. One day I was delayed and on my return I found my parents sleeping, and I disliked to wake them up. The children were crying at my feet (because of hunger). That state of affairs continued till it was dawn. O Allah! If You regard that I did it for Your sake, then please remove this rock so that we may see the sky.' So, the rock was moved a bit. The second said, 'O Allah! You know that I was in love with a cousin of mine, like the deepest love a man may have for a woman, and she told me that I would not get my desire fulfilled unless I paid her one-hundred Dinars (gold pieces). So, I struggled for it till I gathered the desired amount, and when I sat in between her legs, she told me to be afraid of Allah, and asked me not to deflower her except rightfully (by marriage). So, I got up and left her. O Allah! If You regard that I did if for Your sake, kindly remove this rock.' So, two-thirds of the rock was removed. Then the third man said, 'O Allah! No doubt You know that once I employed a worker for one Faraq (three Sa's) of millet, and when I wanted to pay him, he refused to take it, so I sowed it and from its yield I bought cows and a shepherd. After a time that man came and demanded his money. I said to him: Go to those cows and the shepherd and take them for they are for you. He asked me whether I was joking with him. I told him that I was not joking with him, and all that belonged to him. O Allah! If You regard that I did it sincerely for Your sake, then please remove the rock.' So, the rock was removed completely from the mouth of the cave."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَرَجَ ثَلاَثَةٌ يَمْشُونَ فَأَصَابَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَدَخَلُوا فِي غَارٍ فِي جَبَلٍ فَانْحَطَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ادْعُوا اللَّهَ بِأَفْضَلِ عَمَلٍ عَمِلْتُمُوهُ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ فَكُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ فَأَرْعَى ثُمَّ أَجِيءُ فَأَحْلُبُ فَأَجِيءُ بِالْحِلاَبِ فَآتِي بِهِ أَبَوَىَّ فَيَشْرَبَانِ ثُمَّ أَسْقِي الصِّبْيَةَ وَأَهْلِي وَامْرَأَتِي فَاحْتَبَسْتُ لَيْلَةً فَجِئْتُ فَإِذَا هُمَا نَائِمَانِ قَالَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا وَالصِّبِيْةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ رِجْلَىَّ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ ذَلِكَ دَأْبِي وَدَأْبَهُمَا حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ قَالَ فَفُرِجَ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أُحِبُّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنَاتِ عَمِّي كَأَشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُّ الرَّجُلُ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَتْ لاَ تَنَالُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا حَتَّى تُعْطِيَهَا مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَسَعَيْتُ فِيهَا حَتَّى جَمَعْتُهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَفُضَّ الْخَاتَمَ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ وَتَرَكْتُهَا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فُرْجَةً قَالَ فَفَرَجَ عَنْهُمُ الثُّلُثَيْنِ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقٍ مِنْ ذُرَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ وَأَبَى ذَاكَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ فَعَمَدْتُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْفَرَقِ فَزَرَعْتُهُ حَتَّى اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرَاعِيَهَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَقُلْتُ انْطَلِقْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرَاعِيهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَكَ فَقَالَ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ وَلَكِنَّهَا لَكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فَكُشِفَ عَنْهُمْ  

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Three men from among those who were before you, set out together till they reached a cave at night and entered it. A big rock rolled down the mountain and closed the mouth of the cave. They said (to each other), Nothing could save you from this rock but to invoke Allah by giving reference to the righteous deed which you have done (for Allah's sake only).'"

"So, one of them said, 'O Allah! I had old parents and I never provided my family (wife, children, etc.) with milk before them. One day, by chance I was delayed, and I came late (at night) while they had slept. I milked the sheep for them and took the milk to them, but I found them sleeping. I disliked providing my family with the milk before them. I waited for them and the bowl of milk was in my hand and I kept on waiting for them to get up till the day dawned. Then they got up and drank the milk. O Allah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from our critical situation caused by this rock.' So, the rock shifted a little but they could not get out."

The Prophet ﷺ added, "The second man said, 'O Allah! I had a cousin who was the dearest of all people to me and I wanted to have sexual relations with her but she refused. Later she had a hard time in a famine year and she came to me and I gave her one-hundred-and-twenty Dinars on the condition that she would not resist my desire, and she agreed. When I was about to fulfill my desire, she said: It is illegal for you to outrage my chastity except by legitimate marriage. So, I thought it a sin to have sexual intercourse with her and left her though she was the dearest of all the people to me, and also I left the gold I had given her. O Allah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from the present calamity.' So, the rock shifted a little more but still they could not get out from there."

The Prophet ﷺ added, "Then the third man said, 'O Allah! I employed few laborers and I paid them their wages with the exception of one man who did not take his wages and went away. I invested his wages and I got much property thereby. (Then after some time) he came and said to me: O Allah's slave! Pay me my wages. I said to him: All the camels, cows, sheep, and slaves you see, are yours. He said: O Allah's slave! Don't mock me. I said: I am not mocking you. So, he took all the herd and drove them away and left nothing. O Allah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from the present suffering.' So, that rock shifted completely and they got out walking."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «انْطَلَقَ ثَلاَثَةُ رَهْطٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ حَتَّى أَوَوُا الْمَبِيتَ إِلَى غَارٍ فَدَخَلُوهُ فَانْحَدَرَتْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ فَسَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَارَ فَقَالُوا إِنَّهُ لاَ يُنْجِيكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةِ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَدْعُوا اللَّهَ بِصَالِحِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ۔»

«فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمُ: اللَّهُمَّ كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَكُنْتُ لاَ أَغْبِقُ قَبْلَهُمَا أَهْلاً وَلاَ مَالاً فَنَأَى بِي فِي طَلَبِ شَىْءٍ يَوْمًا فَلَمْ أُرِحْ عَلَيْهِمَا حَتَّى نَامَا فَحَلَبْتُ لَهُمَا غَبُوقَهُمَا فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا نَائِمَيْنِ وَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَغْبِقَ قَبْلَهُمَا أَهْلاً أَوْ مَالاً فَلَبِثْتُ وَالْقَدَحُ عَلَى يَدَىَّ أَنْتَظِرُ اسْتِيقَاظَهُمَا حَتَّى بَرَقَ الْفَجْرُ فَاسْتَيْقَظَا فَشَرِبَا غَبُوقَهُمَا۔ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةِ۔ فَانْفَرَجَتْ شَيْئًا لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الْخُرُوجَ۔»

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ كَانَتْ لِي بِنْتُ عَمٍّ كَانَتْ أَحَبَّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ فَأَرَدْتُهَا عَنْ نَفْسِهَا فَامْتَنَعَتْ مِنِّي حَتَّى أَلَمَّتْ بِهَا سَنَةٌ مِنَ السِّنِينَ فَجَاءَتْنِي فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةَ دِينَارٍ عَلَى أَنْ تُخَلِّيَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِهَا فَفَعَلَتْ حَتَّى إِذَا قَدَرْتُ عَلَيْهَا قَالَتْ لاَ أُحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَفُضَّ الْخَاتَمَ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ فَتَحَرَّجْتُ مِنَ الْوُقُوعِ عَلَيْهَا فَانْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهَا وَهْىَ أَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ وَتَرَكْتُ الذَّهَبَ الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتُهَا۔ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ۔ فَانْفَرَجَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الْخُرُوجَ مِنْهَا۔»

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أُجَرَاءَ فَأَعْطَيْتُهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ غَيْرَ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ تَرَكَ الَّذِي لَهُ وَذَهَبَ فَثَمَّرْتُ أَجْرَهُ حَتَّى كَثُرَتْ مِنْهُ الأَمْوَالُ فَجَاءَنِي بَعْدَ حِينٍ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَدِّ إِلَىَّ أَجْرِي فَقُلْتُ لَهُ كُلُّ مَا تَرَى مِنْ أَجْرِكَ مِنَ الإِبِلِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ وَالرَّقِيقِ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ لاَ تَسْتَهْزِئْ بِي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لاَ أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ فَأَخَذَهُ كُلَّهُ فَاسْتَاقَهُ فَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا اللَّهُمَّ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ فَانْفَرَجَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ فَخَرَجُوا يَمْشُونَ۔»  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "While three men were walking, It started raining and they took shelter (refuge) in a cave in a mountain. A big rock rolled down from the mountain and closed the mouth of the cave. They said to each other, "Think of good deeds which you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by giving reference to those deeds so that He may remove this rock from you." One of them said, 'O Allah! I had old parents and small children and I used to graze the sheep for them. On my return to them in the evening, I used to milk (the sheep) and start providing my parents first of all before my children. One day I was delayed and came late at night and found my parents sleeping. I milked (the sheep) as usual and stood by their heads. I hated to wake them up and disliked to give milk to my children before them, although my children were weeping (because of hunger) at my feet till the day dawned. O Allah! If I did this for Your sake only, kindly remove the rock so that we could see the sky through it.' So, Allah removed the rock a little and they saw the sky. The second man said, 'O Allah! I was in love with a cousin of mine like the deepest love a man may have for a woman. I wanted to outrage her chastity but she refused unless I gave her one hundred Dinars. So, I struggled to collect that amount. And when I sat between her legs, she said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah and do not deflower me except rightfully (by marriage).' So, I got up. O Allah! If I did it for Your sake only, please remove the rock.' The rock shifted a little more. Then the third man said, 'O Allah! I employed a laborer for a Faraq of rice and when he finished his job and demanded his right, I presented it to him, but he refused to take it. So, I sowed the rice many time till I gathered cows and their shepherd (from the yield). (Then after some time) He came and said to me, 'Fear Allah (and give me my right)." I said, 'Go and take those cows and the shepherd.' He said, 'Be afraid of Allah! Don't mock at me.' I said, 'I am not mocking at you. Take (all that).' So, he took all that. O Allah! If I did that for Your sake only, please remove the rest of the rock.' So, Allah removed the rock."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ يَمْشُونَ أَخَذَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَأَوَوْا إِلَى غَارٍ فِي جَبَلٍ فَانْحَطَّتْ عَلَى فَمِ غَارِهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ فَانْطَبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ انْظُرُوا أَعْمَالاً عَمِلْتُمُوهَا صَالِحَةً لِلَّهِ فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ بِهَا لَعَلَّهُ يُفَرِّجُهَا عَنْكُمْ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَلِي صِبْيَةٌ صِغَارٌ كُنْتُ أَرْعَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِذَا رُحْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَلَبْتُ فَبَدَأْتُ بِوَالِدَىَّ أَسْقِيهِمَا قَبْلَ بَنِيَّ وَإِنِّي اسْتَأْخَرْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَلَمْ آتِ حَتَّى أَمْسَيْتُ فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا نَامَا فَحَلَبْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ أَحْلُبُ فَقُمْتُ عِنْدَ رُءُوسِهِمَا أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا وَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَسْقِيَ الصِّبْيَةَ وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ قَدَمَىَّ حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُهُ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا فَرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ فَفَرَجَ اللَّهُ فَرَأَوُا السَّمَاءَ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ لِي بِنْتُ عَمٍّ أَحْبَبْتُهَا كَأَشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُّ الرِّجَالُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلَبْتُ مِنْهَا فَأَبَتْ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُهَا بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَبَغَيْتُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُهَا فَلَمَّا وَقَعْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَفْتَحِ الْخَاتَمَ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُهُ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فَرْجَةً فَفَرَجَ وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقِ أَرُزٍّ فَلَمَّا قَضَى عَمَلَهُ قَالَ أَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَغِبَ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَزْرَعُهُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرَاعِيهَا فَجَاءَنِي فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ فَقُلْتُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرُعَاتِهَا فَخُذْ فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَسْتَهْزِئْ بِي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لاَ أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ فَخُذْ فَأَخَذَهُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ مَا بَقِيَ فَفَرَجَ اللَّهُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ فَسَعَيْتُ  

Abu Bakr came to my father who was at home and purchased a saddle from him. He said to ʿAzib. "Tell your son to carry it with me." So I carried it with him and my father followed us so as to take the price (of the saddle). My father said, "O Abu Bakr! Tell me what happened to you on your night journey with Messenger of Allah ﷺ (during Migration)." He said, "Yes, we travelled the whole night and also the next day till midday. when nobody could be seen on the way ( because of the severe heat) . Then there appeared a long rock having shade beneath it, and the sunshine had not come to it yet. So we dismounted there and I levelled a place and covered it with an animal hide or dry grass for the Prophet ﷺ to sleep on (for a while). I then said, 'Sleep, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I will guard you.' So he slept and I went out to guard him. Suddenly I saw a shepherd coming with his sheep to that rock with the same intention we had when we came to it. I asked (him). 'To whom do you belong, O boy?' He replied, 'I belong to a man from Medina or Mecca.' I said, 'Do your sheep have milk?' He said, 'Yes.' I said, 'Will you milk for us?' He said, 'Yes.' He caught hold of a sheep and I asked him to clean its teat from dust, hairs and dirt. (The sub-narrator said that he saw Al-Bara' striking one of his hands with the other, demonstrating how the shepherd removed the dust.) The shepherd milked a little milk in a wooden container and I had a leather container which I carried for the Prophet ﷺ to drink and perform the ablution from. I went to the Prophet, hating to wake him up, but when I reached there, the Prophet ﷺ had already awakened; so I poured water over the middle part of the milk container, till the milk was cold. Then I said, 'Drink, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!' He drank till I was pleased. Then he asked, 'Has the time for our departure come?' I said, 'Yes.' So we departed after midday. Suraqa bin Malik followed us and I said, 'We have been discovered, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!' He said, Don't grieve for Allah is with us.' The Prophet ﷺ invoked evil on him (i.e. Suraqa) and so the legs of his horse sank into the earth up to its belly. (The subnarrator, Zuhair is not sure whether Abu Bakr said, "(It sank) into solid earth.") Suraqa said, 'I see that you have invoked evil on me. Please invoke good on me, and by Allah, I will cause those who are seeking after you to return.' The Prophet ﷺ invoked good on him and he was saved. Then, whenever he met somebody on the way, he would say, 'I have looked for him here in vain.' So he caused whomever he met to return. Thus Suraqa fulfilled his promise."  

فَحَمَلْتُهُ مَعَهُ وَخَرَجَ أَبِي يَنْتَقِدُ ثَمَنَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ حَدِّثْنِي كَيْفَ صَنَعْتُمَا حِينَ سَرَيْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَسْرَيْنَا لَيْلَتَنَا وَمِنَ الْغَدِ حَتَّى قَامَ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ وَخَلاَ الطَّرِيقُ لاَ يَمُرُّ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ فَرُفِعَتْ لَنَا صَخْرَةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ لَهَا ظِلٌّ لَمْ تَأْتِ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ فَنَزَلْنَا عِنْدَهُ وَسَوَّيْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَكَانًا بِيَدِي يَنَامُ عَلَيْهِ وَبَسَطْتُ فِيهِ فَرْوَةً وَقُلْتُ نَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأَنَا أَنْفُضُ لَكَ مَا حَوْلَكَ فَنَامَ وَخَرَجْتُ أَنْفُضُ مَا حَوْلَهُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَاعٍ مُقْبِلٍ بِغَنَمِهِ إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ يُرِيدُ مِنْهَا مِثْلَ الَّذِي أَرَدْنَا فَقُلْتُ لِمَنْ أَنْتَ يَا غُلاَمُ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَوْ مَكَّةَ قُلْتُ أَفِي غَنَمِكَ لَبَنٌ قَالَ نَعَمُ قُلْتُ أَفَتَحْلُبُ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَخَذَ شَاةً فَقُلْتُ انْفُضِ الضَّرْعَ مِنَ التُّرَابِ وَالشَّعَرِ وَالْقَذَى قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَضْرِبُ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الأُخْرَى يَنْفُضُ فَحَلَبَ فِي قَعْبٍ كُثْبَةً مِنْ لَبَنٍ وَمَعِي إِدَاوَةٌ حَمَلْتُهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَرْتَوِي مِنْهَا يَشْرَبُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُ فَوَافَقْتُهُ حِينَ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَصَبَبْتُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ عَلَى اللَّبَنِ حَتَّى بَرَدَ أَسْفَلُهُ فَقُلْتُ اشْرَبْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَضِيتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلرَّحِيلِ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَارْتَحَلْنَا بَعْدَ مَا مَالَتِ الشَّمْشُ وَاتَّبَعَنَا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فَقُلْتُ أُتِينَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ لاَ تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَارْتَطَمَتْ بِهِ فَرَسُهُ إِلَى بَطْنِهَا أُرَى فِي جَلَدٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ شَكَّ زُهَيْرٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُرَاكُمَا قَدْ دَعَوْتُمَا عَلَىَّ فَادْعُوَا لِي فَاللَّهُ لَكُمَا أَنْ أَرُدَّ عَنْكُمَا الطَّلَبَ فَدَعَا لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَنَجَا فَجَعَلَ لاَ يَلْقَى أَحَدًا إِلاَّ قَالَ كَفَيْتُكُمْ مَا هُنَا فَلاَ يَلْقَى أَحَدًا إِلاَّ رَدَّهُ قَالَ وَوَفَى لَنَا  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Once three persons (from the previous nations) were traveling, and suddenly it started raining and they took shelter in a cave. The entrance of the cave got closed while they were inside. They said to each other, 'O you! Nothing can save you except the truth, so each of you should ask Allah's Help by referring to such a deed as he thinks he did sincerely (i.e. just for gaining Allah's Pleasure).' So one of them said, 'O Allah! You know that I had a laborer who worked for me for one Faraq (i.e. three Sas) of rice, but he departed, leaving it (i.e. his wages). I sowed that Faraq of rice and with its yield I bought cows (for him). Later on when he came to me asking for his wages, I said (to him), 'Go to those cows and drive them away.' He said to me, 'But you have to pay me only a Faraq of rice,' I said to him, 'Go to those cows and take them, for they are the product of that Faraq (of rice).' So he drove them. O Allah! If you consider that I did that for fear of You, then please remove the rock.' The rock shifted a bit from the mouth of the cave. The second one said, 'O Allah, You know that I had old parents whom I used to provide with the milk of my sheep every night. One night I was delayed and when I came, they had slept, while my wife and children were crying with hunger. I used not to let them (i.e. my family) drink unless my parents had drunk first. So I disliked to wake them up and also disliked that they should sleep without drinking it, I kept on waiting (for them to wake) till it dawned. O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of you, then please remove the rock.' So the rock shifted and they could see the sky through it. The (third) one said, 'O Allah! You know that I had a cousin (i.e. my paternal uncle's daughter) who was most beloved to me and I sought to seduce her, but she refused, unless I paid her one-hundred Dinars (i.e. gold pieces). So I collected the amount and brought it to her, and she allowed me to sleep with her. But when I sat between her legs, she said, 'Be afraid of Allah, and do not deflower me but legally. 'I got up and left the hundred Dinars (for her). O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of you than please remove the rock. So Allah saved them and they came out (of the cave)."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ يَمْشُونَ إِذْ أَصَابَهُمْ مَطَرٌ فَأَوَوْا إِلَى غَارٍ فَانْطَبَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ إِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ يَا هَؤُلاَءِ لاَ يُنْجِيكُمْ إِلاَّ الصِّدْقُ فَلْيَدْعُ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ بِمَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ صَدَقَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ عَمِلَ لِي عَلَى فَرَقٍ مِنْ أَرُزٍّ فَذَهَبَ وَتَرَكَهُ وَأَنِّي عَمَدْتُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْفَرَقِ فَزَرَعْتُهُ فَصَارَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَأَنَّهُ أَتَانِي يَطْلُبُ أَجْرَهُ فَقُلْتُ اعْمِدْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ فَسُقْهَا فَقَالَ لِي إِنَّمَا لِي عِنْدَكَ فَرَقٌ مِنْ أَرُزٍّ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ اعْمِدْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْفَرَقِ فَسَاقَهَا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا فَانْسَاحَتْ عَنْهُمُ الصَّخْرَةُ فَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ فَكُنْتُ آتِيهِمَا كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ بِلَبَنِ غَنَمٍ لِي فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا لَيْلَةً فَجِئْتُ وَقَدْ رَقَدَا وَأَهْلِي وَعِيَالِي يَتَضَاغَوْنَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ فَكُنْتُ لاَ أَسْقِيهِمْ حَتَّى يَشْرَبَ أَبَوَاىَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا وَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَدَعَهُمَا فَيَسْتَكِنَّا لِشَرْبَتِهِمَا فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَنْتَظِرُ حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا فَانْسَاحَتْ عَنْهُمُ الصَّخْرَةُ حَتَّى نَظَرُوا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ وَأَنِّي رَاوَدْتُهَا عَنْ نَفْسِهَا فَأَبَتْ إِلاَّ أَنْ آتِيَهَا بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَطَلَبْتُهَا حَتَّى قَدَرْتُ فَأَتَيْتُهَا بِهَا فَدَفَعْتُهَا إِلَيْهَا فَأَمْكَنَتْنِي مِنْ نَفْسِهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا فَقَالَتِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَفُضَّ الْخَاتَمَ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ وَتَرَكْتُ الْمِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا فَفَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ فَخَرَجُوا  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "While three persons were traveling, they were overtaken by rain and they took shelter in a cave in a mountain. A big rock fell from the mountain over the mouth of the cave and blocked it. They said to each other. 'Think of such good (righteous) deeds which, you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by giving reference to those deeds so that Allah may relieve you from your difficulty. one of them said, 'O Allah! I had my parents who were very old and I had small children for whose sake I used to work as a shepherd. When I returned to them at night and milked (the sheep), I used to start giving the milk to my parents first before giving to my children. And one day I went far away in search of a grazing place (for my sheep), and didn't return home till late at night and found that my parents had slept. I milked (my livestock) as usual and brought the milk vessel and stood at their heads, and I disliked to wake them up from their sleep, and I also disliked to give the milk to my children before my parents though my children were crying (from hunger) at my feet. So this state of mine and theirs continued till the day dawned. (O Allah!) If you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your pleasure, then please let there be an opening through which we can see the sky.' So Allah made for them an opening through which they could see the sky. Then the second person said, 'O Allah! I had a she-cousin whom I loved as much as a passionate man love a woman. I tried to seduce her but she refused till I paid her one-hundred Dinars So I worked hard till I collected one hundred Dinars and went to her with that But when I sat in between her legs (to have sexual intercourse with her), she said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah ! Do not deflower me except legally (by marriage contract). So I left her O Allah! If you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your pleasure then please let the rock move a little to have a (wider) opening.' So Allah shifted that rock to make the opening wider for them. And the last (third) person said 'O Allah ! I employed a laborer for wages equal to a Faraq (a certain measure: of rice, and when he had finished his job he demanded his wages, but when I presented his due to him, he gave it up and refused to take it. Then I kept on sowing that rice for him (several times) till managed to buy with the price of the yield, some cows and their shepherd Later on the laborer came to me an said. '(O Allah's slave!) Be afraid o Allah, and do not be unjust to me an give me my due.' I said (to him). 'Go and take those cows and their shepherd. So he took them and went away. (So, O Allah!) If You considered that I had done that for seeking Your pleasure, then please remove the remaining part of the rock.' And so Allah released them (from their difficulty).  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ يَتَمَاشَوْنَ أَخَذَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَمَالُوا إِلَى غَارٍ فِي الْجَبَلِ فَانْحَطَّتْ عَلَى فَمِ غَارِهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ فَأَطْبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ انْظُرُوا أَعْمَالاً عَمِلْتُمُوهَا لِلَّهِ صَالِحَةً فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ بِهَا لَعَلَّهُ يَفْرُجُهَا فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَلِي صِبْيَةٌ صِغَارٌ كُنْتُ أَرْعَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِذَا رُحْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَحَلَبْتُ بَدَأْتُ بِوَالِدَىَّ أَسْقِيهِمَا قَبْلَ وَلَدِي وَإِنَّهُ نَاءَ بِيَ الشَّجَرُ فَمَا أَتَيْتُ حَتَّى أَمْسَيْتُ فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا قَدْ نَامَا فَحَلَبْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ أَحْلُبُ فَجِئْتُ بِالْحِلاَبِ فَقُمْتُ عِنْدَ رُءُوسِهِمَا أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا مِنْ نَوْمِهِمَا وَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَبْدَأَ بِالصِّبْيَةِ قَبْلَهُمَا وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ قَدَمَىَّ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ ذَلِكَ دَأْبِي وَدَأْبَهُمْ حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ فَفَرَجَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ فُرْجَةً حَتَّى يَرَوْنَ مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ وَقَالَ الثَّانِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَتْ لِي ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ أُحِبُّهَا كَأَشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُّ الرِّجَالُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلَبْتُ إِلَيْهَا نَفْسَهَا فَأَبَتْ حَتَّى آتِيَهَا بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَسَعَيْتُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَلَقِيتُهَا بِهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَفْتَحِ الْخَاتَمَ فَقُمْتُ عَنْهَا اللَّهُمَّ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي قَدْ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا مِنْهَا فَفَرَجَ لَهُمْ فُرْجَةً وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقِ أَرُزٍّ فَلَمَّا قَضَى عَمَلَهُ قَالَ أَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَقَّهُ فَتَرَكَهُ وَرَغِبَ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَزْرَعُهُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرَاعِيَهَا فَجَاءَنِي فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَظْلِمْنِي وَأَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَقُلْتُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرَاعِيهَا فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَهْزَأْ بِي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لاَ أَهْزَأُ بِكَ فَخُذْ ذَلِكَ الْبَقَرَ وَرَاعِيَهَا فَأَخَذَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهَا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ مَا بَقِيَ فَفَرَجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ  

Three persons set out on a journey. They were overtaken by rain and they had to find protection in a mountain cave where at its mouth there fell a rock of that mountain and thus blocked them altogether. One of them said to the others: Look to your good deeds that you performed for the sake of Allah and then supplicate Allah, the Exalted, that He might rescue you (from this trouble). One of them said: 0 Allah, I had my parents who were old and my wife and my small children also. I tended the flock and when I came back to them in the evening, I milked them (the sheep, goats, cows, etc.) and first served that milk to my parents. One day I was obliged to go out to a distant place in search of fodder and I could not come back before evening and found them (the parents) asleep. I milked the animals as I used to milk and brought milk to them and stood by their heads avoiding to disturb them from sleep and I did not deem it advisable to serve milk to my children before serving them. My children wept near my feet. I remained there in that very state and my parents too until it was morning. And (0 Allah) if Thou art aware that I did this in order to seek Thine pleasure, grant us riddance from this trouble. (The rock slipped a bit) that they could see the sky. The second one said: 0 Allah, I had a female cousin whom I loved more than the men love the women. I wanted to have sexual intercourse with her; she refused but on the condition of getting one hundred dinirs. It was with very great difficulty that I could collect one hundred dinirs and then paid them to her and when I was going to have a sexual intercourse with her, that she said: Servant of Allah, fear Allah and do not break the seal (of chastity) but by lawful means. I got up. 0 Allah, if Thou art aware that I did this in order to seek Thine pleasure, rid us from this trouble. The situation was somewhat eased for them. The third one said: Allah, I employed a workman for a measure of rice. After he had finished his work I gave him his dues (in the form of) a measure of rice, but he did not accept them. I used these rice as seeds, and that gave a bumper crop and I became rich enough to have cows and flocks (in my possession). He came to me and said: Fear Allah, and commit no crueltv upon me in regard to my dues. I said to him: Takeaway this flock of cows and sheep. He said: Fear Allah and do not make a fun of me. I said: I am not making a fun of you. You take the cows and the flocks. So he took them. 0 Allah, if Thou art aware that I did it for Thine pleasure, case the situation for us. And Allah relieved them from the rest of the trouble.  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ يَتَمَشَّوْنَ أَخَذَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَأَوَوْا إِلَى غَارٍ فِي جَبَلٍ فَانْحَطَّتْ عَلَى فَمِ غَارِهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ فَانْطَبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ انْظُرُوا أَعْمَالاً عَمِلْتُمُوهَا صَالِحَةً لِلَّهِ فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بِهَا لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يَفْرُجُهَا عَنْكُمْ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَامْرَأَتِي وَلِيَ صِبْيَةٌ صِغَارٌ أَرْعَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِذَا أَرَحْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَلَبْتُ فَبَدَأْتُ بِوَالِدَىَّ فَسَقَيْتُهُمَا قَبْلَ بَنِيَّ وَأَنَّهُ نَأَى بِي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ الشَّجَرُ فَلَمْ آتِ حَتَّى أَمْسَيْتُ فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا قَدْ نَامَا فَحَلَبْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ أَحْلُبُ فَجِئْتُ بِالْحِلاَبِ فَقُمْتُ عِنْدَ رُءُوسِهِمَا أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا مِنْ نَوْمِهِمَا وَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَسْقِيَ الصِّبْيَةَ قَبْلَهُمَا وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ قَدَمَىَّ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ ذَلِكَ دَأْبِي وَدَأْبَهُمْ حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ فَفَرَجَ اللَّهُ مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً فَرَأَوْا مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَتْ لِيَ ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ أَحْبَبْتُهَا كَأَشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُّ الرِّجَالُ النِّسَاءَ وَطَلَبْتُ إِلَيْهَا نَفْسَهَا فَأَبَتْ حَتَّى آتِيَهَا بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَتَعِبْتُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَجِئْتُهَا بِهَا فَلَمَّا وَقَعْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَفْتَحِ الْخَاتَمَ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ عَنْهَا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً فَفَرَجَ لَهُمْ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقِ أَرُزٍّ فَلَمَّا قَضَى عَمَلَهُ قَالَ أَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَقَهُ فَرَغِبَ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَزْرَعُهُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرِعَاءَهَا فَجَاءَنِي فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَظْلِمْنِي حَقِّي قُلْتُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرِعَائِهَا فَخُذْهَا فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَسْتَهْزِئْ بِي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لاَ أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ خُذْ ذَلِكَ الْبَقَرَ وَرِعَاءَهَا فَأَخَذَهُ فَذَهَبَ بِهِ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا مَا بَقِيَ فَفَرَجَ اللَّهُ مَا بَقِيَ  

Send your son to my residence (to carry this haudaj), and my father said to me: Carry it (for him). So I carried it and there went along with him (with Abu Bakr) my father in order to fetch its price and he ('Azib) said to Abu Bakr: Abu Bakr, narrate to me what you both did on the night when you set out on a journey along with Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: We set out during the night and went on walking until it was noon, and the path was vacant and so none passed by that (until) there appeared prominently before us a large rock. It had its shade and the rays of the sun did not reach that place. So we got down at that place. I then went to the rock and levelled the ground with my hands at the place where the Prophet ﷺ would take rest under its shade. I then set the bedding and said: Messenger of Allah, go to sleep and I shall keep a watch around you. I went out and watched around him. There we saw a shepherd moving towards that rock with his flock and he intended what we intended (i. e. taking rest). I met him and said to him: Young boy, to which place do you belong? He said: I am a person from Medina. I said, is there any milk in the udders of your sheep and goats? He said: Yes. He took hold of a goat, and I said to him: Clean the udder well so that it should be free from hair, dust and impurity. I saw al-Bara' striking his hand upon the other (to give an indication) how he did that. He milked the goat for me in a wooden cup which he had with him and I had with me a bucket in which I kept water for drinking and for performing ablution. I came to Allah's Apostle ﷺ and did not like to awaken him from sleep but he was accidentally startled from the sleep. I poured water upon the milk (till It was cold) and I said: Messenger of Allah, take this milk. He then took It and I was delighted and he (the Holy Prophet) said: Is now not the time to march on? I said: Of course. So he marched on after the sun had passed the meridian and Suraqa b. Malik pursued us and we had been walking on soft, level ground. I said: Messenger of Allah, we are about to be overtaken by them. Thereupon he said: Be not grieved. Verily, Allah is with us. Then Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed him and his horse sank into the earth. I think he also said: I know you have hurled curse upon me. So supplicate Allah for me and I take an oath that I shall turn everyone away who would come in search of you. So he (Messenger of Allah) supplicated Allah and he was rescued and he came back and to everyone he met, he said: I have combed all this side. In short, he diverted everyone whom he met and he in fact fulfilled his promise.  

لِعَازِبٍ ابْعَثْ مَعِيَ ابْنَكَ يَحْمِلْهُ مَعِي إِلَى مَنْزِلِي فَقَالَ لِي أَبِي احْمِلْهُ فَحَمَلْتُهُ وَخَرَجَ أَبِي مَعَهُ يَنْتَقِدُ ثَمَنَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ حَدِّثْنِي كَيْفَ صَنَعْتُمَا لَيْلَةَ سَرَيْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ 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 بِيَدِي مَكَانًا يَنَامُ فِيهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي ظِلِّهَا ثُمَّ بَسَطْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرْوَةً ثُمَّ قُلْتُ نَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأَنَا أَنْفُضُ لَكَ مَا حَوْلَكَ فَنَامَ وَخَرَجْتُ أَنْفُضُ مَا حَوْلَهُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَاعِي غَنَمٍ مُقْبِلٍ بِغَنَمِهِ إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ يُرِيدُ مِنْهَا الَّذِي أَرَدْنَا فَلَقِيتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لِمَنْ أَنْتَ يَا غُلاَمُ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ قُلْتُ أَفِي غَنَمِكَ لَبَنٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ أَفَتَحْلُبُ لِي قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَخَذَ شَاةً فَقُلْتُ لَهُ انْفُضِ الضَّرْعَ مِنَ الشَّعَرِ وَالتُّرَابِ وَالْقَذَى قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَضْرِبُ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى الأُخْرَى يَنْفُضُ فَحَلَبَ لِي فِي قَعْبٍ مَعَهُ كُثْبَةً مِنْ لَبَنٍ قَالَ وَمَعِي إِدَاوَةٌ أَرْتَوِي فِيهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ لِيَشْرَبَ مِنْهَا وَيَتَوَضَّأَ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ 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 فِي جَلَدٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُتِينَا فَقَالَ لاَ تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَارْتَطَمَتْ فَرَسُهُ إِلَى بَطْنِهَا أُرَى فَقَالَ إِنِّي قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكُمَا قَدْ دَعَوْتُمَا عَلَىَّ فَادْعُوَا لِي 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  

I met Bilal, the Mu'adhdhin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at Aleppo, and said: Bilal, tell me, what was the financial position of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: He had nothing. It was I who managed it on his behalf since the day Allah made him Prophet of Allah ﷺ until he died. When a Muslim man came to him and he found him naked, he ordered me (to clothe him). I would go, borrow (some money), and purchase a cloak for him. I would then clothe him and feed him. A man from the polytheists met me and said: I am well off, Bilal. Do not borrow money from anyone except me. So I did accordingly. One day when I performed ablution and stood up to make call to prayer, the same polytheist came along with a body of merchants. When he saw me, he said: O Abyssinian. I said: I am at your service. He met me with unpleasant looks and said harsh words to me. He asked me: Do you know how many days remain in the completion of this month? I replied: The time is near. He said: Only four days remain in the completion of this month. I shall then take that which is due from you (i.e. loan), and then shall return you to tend the sheep as you did before. I began to think in my mind what people think in their minds (on such occasions). When I offered the night prayer, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to his family. I sought permission from him and he gave me permission. I said: Messenger of Allah, may my parents be sacrificed for you, the polytheist from whom I used to borrow money said to me such-and-such. Neither you nor I have anything to pay him for me, and he will disgrace me. So give me permission to run away to some of those tribes who have recently embraced Islam until Allah gives His Apostle ﷺ something with which he can pay (the debt) for me. So I came out and reached my house. I placed my sword, waterskin (or sheath), shoes and shield near my head. When dawn broke, I intended to be on my way. All of a sudden I saw a man running towards me and calling: Bilal, return to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So I went till I reached him. I found four mounts kneeling on the ground with loads on them. I sought permission. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: Be glad, Allah has made arrangements for the payment (of your debt). He then asked: Have you not seen the four mounts kneeling on the ground? I replied: Yes. He said: You may have these mounts and what they have on them. There are clothes and food on them, presented to me by the ruler of Fadak. Take them away and pay off your debt. I did so. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition. I then went to the mosque and found that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting there. I greeted him. He asked: What benefit did you have from your property? I replied: Allah Most High paid everything which was due from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Nothing remains now. He asked: Did anything remain (from that property)? I said: Yes. He said: Look, if you can give me some comfort from it, for I shall not visit any member of my family until you give me some comfort from it. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered the night prayer, he called me and said: What is the position of that which you had with you (i.e. property)? I said: I still have it, no one came to me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed the night in the mosque. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. Next day when he offered the night prayer, he called me and asked: What is the position of that which you had (i.e. the rest of the property)? I replied: Allah has given you comfort from it, Messenger of Allah. He said: Allah is Most Great, and praised Allah, fearing lest he should die while it was with him. I then followed him until he came to his wives and greeted each one of them and finally he came to his place where he had to pass the night. This is all for which you asked me.  

لَقِيتُ بِلاَلاً مُؤَذِّنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِحَلَبَ فَقُلْتُ يَا بِلاَلُ حَدِّثْنِي كَيْفَ كَانَتْ نَفَقَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا كَانَ لَهُ شَىْءٌ كُنْتُ أَنَا الَّذِي أَلِي ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ مُنْذُ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَنْ تُوُفِّيَ وَكَانَ إِذَا أَتَاهُ الإِنْسَانُ مُسْلِمًا فَرَآهُ عَارِيًا يَأْمُرُنِي فَأَنْطَلِقُ فَأَسْتَقْرِضُ فَأَشْتَرِي لَهُ الْبُرْدَةَ فَأَكْسُوهُ وَأُطْعِمُهُ حَتَّى اعْتَرَضَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ يَا بِلاَلُ إِنَّ عِنْدِي سَعَةً فَلاَ تَسْتَقْرِضْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلاَّ مِنِّي فَفَعَلْتُ فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ تَوَضَّأْتُ ثُمَّ قُمْتُ لأُؤَذِّنَ بِالصَّلاَةِ فَإِذَا الْمُشْرِكُ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ فِي عِصَابَةٍ مِنَ التُّجَّارِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ رَآنِي قَالَ يَا حَبَشِيُّ قُلْتُ يَا لَبَّاهُ فَتَجَهَّمَنِي وَقَالَ لِي قَوْلاً غَلِيظًا وَقَالَ لِي أَتَدْرِي كَمْ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الشَّهْرِ قَالَ قُلْتُ قَرِيبٌ قَالَ إِنَّمَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ أَرْبَعٌ فَآخُذُكَ بِالَّذِي عَلَيْكَ فَأَرُدُّكَ تَرْعَى الْغَنَمَ كَمَا كُنْتَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَخَذَ فِي نَفْسِي مَا يَأْخُذُ فِي أَنْفُسِ النَّاسِ حَتَّى إِذَا صَلَّيْتُ الْعَتَمَةَ رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَذِنَ لِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي إِنَّ الْمُشْرِكَ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَتَدَيَّنُ مِنْهُ قَالَ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ مَا تَقْضِي عَنِّي وَلاَ عِنْدِي وَهُوَ فَاضِحِي فَأْذَنْ لِي أَنْ آبِقَ إِلَى بَعْضِ هَؤُلاَءِ الأَحْيَاءِ الَّذِينَ قَدْ أَسْلَمُوا حَتَّى يَرْزُقَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ ﷺ مَا يَقْضِي عَنِّي فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيْتُ مَنْزِلِي فَجَعَلْتُ سَيْفِي وَجِرَابِي وَنَعْلِي وَمِجَنِّي عِنْدَ رَأْسِي حَتَّى إِذَا انْشَقَّ عَمُودُ الصُّبْحِ الأَوَّلِ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَنْطَلِقَ فَإِذَا إِنْسَانٌ يَسْعَى يَدْعُو يَا بِلاَلُ أَجِبْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا أَرْبَعُ رَكَائِبَ مُنَاخَاتٍ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَحْمَالُهُنَّ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبْشِرْ فَقَدْ جَاءَكَ اللَّهُ بِقَضَائِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَمْ تَرَ الرَّكَائِبَ الْمُنَاخَاتِ الأَرْبَعَ فَقُلْتُ بَلَى فَقَالَ إِنَّ لَكَ رِقَابَهُنَّ وَمَا عَلَيْهِنَّ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِنَّ كِسْوَةً وَطَعَامًا أَهْدَاهُنَّ إِلَىَّ عَظِيمُ فَدَكَ فَاقْبِضْهُنَّ وَاقْضِ دَيْنَكَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَاعِدٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا فَعَلَ مَا قِبَلَكَ قُلْتُ قَدْ قَضَى اللَّهُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ كَانَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَبْقَ شَىْءٌ قَالَ أَفَضَلَ شَىْءٌ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ انْظُرْ أَنْ تُرِيحَنِي مِنْهُ فَإِنِّي لَسْتُ بِدَاخِلٍ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِي حَتَّى تُرِيحَنِي مِنْهُ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعَتَمَةَ دَعَانِي فَقَالَ مَا فَعَلَ الَّذِي قِبَلَكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ هُوَ مَعِي لَمْ يَأْتِنَا أَحَدٌ فَبَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَقَصَّ الْحَدِيثَ حَتَّى إِذَا صَلَّى الْعَتَمَةَ يَعْنِي مِنَ الْغَدِ دَعَانِي قَالَ مَا فَعَلَ الَّذِي قِبَلَكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ قَدْ أَرَاحَكَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَكَبَّرَ وَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ شَفَقًا مِنْ أَنْ يُدْرِكَهُ الْمَوْتُ وَعِنْدَهُ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ اتَّبَعْتُهُ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ أَزْوَاجَهُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ امْرَأَةٍ حَتَّى أَتَى مَبِيتَهُ فَهَذَا الَّذِي سَأَلْتَنِي عَنْهُ  

Abu Bakr bought a saddle from ‘Azib for thirteen dirhams, then Abu Bakr said to 'Azib. Tell al-Bara to carry it to my house. He said: No, not until you tell us what happened when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out and you were with him. Abu Bakr said: We started our journey at the beginning of the night and we hastened for one day and one night, until it was midday. I looked into the distance to see whether there was anywhere to seek shade, and I saw a rock, so I went to it and it had a little shade. I smoothed the ground for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and spread a garment of camel hair for him, and said: Lie down and rest, O Messenger of Allah. So he lay down, and I went out to see if I could spot anyone looking for us. Then I saw a shepherd and I said: Who do you belong to, O boy? He said: To a man of Quraish. He mentioned his name and I recognised it. I said: Is there any milk in your sheep? He said: Yes | said: Will you milk some for me? He said: Yes. I told him to do that, so he caught a sheep, then I told him to brush the dust from its teat, then to brush the dust off his hands. I had a small vessel with me on the neck of which was a cloth. He milked a little bit of milk for me and I poured it into the vessel until it cooled down. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When I reached him, he had already woken up. I said: Drink, O Messenger of Allah. He drank until I was pleased, then I said: Is it time to move on? So we moved on and the people were coming after us but none of them caught up with us except Suraqah bin Malik bin Ju'shum, who was riding a horse of his, I said: O Messenger of Allah, someone has caught up with us. He said: ʿDo not be afraid, for Allah is with us.ʿ When he got close to us, and there was no more between us and him then the length of a spear or two or three spears, I said: O Messenger of Allah, this pursuer has caught up with us, and I wept. He said: ʿWhy are you weeping?ʿ I said: I am not weeping for myself; rather I am weeping for you. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed against him [the pursuer] and said: “O Allah, protect us from him by whatever means You will.” Then his horse's legs sank into the solid ground up to its belly, and he fell off it. He said: O Muhammad, I know that this is because of you; pray to Allah to save me from my predicament, and by Allah I shall divert away from you any one who is behind me of those who are seeking you. Here is my quiver, take one arrow. You are going to pass by some camels and sheep of mine in such and such a place, take whatever you need from thern. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿI have no need of it.“ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for him and he was released, and he went back to his companions. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I continued on our way until we came to Madinah, where the people met him. They came out on the road and on the roofs, and a lot of servants and children crowded the road saying: Allahu Akbar, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has come, Muhammad has come. The people disputed as to who he would stay with. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿTonight I will stay with Banun-Najjar, the maternal uncles of 'Abdul-Muttalib, to honour them thereby.” The next morning, he went where he was instructed. Al-Bara' bin 'Azib said: The first of the Muhajireen to come to us was Mus'ab bin 'Umair, the brother of Banu 'Abdud-Dar. Then Ibn Umm Maktoom, the blind man and brother of Banu Fihr, came to us. Then 'Umar bin al-Khattab, came to us with twenty riders and we said: What happened to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: He is behind me. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and Abu Bakr was with him. Al-Bara said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not come until I had read some soorahs from al-Mufassal [Al-Mufassal is that portion of the Qur'an which goes from Qaf to an-Nas]. Isra'eel said: al-Bara' was one of the Ansar from Banu Harithah.  

اشْتَرَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ مِنْ عَازِبٍ سَرْجًا بِثَلاثَةَ عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِعَازِبٍ مُرِ الْبَرَاءَ فَلْيَحْمِلْهُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي فَقَالَ لَا حَتَّى تُحَدِّثَنَا كَيْفَ صَنَعْتَ حِينَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنْتَ مَعَهُ؟قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ خَرَجْنَا فَأَدْلَجْنَا فَأَحْثَثْنَا يَوْمَنَا وَلَيْلَتَنَا حَتَّى أَظْهَرْنَا وَقَامَ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ فَضَرَبْتُ بِبَصَرِي هَلْ أَرَى ظِلًّا نَأْوِي إِلَيْهِ؟ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِصَخْرَةٍ فَأَهْوَيْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا بَقِيَّةُ ظِلِّهَا فَسَوَّيْتُهُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَفَرَشْتُ لَهُ فَرْوَةً وَقُلْتُ اضْطَجِعْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَاضْطَجَعَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ أَنْظُرُ هَلْ أَرَى أَحَدًا مِنَ الطَّلَبِ؟ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَاعِي غَنَمٍ فَقُلْتُ لِمَنْ أَنْتَ يَا غُلامُ؟ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَسَمَّاهُ فَعَرَفْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ هَلْ فِي غَنَمِكَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ قُلْتُ هَلْ أَنْتَ حَالِبٌ لِي؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَمَرْتُهُ فَاعْتَقَلَ شَاةً مِنْهَا ثُمَّ أَمَرْتُهُ فَنَفَضَ ضَرْعَهَا مِنَ الْغُبَارِ ثُمَّ أَمَرْتُهُ فَنَفَضَ كَفَّيْهِ مِنَ الْغُبَارِ وَمَعِي إِدَاوَةٌ عَلَى فَمِهَا خِرْقَةٌ فَحَلَبَ لِي كُثْبَةً مِنَ اللَّبَنِ فَصَبَبْتُ عَلَى الْقَدَحِ حَتَّى بَرَدَ أَسْفَلُهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺفَوَافَيْتُهُ وَقَدِ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَقُلْتُ اشْرَبْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَضِيتُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ هَلْ أَنَى الرَّحِيلُ قَالَ فَارْتَحَلْنَا وَالْقَوْمُ يَطْلُبُونَا فَلَمْ يُدْرِكْنَا أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لَهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا الطَّلَبُ قَدْ لَحِقَنَا فَقَالَ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَنَا حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَا مِنَّا فَكَانَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُ قَدْرُ رُمْحٍ أَوْ رُمْحَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاثَةٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا الطَّلَبُ قَدْ لَحِقَنَا وَبَكَيْتُ قَالَ لِمَ تَبْكِي؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَمَا وَاللهِ مَا عَلَى نَفْسِي أَبْكِي وَلَكِنْ أَبْكِي عَلَيْكَ قَالَ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ اكْفِنَاهُ بِمَا شِئْتَ فَسَاخَتْ قَوَائِمُ فَرَسِهِ إِلَى بَطْنِهَا فِي أَرْضٍ صَلْدٍ وَوَثَبَ عَنْهَا وَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا عَمَلُكَ فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُنْجِّيَنِي مِمَّا أَنَا فِيهِ فَوَاللهِ لَأُعَمِّيَنَّ عَلَى مَنْ وَرَائِي مِنَ الطَّلَبِ وَهَذِهِ كِنَانَتِي فَخُذْ مِنْهَا سَهْمًا فَإِنَّكَ سَتَمُرُّ بِإِبِلِي وَغَنَمِي فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَخُذْ مِنْهَا حَاجَتَكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهَا قَالَ وَدَعَا لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُطْلِقَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِوَمَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَتَلَقَّاهُ النَّاسُ فَخَرَجُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ وَعَلَى الْأَجَاجِيرِ فَاشْتَدَّ الْخَدَمُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ يَقُولُونَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ وَتَنَازَعَالْقَوْمُ أَيُّهُمْ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْزِلُ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى بَنِي النَّجَّارِ أَخْوَالِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لِأُكْرِمَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ غَدَا حَيْثُ أُمِرَقَالَ الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ أَوَّلُ مَنْ كَانَ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ أَخُو بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ ثُمَّ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ الْأَعْمَى أَخُو بَنِي فِهْرٍ ثُمَّ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي عِشْرِينَ رَاكِبًا فَقُلْنَا مَا فَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ هُوَ عَلَى أَثَرِي ثُمَّ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَعَهُقَالَ الْبَرَاءُ وَلَمْ يَقْدَمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى قَرَأْتُ سُوَرًا مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ قَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَكَانَ الْبَرَاءُ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ بَنِي حَارِثَةَ  

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , it is narrated that three people from the past generation went to visit their families. However, the sky closed in upon them and they sought refuge in a cave. A rock fell from above and blocked the entrance of the cave, leaving only a small gap. One of them said to the others, "The rock has fallen and no one knows our whereabouts except Allah. So, invoke Allah by your best actions." One of them said, "O Allah, if You know that I had two elderly parents, and I used to provide them with milk before my children and wife, and one day I could not find any milk for them until they had fallen asleep. When I came to them, I found them asleep. I hated to disturb their sleep by removing their mouths from my breasts, so I waited for their awakening. O Allah, if You know that I have done this for the sake of Your mercy and out of fear of Your punishment, then relieve us of our distress." One-third of the rock was removed. Another person said, "O Allah, if You know that I employed a worker and he completed his work except for a small part of it, and then he asked me for his wages, but I became angry and withheld his wages. Then, instead of paying him, I invested his wages, which multiplied until they became a huge amount. Now, he has come to me asking for his wages. O Allah, if You know that I have done this for the sake of Your mercy and out of fear of Your punishment, then relieve us of our distress." Another one-third of the rock was removed. The third person said, "O Allah, if You know that I had strong desire for a woman, and I requested her favors until she agreed, but she said, 'Fear Allah and do not break His covenant.' I abandoned what I desired and let her go. O Allah, if You know that I have done this for the sake of Your mercy and out of fear of Your punishment, then relieve us of our distress." The rock was then completely removed, and they exited the cave walking openly.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ فِيمَا سَلَفَ مِنَ النَّاسِ انْطَلَقُوا يَرْتَادُونَ لِأَهْلِهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ السَّمَاءُ فَدَخَلُوا غَارًا فَسَقَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَجَرٌ مُتَجَافٍ حَتَّى مَا يَرَوْنَ مِنْهُ حُصَاصَةً فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ قَدْ وَقَعَ الْحَجَرُ وَعَفَا الْأَثَرُ وَلَا يَعْلَمُ بِمَكَانِكُمْ إِلَّا اللهُ فَادْعُوا اللهَ بِأَوْثَقِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ فَكُنْتُ أَحْلِبُ لَهُمَا فِي إِنَائِهِمَا فَآتِيهُمَا فَإِذَا وَجَدْتُهُمَا رَاقِدَيْنِ قُمْتُ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمَا كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ أَرُدَّ سِنَتَهُمَا فِي رُءُوسِهِمَا حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَا مَتَى اسْتَيْقَظَا اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا قَالَ فَزَالَ ثُلُثُ الْحَجَرِ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا عَلَىعَمَلٍ يَعْمَلُهُ فَأَتَانِي يَطْلُبُ أَجْرَهُ وَأَنَا غَضْبَانُ فَزَبَرْتُهُ فَانْطَلَقَ فَتَرَكَ أَجْرَهُ ذَلِكَ فَجَمَعْتُهُ وَثَمَّرْتُهُ حَتَّى كَانَ مِنْهُ كُلُّ الْمَالِ فَأَتَانِي يَطْلُبُ أَجْرَهُ فَدَفَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَمْ أُعْطِهِ إِلَّا أَجْرَهُ الْأَوَّلَ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا قَالَ فَزَالَ ثُلُثَا الْحَجَرِ وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ أَعْجَبَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَجَعَلَ لَهَا جُعْلًا فَلَمَّا قَدَرَ عَلَيْهَا وَقَّرَ لَهَا نَفْسَهَا وَسَلَّمَ لَهَا جُعْلَهَا اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا فَزَالَ الْحَجَرُ وَخَرَجُوا مَعَانِيقَ يَتَمَاشَوْنَ  

[Machine] "And about some of the companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, it is narrated: When the angels came out from Ibrahim, peace be upon him, towards the city of Lut and reached the river of Sodom, they met the daughter of Lut, who was fetching water for her family. Lut's daughters were two in number. They said to her, 'O girl, is there any house nearby? She replied, 'Yes, your place is not far, but do not enter until I bring you what you need.' Then she went to her father and said, 'O my father, there are young men standing at the gate of the city. I have never seen such beautiful faces before. Your people should not see them, as they may harm them. Your people have been forbidden from hosting anyone until they said, 'Give us your guests so that we can harass them.' Nobody here, except the household of Lut, knows where they are. His wife went out and informed her people, saying, 'Indeed, there are men inside Lut's house whose faces I have never seen before.' So, Lut's people hurried towards him. When they came to him, he said, 'O my people, fear Allah and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a single reasonable man? These are my daughters, they are purer for you. So, fear Allah and do not humiliate me in front of my guests.' They said, 'You know that we have no right in your daughters, and indeed, you know what we want.' When they failed to persuade him, he said, 'If only I had power against you or could take refuge in a strong support.' Then Jibril extended his wings, covering the sight of their eyes, and they went out stumbling, unable to see one another. They were saying, 'This is their plan. Verily, in the house of Lut, there is magic.' This is the saying of Allah, the Almighty, 'And indeed, they sought to tempt him away from his guests, but We blinded their eyes.' And they said, 'O Lut, indeed, we are messengers of your Lord. They will never reach you, so travel with your family in the cover of the night, and let not any among you look back except your wife. Indeed, she will be struck by what strikes them. So, proceed as you are commanded.' Then Allah led them to safety towards the land of Shaam. Lut said, 'Destroying them will take only a moment.' They replied, 'We have not been commanded to destroy them except at the break of dawn. Is not the morning near?' When morning came, Lut and his family left, except for his wife. This is the saying of Allah, the Almighty, 'Except the family of Lut; We will save them all, except his wife, who will be among those who remain.'  

وَعَنْ أُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَرْفُوعًا قَالَ لَمَّا خَرَجَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ عِنْدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ نَحْوَ قَرْيَةِ لُوطٍ وَأَتَوْهَا نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغُوا نَهَرَ سَدُومٍ لَقَوُا ابْنَةَ لُوطٍ تَسْتَقِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ لِأَهْلِهَا وَكَانَ لَهُ ابْنَتَانِ فَقَالُوا لَهَا يَا جَارِيَةُ هَلْ مِنْ مَنْزِلٍ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ مَكَانَكُمْ لَا تَدْخُلُوا حَتَّى آتِيَكُمْ فَأَتَتْ أَبَاهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَتَاهُ أَدْرِكْ فِتْيَانًا عَلَى بَابِ الْمَدِينَةِ مَا رَأَيْتُ وُجُوهَ قَوْمٍ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهُمْ لَا يَأْخُذُهُمْ قَوْمُكَ فَيَفْضَحُوهُمْ وَقَدْ كَانَ قَوْمُهُ نَهَوْهُ أَنْ يُضِيفَ رَجُلًا حَتَّى قَالُوا حَلَّ عَلَيْنَا فَلْيُضَيِّفِ الرِّجَالَ فَجَاءَهُمْ وَلَمْ يُعْلِمْ أَحَدًا إِلَّا بَيْتَ أَهْلِ لُوطٍ فَخَرَجَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فَأَخْبَرَتْ قَوْمَهُ قَالَتْ إِنَّ فِي بَيْتِ لُوطٍ رِجَالًا مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ وُجُوهِهِمْ قَطُّ فَجَاءَهُ قَوْمُهُ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا أَتَوْهُ قَالَ لَهُمْ لُوطٌ «يَا قَوْمِ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ فِي ضَيْفِي أَلَيْسَ مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ رُشَيْدٌ هَؤُلَاءِ بَنَاتِي هُنَّ أَطْهُرُ لَكُمْ مِمَّا تُرِيدُونَ» قَالُوا لَهُ أَوَ لَمْ نَنْهَكَ إِنْ تُضَيِّفَ الرِّجَالَ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ مَا لَنَا فِي بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقٍّ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَقْبَلُوا مِنْهُ مَا عَرَضَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ «لَوْ أَنَّ لِيَ بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ آوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ» يَقُولُ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ «لَوْ أَنَّ لِي أَنْصَارًا يَنْصُرُونِي عَلَيْكُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَةً تَمْنَعُنِي مِنْكُمْ لَحَالَتْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا جِئْتُمْ تُرِيدُونَهُ مِنْ أَضْيَافِي» وَلَمَّا قَالَ لُوطٌ لَوْ أَنَّ لِيَ بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ آوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ بَسَطَ حِينَئِذٍ جِبْرِيلُ جَنَاحَيْهِ فَفَقَأَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ وَخَرَجُوا يَدُوسُ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي آثَارِ بَعْضٍ عُمْيَانًا يَقُولُونَ النَّجَا النَّجَا فَإِنَّ فِي بَيْتِ لُوطٍ أَسْحَرَ قَوْمٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ ﷻ {وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَنْ ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ} [القمر 37] وَقَالُوا يَا لُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَنْ يَصِلُوا إِلَيْكَ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطِعٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا امْرَأَتُكَ فَاتَّبِعْ آثَارَ أَهْلِكَ يَقُولُ «وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ فَأَخْرَجَهُمُ اللَّهُ إِلَى الشَّامِ» وَقَالَ لُوطٌ أَهْلِكُوهُمُ السَّاعَةَ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا لَمْ نُؤْمَرْ إِلَّا بِالصُّبْحِ أَلَيْسَ الصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَ السَّحَرُ خَرَجَ لُوطٌ وَأَهْلُهُ عَدَا امْرَأَتِهِ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ ﷻ {إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ نَجَّيْنَاهُمْ بِسَحَرٍ} [القمر 34]  

[Machine] He informed him that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left Mecca as a migrant to Medina, the Quraysh tribe made a reward of one hundred camels for whoever returned him. He said, "While I was sitting in my tribe's assembly, a man from us came and said, 'By Allah, I saw three individuals pass by hurriedly, and I think one of them is Muhammad.' I gestured to him to be silent and said, 'They are from the Banu Fulan, following some stray camels.' He said, 'Perhaps.' Then he fell silent. I stayed for a while and then got up and ordered my horse to be tied to the bottom of the valley. I removed my weapon from behind my room and put on my armor. Then I took my spear, which I use for oaths, and wore it. I called my people and said, 'The one I dislike has come out, but it will not harm him.' I hoped to capture him and take the one hundred camels. I rode on their trail, but as my horse picked up its pace, it stumbled and I fell off. I took out my spear and made an oath. The arrow that I dislike came out, so I was determined to follow him. I mounted my horse and when the people appeared before me, my horse stumbled again and his hands fell to the ground. I fell and he picked up his hands, which emitted smoke, like ashes. I realized that he had been prevented from me and that he was apparent. I called to them and said, 'Look at me, and by Allah, I do not suspect you or dislike anything in you.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Tell me, what do you seek?' I said, 'Write for me a document between me and you, as a sign.' He said, 'Write, O Abu Bakr.' So he wrote it for me and handed it to me. I returned and remained silent, not mentioning anything that happened until Allah granted victory to His Messenger in Mecca and after the conquest of Hunayn. I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with the document he wrote for me. While I was going towards him, I passed by a group of Ansar soldiers. They shook their spears and said, 'To you, to you!' When I approached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on his camel, I looked at his legs tied to the saddle, and it seemed as if they were burning. I pushed my hand forward with the document and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, this is your document.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'On a day of fulfillment and good deeds, approach.'" So I converted.  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَكَّةَ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ جَعَلَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِمَنْ رَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِائَةَ نَاقَةٍ قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي نَادِي قَوْمِي جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَكَبَةً ثَلَاثَةً مَرُّوا عَلَيَّ آنِفًا إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهُ مُحَمَّدًا قَالَ فَأَوْمَأَتُ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ اسْكُتْ وَقُلْتُ إِنَّمَا هُمْ بَنُو فُلَانٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ضَالَّةً لَهُمْ قَالَ لَعَلَّهُ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ فَمَكَثْتُ قَلِيلًا وَقُمْتُ فَأَمَرْتُ بِفَرَسِي فَقِيدَ إِلَى بَطْنِ الْوَادِي فَأَخْرَجَتُ سِلَاحِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ حُجْرَتِي ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ قِدَاحِي الَّتِي أَسْتَقْسِمُ بِهَا ثُمَّ لَبِسْتُ لَأْمَتِي ثُمَّ أَخْرَجْتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِهَا وَقَالَ فَخَرَجَ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ وَكُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ أَرُدَّهُ فَآخُذَ الْمِائَةَ النَّاقَةَ فَرَكِبْتُ عَلَى أَثَرِهِمْ فَبَيْنَمَا فَرَسِي يَشْتَدُّ بِي عَثَرَ فَسَقَطْتُ عَنْهُ فَأَخْرَجَتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ فَخَرَجَ السَّهْمُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ فَأَبَيْتُ إِلَّا أَنْ أَتَّبِعَهُ فَرَكِبْتُهُ فَلَمَّا بَدَا لِيَ الْقَوْمُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ عَثَرَ بِي فَرَسِي وَذَهَبَتْ يَدَاهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَسَقَطْتُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ وَأَتْبَعَهَا دُخَانٌ مِثْلُ الْعُثَانِ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مُنِعَ مِنِّي وَأَنَّهُ ظَاهِرٌ فَنَادَيْتُهُمْ فَقُلْتُ أَنْظِرُونِي فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَا أَرِيبُكُمْ وَلَا يَبْدَؤُكُمْ مِنِّي شَيْءٌ تَكْرَهُونَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْ لَهُ مَاذَا يَبْتَغِي؟ فَقُلْتُ اكْتُبْ لِي كِتَابًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ آيَةً قَالَ «اكْتُبْ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ» قَالَ فَكَتَبَ لِي ثُمَّ أَلْقَاهَا إِلَيَّ فَرَجَعْتُ فَسَكَتُّ فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ شَيْئًا مِمَّا كَانَ حَتَّى إِذَا فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مَكَّةَ وَفَرَغَ مِنْ أَهْلِ حُنَيْنٍ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعِيَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي كَتَبَ لِي قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا عَامِدٌ لَهُ دَخَلْتُ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَيْ كَتِيبَةٍ مِنْ كَتَائِبِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَطَفِقُوا يَقْرَعُونِي بِالرِّمَاحِ وَيَقُولُونَ إِلَيْكَ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَوْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سَاقَيْهِ فِي غَرْزِهِ كَأَنَّهَا جُمَّارَةٌ فَدَفَعْتُ يَدِي بِالْكِتَابِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا كِتَابُكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَوْمُ وَفَاءٍ وَبِرٍّ ادْنُهْ» فَأَسْلَمْتُ  

[Machine] He informed him that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left Mecca migrating to Medina, Quraysh offered a hundred camels to anyone who brought him back. He said, while I was sitting in my tribe's gathering, a man from us came and said, "By Allah, I saw three riders pass by me and I suspect that it was Muhammad." I motioned to him to be quiet and said, "They are surely the sons of so-and-so following a lost camel of theirs." He said, "Maybe." Then he remained silent for a while and I got up and commanded my horse to be tied to the bottom of the valley. I took my weapons from behind my room, then I wore it for my people. Then I took my weapons out and wore it, and he said, "The arrow that I hate, will never harm him." I did not want to leave him, so I commanded my horse and I followed their tracks. As they appeared to me, my horse stumbled and I fell off it. I got out my weapons and wore it again, and the arrow that I hated came out unharmed. I shouted to them and said, "Look at me, by Allah, I do not doubt you, and there is nothing from me that you despise." The Messenger of Allah said to him, "Tell him what he wants." So I said, "Write me a document between you and me." He said, "Write, O Abu Bakr." So he wrote it for me and threw it to me. Then I returned and remained silent and did not mention anything of what had happened until when Allah opened Mecca for his Messenger and finished with Hunain, I went out to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I had with me the book that he wrote for me. He said, while I was walking him, I entered between a group of Ansar's groups, and they shook me with their spears and said, "To you, to you." Until when I approached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on his camel, I looked at his legs and saw them tied as if they were shackles, so I pushed my hand with the book and said, "O Messenger of Allah, this is your book." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "On the day of loyalty and righteousness." So I embraced Islam.  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَكَّةَ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ جَعَلَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِمَنْ رَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِائَةَ نَاقَةٍ قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي نَادِي قَوْمِي جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَكَبَةً ثَلَاثَةً مَرُّوا عَلَيَّ آنِفًا إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهُ مُحَمَّدًا قَالَ فَأَوْمَأَتُ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ اسْكُتْ وَقُلْتُ إِنَّمَا هُمْ بَنُو فُلَانٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ضَالَّةً لَهُمْ قَالَ لَعَلَّهُ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ فَمَكَثْتُ قَلِيلًا وَقُمْتُ فَأَمَرْتُ بِفَرَسِي فَقِيدَ إِلَى بَطْنِ الْوَادِي فَأَخْرَجَتُ سِلَاحِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ حُجْرَتِي ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ قِدَاحِي الَّتِي أَسْتَقْسِمُ بِهَا ثُمَّ لَبِسْتُ لَأْمَتِي ثُمَّ أَخْرَجْتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِهَا وَقَالَ فَخَرَجَ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ وَكُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ أَرُدَّهُ فَآخُذَ الْمِائَةَ النَّاقَةَ فَرَكِبْتُ عَلَى أَثَرِهِمْ فَبَيْنَمَا فَرَسِي يَشْتَدُّ بِي عَثَرَ فَسَقَطْتُ عَنْهُ فَأَخْرَجَتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ فَخَرَجَ السَّهْمُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ فَأَبَيْتُ إِلَّا أَنْ أَتَّبِعَهُ فَرَكِبْتُهُ فَلَمَّا بَدَا لِيَ الْقَوْمُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ عَثَرَ بِي فَرَسِي وَذَهَبَتْ يَدَاهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَسَقَطْتُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ وَأَتْبَعَهَا دُخَانٌ مِثْلُ الْعُثَانِ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مُنِعَ مِنِّي وَأَنَّهُ ظَاهِرٌ فَنَادَيْتُهُمْ فَقُلْتُ أَنْظِرُونِي فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَا أَرِيبُكُمْ وَلَا يَبْدَؤُكُمْ مِنِّي شَيْءٌ تَكْرَهُونَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْ لَهُ مَاذَا يَبْتَغِي؟ فَقُلْتُ اكْتُبْ لِي كِتَابًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ آيَةً قَالَ «اكْتُبْ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ» قَالَ فَكَتَبَ لِي ثُمَّ أَلْقَاهَا إِلَيَّ فَرَجَعْتُ فَسَكَتُّ فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ شَيْئًا مِمَّا كَانَ حَتَّى إِذَا فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مَكَّةَ وَفَرَغَ مِنْ أَهْلِ حُنَيْنٍ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعِيَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي كَتَبَ لِي قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا عَامِدٌ لَهُ دَخَلْتُ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَيْ كَتِيبَةٍ مِنْ كَتَائِبِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَطَفِقُوا يَقْرَعُونِي بِالرِّمَاحِ وَيَقُولُونَ إِلَيْكَ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَوْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سَاقَيْهِ فِي غَرْزِهِ كَأَنَّهَا جُمَّارَةٌ فَدَفَعْتُ يَدِي بِالْكِتَابِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا كِتَابُكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَوْمُ وَفَاءٍ وَبِرٍّ ادْنُهْ» فَأَسْلَمْتُ  

[Machine] We were on a journey with the Prophet ﷺ, and we traveled throughout the night until we reached the end of the night before dawn. We had an encounter, and there is no better encounter for a traveler than it. We were only awakened by the heat of the sun, as it was the first time Bilal had awakened, followed by others. Umar ibn al-Khattab was the last to wake up. When the Prophet ﷺ slept, no one would wake him up until he woke up himself, because we did not know what would happen to him in his sleep. When Umar woke up and saw what had happened to the people, he became very upset and raised his voice in takbeer (saying Allahu Akbar). He continued to say takbeer and raise his voice until he woke up the Prophet ﷺ with his voice. The people complained to him about what had happened to them, and he said, "Do not worry, continue the journey." So we continued the journey, and soon after that, we stopped and the Prophet ﷺ called for wudu. He performed wudu and then the call to prayer was made, and he prayed with the people. He prolonged his prayer, and when a man wanted to leave, he did not pray with the people. The Prophet ﷺ asked him why he did not pray with the people, and he said it was because he had janabah (sexual impurity) and no water. The Prophet ﷺ told him to go to the nearby irrigated land (sa'id), as it would be sufficient for him. Then the people complained to him about thirst, so we stopped again and he called a man named Abu Raja' and called Ali. He told them to go and search for water, so they set off and met a woman with two water containers on a camel. They approached her and asked for water, and she said she had made a promise about the water until that time. They told her to go, and she asked where to go, and they said to the Prophet ﷺ. She asked if it was the one they called As-Saabi', and they confirmed. So she went with them to the Prophet ﷺ and told him what had happened. He called for a vessel and placed the water containers in it, then he rinsed his mouth and returned the water to the container, and then he repeated it with the water containers. Then he tied the mouths of the containers and let the water flow, and called out to the people to drink and quench their thirst. He gave the one who had janabah his portion and told him to pour the remaining water on himself. By Allah, she was still standing, watching what he was doing with her water. It seemed to us that they were even more amazed than she was. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Gather for her whatever is between a jar and a sa'iqa and a handful." So they gathered food for her in a garment and placed it in front of her. The Prophet ﷺ told her, "You know, by Allah, we did not take anything from your water, but it was Allah who provided it for us." She went to her people, who were waiting for her, and they asked her why she had been delayed. She said, "By Allah, I have never seen people like them before. Either they are sorcerers, or he is truly the messenger of Allah ﷺ." The Muslims would change places with those around her who were polytheists and would not be struck by the drought that followed. One day, she asked her people if they were interested in Islam, and they obediently went and all embraced Islam.  

كُنَّا فِي سَفَرٍ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسِرْنَا لَيْلَةً حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ قُبَيْلَ الصُّبْحِ وَقَعْنَا تِلْكَ الْوَقْعَةَ وَلَا وَقْعَةَ أَحْلَى عِنْدَ الْمُسَافِرِ مِنْهَا فَمَا أَيْقَظَنَا إِلَّا حُرُّ الشَّمْسِ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ اسْتَيْقَظَ بِلَالٌ ثُمَّ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ وَسَمَّاهُمْ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَامَ لَا يُوقِظُهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَسْتَيْقِظُ لَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِي مَا يَحْدُثُ لَهُ فِي نَوْمِهِ فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْقَظَ عُمَرُ وَرَأَى مَا أَصَابَ النَّاسَ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا جَلِيدًا فَكَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ بِالتَّكْبِيرِ فَمَا زَالَ يُكَبِّرُ وَيَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهُ حَتَّى اسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِصَوْتِهِ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ الْقَوْمُ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ قَالَ «لَا ضَيْرَ ارْتَحِلُوا» فَارْتَحَلَ فَسَارَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ نُودِي بِالصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ وَانْفَتَلَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ لَمْ يُصَلِّ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا مَنَعَكَ يَا فُلَانُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ؟» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَصَابَتْنِي جَنَابَةٌ وَلَا مَاءَ قَالَ «عَلَيْكَ بِالصَّعِيدِ فَإِنَّهُ يَكْفِيكَ» ثُمَّ سَارَ فَاشْتَكَى النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ الْعَطَشَ فَنَزَلَ فَدَعَا فُلَانًا قَدْ سَمَّاهُ أَبُو رَجَاءٍ فَدَعَا عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ لَهُمَا «اذْهَبَا فَابْغِيَا الْمَاءَ» فَانْطَلَقَا فَيَسْتَقْبِلانِ امْرَأَةً بَيْنَ سَطِيحَتَيْنِ أَوْ مَزَادَتَيْنِ مِنْ مَاءٍ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لَهَا فَانْطَلَقَا فَقَالَا لَهَا الْمَاءُ فَقَالَتْ عَهْدِي بِهِ أَمْسُ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ فَقَالَا لَهَا انْطَلِقِي إِذًا قَالَتْ إِلَى أَيْنَ؟ قَالَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ هَذَا الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ الصَّابِئُ؟ قَالَا هُوَ الَّذِي تَعْنِينَ فَانْطَلِقِي فَجَاءَا بِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَدَّثَاهُ الْحَدِيثَ فَاسْتَنْزَلُوهَا مِنْ بَعِيرِهَا وَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِإِنَاءٍ فَجَعَلَ فِيهِ أَفْوَاهَ السَّطِيحَتَيْنِ أَوِ الْمَزَادَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَمَضْمَضَ فَأَعَادَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ ثُمَّ أَعَادَهُ فِي أَفْوَاهِ السَّطِيحَتَيْنِ أَوِ الْمَزَادَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَوْثَقَ أَفْوَاهَهُمَا وَأَطْلَقَ الْعَزَالِي وَنُودِيَ فِي النَّاسِ أَنِ اسْقُوا وَاسْتَقُوا فَسَقَى مَنْ شَاءَ وَاسْتَقَى مَنْ شَاءَ فَكَانَ آخِرُ ذَلِكَ أَنْ أَعْطَاهُ الَّذِي أَصَابَتْهُ الْجَنَابَةُ وَقَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَأَفْرِغْهُ عَلَيْكَ» وَهِيَ قَائِمَةٌ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَا يَفْعَلُ بِمَائِهَا وَايْمُ اللهِ لَقَدْ أَرْكَبَهَا حِينَ أَبْلَغَ وَإِنَّهُ لَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْنَا أَنَّهُمَا أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمَا مَلْأً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اجْمَعُوا لَهَا مَا بَيْنَ عَجْوَةٍ وَسَوِيقَةٍ وَدَقِيقَةٍ» حَتَّى جَمَعُوا لَهَا طَعَامًا فِي ثَوْبٍ وَحَمَلُوهَا عَلَى بَعِيرِهَا وَوَضَعُوهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «تَعْلَمِينَ وَاللهِ مَا رَزَأْنَاكِ فِي مَائِكِ شَيْئًا وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ سَقَانَا» فَأَتَتْ أَهْلَهَا وَقَدِ احْتَبَسَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالُوا يَا فُلَانَةُ مَا حَبَسَكِ؟ فَقَالَتِ الْعَجَبُ لَقِيَنِي رَجُلَانِ فَذَهَبَا بِي إِلَى هَذَا الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ الصَّابِئُ فَفَعَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا الَّذِي كَانَ فَوَاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَأَسْحَرُ مِنْ بَيْنَ هَذِهِ وَهَذِهِ أَوْ إِنَّهُ لِرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَقًّا فَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يُغِيْرُونَ عَلَى مَنْ حَوْلَهَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَا يُصِيبُونَ الصِّرْمَةَ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا فَقَالَتْ يَوْمًا لِقَوْمِهَا وَاللهِ مَا أَرَى هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمَ يَدْعُونَنَا فَهَلْ لَكُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ؟ فَطَاوَعُوهَا فَجَاءَ وَقَدْ دَخَلُوا جَمِيعًا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "While three persons were walking, rain began to fall and they had to enter a cave in a mountain. A big rock rolled over and blocked the mouth of the cave. They said to each other, 'Invoke Allah with the best deed you have performed (so Allah might remove the rock)'. One of them said, 'O Allah! My parents were old and I used to go out for grazing (my animals). On my return I would milk (the animals) and take the milk in a vessel to my parents to drink. After they had drunk from it, I would give it to my children, family and wife. One day I was delayed and on my return I found my parents sleeping, and I disliked to wake them up. The children were crying at my feet (because of hunger). That state of affairs continued till it was dawn. O Allah! If You regard that I did it for Your sake, then please remove this rock so that we may see the sky.' So, the rock was moved a bit. The second said, 'O Allah! You know that I was in love with a cousin of mine, like the deepest love a man may have for a woman, and she told me that I would not get my desire fulfilled unless I paid her one-hundred Dinars (gold pieces). So, I struggled for it till I gathered the desired amount, and when I sat in between her legs, she told me to be afraid of Allah, and asked me not to deflower her except rightfully (by marriage). So, I got up and left her. O Allah! If You regard that I did if for Your sake, kindly remove this rock.' So, two-thirds of the rock was removed. Then the third man said, 'O Allah! No doubt You know that once I employed a worker for one Faraq (three Sa's) of millet, and when I wanted to pay him, he refused to take it, so I sowed it and from its yield I bought cows and a shepherd. After a time that man came and demanded his money. I said to him: Go to those cows and the shepherd and take them for they are for you. He asked me whether I was joking with him. I told him that I was not joking with him, and all that belonged to him. O Allah! If You regard that I did it sincerely for Your sake, then please remove the rock.' So, the rock was removed completely from the mouth of the cave." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2215)  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَرَجَ ثَلَاثَةٌ يَمْشُونَ فَأَصَابَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَدَخَلُوا فِي غَارٍ فِي جَبَلٍ فَانْحَطَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ادْعُوا اللهَ بِأَفْضَلِ عَمِلٍ عَمِلْتُمُوهُ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ فَكُنْتُ أَخْرَجُ فَأَرْعَى ثُمَّ أَجِيءُ فَأَحْلُبُ فَأَجِيءُ بِالْحِلَابِ فَآتِي بِهِ أَبَوَايَ فَيَشْرَبَانِ ثُمَّ أَسْقِي الصِّبْيَةَ وَأَهْلِي وَامْرَأَتِي فَاحْتَبَسْتُ لَيْلَةً فَجِئْتُ فَإِذَا هُمَا نَائِمَانِ قَالَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ رِجْلَي فَلَمْ يَزَلْ ذَلِكَ دَأْبِي وَدَأْبَهُمَا حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ قَالَ فَفَرَّجَ عَنْهُمْ [398] وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَحَبُّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنَاتِ عَمِّي كَأَشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُّ الرَّجُلُ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَتْ لَا تَنَالُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا حَتَّى تُعْطِيهَا مَائَة دِينَارٍ فَسَعَيْتُ فِيهَا حَتَّى جَمَعْتُهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتْ اتَّقِ اللهَ وَلَا تَفُضَّ الْخَاتَمَ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ وَتَرَكْتُهَا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فُرْجَةً قَالَ فَفَرَجْ عَنْهُمْ الثُّلُثَيْنِ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقٍ مِنْ ذَرَّةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ وَأَبَى ذَاكَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ فَعَمَدْتُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْفَرَقِ فَزَرَعْتُهُ حَتَّى اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرَاعِيَهَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ أَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَقُلْتُ انْطَلَقْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرَاعِيهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَكَ فَقَالَ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ وَلَكِنَّهَا لَكَ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فَكَشَفَ عَنْهُمْ  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "While three men were walking, It started raining and they took shelter (refuge) in a cave in a mountain. A big rock rolled down from the mountain and closed the mouth of the cave. They said to each other, "Think of good deeds which you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by giving reference to those deeds so that He may remove this rock from you." One of them said, 'O Allah! I had old parents and small children and I used to graze the sheep for them. On my return to them in the evening, I used to milk (the sheep) and start providing my parents first of all before my children. One day I was delayed and came late at night and found my parents sleeping. I milked (the sheep) as usual and stood by their heads. I hated to wake them up and disliked to give milk to my children before them, although my children were weeping (because of hunger) at my feet till the day dawned. O Allah! If I did this for Your sake only, kindly remove the rock so that we could see the sky through it.' So, Allah removed the rock a little and they saw the sky. The second man said, 'O Allah! I was in love with a cousin of mine like the deepest love a man may have for a woman. I wanted to outrage her chastity but she refused unless I gave her one hundred Dinars. So, I struggled to collect that amount. And when I sat between her legs, she said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah and do not deflower me except rightfully (by marriage).' So, I got up. O Allah! If I did it for Your sake only, please remove the rock.' The rock shifted a little more. Then the third man said, 'O Allah! I employed a laborer for a Faraq of rice and when he finished his job and demanded his right, I presented it to him, but he refused to take it. So, I sowed the rice many time till I gathered cows and their shepherd (from the yield). (Then after some time) He came and said to me, 'Fear Allah (and give me my right)." I said, 'Go and take those cows and the shepherd.' He said, 'Be afraid of Allah! Don't mock at me.' I said, 'I am not mocking at you. Take (all that).' So, he took all that. O Allah! If I did that for Your sake only, please remove the rest of the rock.' So, Allah removed the rock." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2333)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَمَا ثَلَاثَةُ رَهْطٍ يَتَمَشَّوْنَ أَخَذَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَأَوَوْا إِلَى غَارٍ فِي جَبَلٍ فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ فِيهِ حُطَّتْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ فَأَطْبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ انْظُرُوا أَفْضَلَ أَعْمَالٍ عَمِلْتُمُوهَا لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى فَسَلُوهُ بِهَا؛ لَعَلَّهُ يُفَرِّجُ بِهَا عَنْكُمْ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ اللهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَكَانَتْ لِيَ امْرَأَةٌ وَوَلَدٌ صِغَارٌ وَكُنْتُ أَرْعَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِذَا رُحْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ بَدَأْتُ بِأَبَوِيَّ فَسَقَيْتُهُمَا فَنَأَى بِي يَوْمًا الشَّجَرُ فَلَمْ آتِ حَتَّى نَامَ أَبَوَايَ فَطَيَّبْتُ الْإِنَاءَ ثُمَّ حَلَبْتُ فِيهِ ثُمَّ قُمْتُ بِحِلَابِي عِنْدَ رَأْسِ أَبَويَ وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدِ رِجْلِيَّ أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَبْدَأَ بِهِمْ قَبْلَ أَبَوِيَّ وَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا مِنْ نَوْمَتِهِمَا فَلَمْ أَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ قَائِمًا حَتَّى أَضَاءَ الْفَجْرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ فَفَرَجَ لَهُمْ فُرْجَةً رَأَوْا مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ اللهُمَّ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ لِيَ ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ فَأَحْبَبْتُهَا حَتَّى كَانَتْ أَحَبَّ النَّاسِ إِلِيَّ فَسَأَلْتُهَا نَفْسَهَا فَقَالَتْ لَا حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنِي بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَسَعَيْتُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَأَتَيْتُهَا بِهَا فَلَمَّا كُنْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتِ اتَّقِ اللهَ لَا تَفْتَحِ الْخَاتَمَ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ عَنْهَا اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنْي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً فَفَرَجَ لَهُمْ مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقِ ذُرَةٍ فَلَمَّا قَضَى عَمَلَهُ عَرَضْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ فَرَغِبَ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَعْتَمِلُ بِهِ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرِعَاءَهَا فَجَاءَنِي فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللهَ وَأَعْطِنِي حَقِّي وَلَا تَظْلِمْنِي فَقُلْتُ لَهُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرِعَائِهَا فَخُذْهَا فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللهَ وَلَا تَهْزَأْ بِي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لَا أَهْزَأُ بِكَ اذْهَبْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرِعَائِهَا فَخُذْهَا فَذَهَبَ فَاسْتَاقَهَا اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا فَفَرَجَ اللهُ ﷻ عَنْهُمْ فَخَرَجُوا يَتَمَاشَوْنَ  

"عن البراء بن عازب قال: "اشْتَرَى أبُو بَكْرٍ مِن عَازِبٍ سَرْجًا بِثَلاثَةَ عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِعَازِبٍ: مُرِ الْبَرَاءَ فَيَحْمِلَهُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِى، فَقَالَ: لا؛ حَتَّى تُحَدِّثَنَا كَيْفَ صَنَعْتَ حِينَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنْتَ مَعَهُ، فَقَالَ أبُو بَكْرٍ: خَرَجْنَا فَأدْلَجْنَا فَأَحْثَثْنَا يَوْمَنَا وَلَيْلَتَنَا حَتَّى أَظْهَرْنَا وَقَامَ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ فَضَربْتُ بِبَصَرِى هَلْ أَرَى ظِلا نَأوِى إِلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِصَخْرَةٍ، فَأَهْوَيْتُ إِلَيْهَا، فَإِذَا بَقِيَّةُ ظِلِّهَا فَسَوَّيْتُهُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَفَرَشْتُ لَهُ فَرْوَةً وَقُلْتُ: اضْطجِعْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَاضْطَجَعَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ (أَنْظُرُ) (*) هَلْ أَرَى أَحَدًا مِنَ الطَّلَبِ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بَرَاعِى غَنَمٍ، فَقُلْتُ: لِمَنْ أَنْتَ يَا غُلامُ؟ فَقَالَ: لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَسَمَّاهُ فَعَرَفْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: فَهَلْ فِى غَنَمِكَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قُلْتُ: هَلْ أَنْتَ حَالبٌ لِي؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَأَمَرْتُهُ فَاعْتَقَلَ شَاةً مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ أَمَرْتُهُ فَنَفضَ ضِرْعَهَا مِنَ الْغُبَارِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرْتُهُ فَنَفَضَ كَفَّيْهِ مِنَ الْغُبَارِ وَمَعِى إِدَاوَةٌ عَلَى فَمِهَا خِرْقَةٌ فَحَلَبَ لِى كُثْبَةً مِنَ اللَّبَنِ، فَصَبَبْتُ - يَعْنِى الْمَاءَ - عَلَى الْقَدَحِ حَتَّى بَرَدَ أَسْفَلُهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَوَافَيْتُهُ وَقَدِ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَقُلْتُ: اشْرَبْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَضِيتُ، ثُمَّ قُلتُ: هَلْ أتَى الرَّحِيل؟ فَارْتَحَلْنَا وَالْقَوْمُ يَطْلُبُونَنَا، فَلَمْ يُدْرِكْنَا أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ إِلا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بن جُعْشُمٍ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لَهُ، فَقُلتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ! هَذَا الطَّلَبُ قَدْ لَحِقَنَا فَقَالَ: لا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَنَا، حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَا مِنَّا فَكَانَ بَيْنَنَا (وبينة) (*) قَدْرُ رُمْحٍ اوْ رُمْحَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاثَةٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ! هَذَا الطَّلَبُ قَدْ لَحِقَنَا، وَبَكَيْتُ، قَالَ: لِمَ تَبْكِى؟ فَقُلْتُ: أَمَا وَاللهِ عَلَى نَفْسِى مَا أَبْكِى، وَلَكِنِّى أَبْكِى عَلَيْكَ، فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَ اكْفِنَاهُ بِمَا شِئْتَ، فَسَاخَتْ قَوَائِمُ فَرَسِهِ إِلَى بَطْنِهَا فِي أَرْضٍ صَلْدٍ وَوَثَبِ عَنْهَا، وَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ! قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا عَمَلُكَ فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُنَجَّيَنِى مِمَّا أنَا فِيهِ، فَوَاللهِ لأُعَمِّيَنَّ عَلَى مَنْ وَرَائِى مِنَ الطَّلَبِ، وَهَذِهِ كِنَايَتِى فَخُذْ مِنْهَا سَهْمًا، فَإِنَّكَ سَتَمُرُّ بِإِبِلِى وَغَنَمِى فِى مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَخُذْ مِنْهَا حَاجَتكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا حَاجَة لِى فِيهَا، وَدَعَا لَهُ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ فَأُطْلِقَ وَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، وَمَضى رَسُولُ

اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ لَيْلًا، فَتَلَقَّاهُ النَّاسُ، فَخَرَجُوا فِى الطَّريقِ وَعَلَى الأَحَاجِيرِ، وَاشتَدَّ الْخَدَمُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ فِى الطَّرِيقِ (يَقُولَونَ) (*): اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ : جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ، وَتَنَازَعَ الْقَوْمُ أَيُّهُمْ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ أَنْزِلُ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى بَنِى النَّجَّارِ أَخْوَالِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لأُكْرِمَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا أصْبَحَ غَدَا حَيْثُ أُمِرَ".  

"إِنَّ ثَلاَثَةَ نَفَرٍ فِيمَا سَلفَ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ انْطَلَقُوا يَرْتَادُونَ لأَهْلِهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ السَّمَاءُ فَدَخَلُوا غَارًا فَسَقَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَجَرٌ مُتَجَافٍ حَتَّى مَا يَرَوْنَ مِنْهُ خَصَاصَةً، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: قَدْ عَفَا الحَجَرُ وَعَفَا الأَثَرُ، وَلاَ يَعْلَمُ مَكَانَكُمْ إلَّا الله فَادْعُوا الله ﷻ بِأَوْثَقِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ. فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِى وَالِدَانِ فَكُنْتُ أَحْلُبُ لَهُمَا فِى إِنَائِهِمَا فآتِيهِمَا فَإِذَا وَجَدْتُهُمَا رَاقِدَيْنِ قُمْتُ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمَا كرَاهَةَ أَنْ أَرُدَّ سِننَتَهُمَا فِى رُءُوسِهِمَا حَتَّى يَسْتَيقِظَا مَتَى اسْتَيْقَظَا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّى إِنَّمَا فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا، فَزَالَ ثُلُثُ الحَجَرِ.

وَقَالَ الثانِى: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كنتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّى اسْتَأجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا عَلَى عَمَلٍ يَعْمَلُهُ فَأَتَانِى يَطْلُبُ أَجْرَهُ وَأَنَا غَضْبَانُ فَزَبَرْتُهُ فَانْطَلَقَ وَتَرَكَ أَجْرَهُ فَجَمَعْتُهُ وَثَمَّرْتُهُ حَتَّى كَانَ مِنْهُ كُلُّ الْمَالِ، فَأَتَانى يَطْلُبُ أَجْرَهُ فَدَفَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ، وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَمْ أُعْطِهِ إِلَّا أجْرَهُ الأَوَّلَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّى إِنَّمَا فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمِتَكَ، وَمَخَافَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا، فَزَالَ ثُلُثَا الحَجَر.

وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ أَعْجَبَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَجَعَلَ لَهَا جُعْلًا فَلَمَّا قَدَرَ عَلَيْهَا وَفَّرَ لَهَا نَفْسَهَا وَسَلَّمَ لهَا جُعْلَهَا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كنتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّى إِنَّمَا فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَمَخَافَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا فَزَالَ الْحَجَرُ وَخَرَجُوا مَعَانِيقَ يَمْشُونَ ".  

"عَنْ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ فِى أَهْلى بَرَامَهُرْمُز، وكُنْتُ أَخْتَلِفُ إِلَى مُعَلِّمى الْكِتابِ، وَكَانَ فِى الطَّرِيق رَاهِبٌ، فَكُنْتُ إِذَا مَرَرْتُ جَلَسْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَيُخْبِرُنِى مِنْ خَبرِ السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرْضِ، وَنَحْو مِنْ ذَلِكَ، حَتَّى اشْتَغَلْتُ عَنْ كِتَابَتِى وَلَزمْتُهُ فَأَخْبَرَ أَهْلِى الْمُعَلِّمُ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ هَذَا الرَّاهِبَ قَدْ أَفْسَدَ ابْنَكُمْ فَأَخْرِجُوهُ، فَاسْتَخْفَيْتُ مِنْهُمْ، فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ، حَتَّى جِئْنَا الْمَوْصِلَ فَوَجَدْنَا فِيها أَرْبَعِينَ رَاهِبًا، فَكَانَ بِهِمْ مِنَ التَّعْظِيم لِلرَّاهِب الَّذى جِئْتُ مَعَهُ شَىْءٌ عَظِيمٌ، فَمَكَثْتُ مَعَهُمْ أَشْهُرًا، فَمَرِضْتُ، فَقَالَ رَاهبٌ مَنْهُمْ: إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ

إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَأُصَلِّى فِيهِ، فَفَرِحْتُ بِذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا مَعَكَ، فَخَرَجْنا فَما رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا كَانَ أَصْبَرَ عَلى مَشْى مِنْهُ، كَانَ يَمْشِى فَإِذَا رآنِى أَعْيَيْتُ، قَالَ: ارْقُد، وَقَامَ يُصَلِّى، فَكَانَ كَذَلِكَ، لَمْ يَطْعَمْ يَوْمًا، حَتَّى جِئْنا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدسِ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا بِهَا رَقَدَ، وَقَالَ لِى: إذا رَأَيْتَ الظِّلَّ هُنا فَأَيْقظْنِى، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ الظِّلُ ذَلِكَ الْمَكانَ، أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: سَهِرَ وَلَمْ يَرْقُدْ، وَاللهِ لأَدعنَّهُ قَليلًا فَتَرَكْتُهُ سَاعَةً فَاسْتَيْقَظَ (*)، فَرَأَى الظِّلَّ قَدْ جَاوَزَ ذَلِكَ الْمَكانَ، فَقالَ: أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ أَنْ تُوقِظَنِى، قُلْتُ: كُنْتَ لَمْ تَنَمْ، فَأَحَبَبْتُ أَنْ أَدَعَكَ تَنَامُ قَليلًا، قالَ: إِنِّى لَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَأتِى عَلىَّ سَاعَةٌ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَذْكُرُ اللهَ فِيهَا، ثُمَّ دَخَلْنَا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ فَإِذَا سَائِلٌ مُقْعَدٌ يَسْأَلُ فَسَأَلَهُ، فَلَا أَدْرِى مَا قَالَ لَهُ، فَقالَ لَهُ الْمُقْعدُ: دَخَلْتَ وَلَمْ تُعْطِنِى شَيئًا (* *) قَالَ: هَلْ تُحبُّ أَنْ تَقُومَ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَدَعا لَهُ، فَقَامَ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَتَعَجَّبُ وَأتَّبِعُهُ، فَسَهَوْتُ، فَذَهَبَ الرَّاهِبُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ أَتَّبِعُهُ، وَأَسْأَلُ (* * *) عَنْهُ. فَلَقِيتُ رَكْبًا مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ، فَسَأَلْتُهُمْ عَنْهُ، فَقُلْتُ: أَرَأَيْتُمْ رَجُلًا، كذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَقالُوا: هَذَا عَبْدٌ آبقٌ، فَأَخَذُونِى فَأَرْدَفونِى خَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ، حَتَّى قَدِمُوا بِى الْمَدِينَةَ، فَجَعَلُونِى فِى حَائطٍ لَهُمْ، فَكُنْتُ أَعْمَلُ هَذَا الْخَوصَ (* * * *)، وَقَدْ كَانَ الرَّاهِبُ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُعْطِ الْعَرَبَ مِنَ الأَنْبِياءِ أَحَدًا، وَإِنَّهُ سَيخْرُجُ مِنْهُمْ نَبِىٌّ، فَإِنْ أَدْرَكتَهُ فَصَدِّقهُ وآمِنْ بهِ، وَإِنَّ آيَتَهُ أَنْ يَقْبَلَ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَلَا يَأكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَإِنَّ فِى ظَهْرِهِ خَاتَمَ النُّبُوَّةِ، فَمَكَثْتُ مَا مَكَثْتُ، ثُمَّ قَالوا جَاءَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَخَرَجْتُ مَعِى بِتَمْرٍ جِئْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ، فَقالَ: مَا هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ: صَدَقَةٌ، قَالَ: لَا نَأكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ، فَأَخَذْتُهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ بِتَمْرٍ، فَوَضَعْتُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَقالَ: مَا هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ: هَدِيَّةٌ، فَأَكَلَه، وَأَكَل مَنْ عِنْدَهُ، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ لأَنْظُرَ إِلَى الْخَاتَمِ، فَفَطِنَ بِى، فَأَلْقَى رِدَاءَهُ عَنْ مَنْكَبِيْهِ، فَأَبْصَرْتُهُ فآمَنْتُ بِهِ وَصدَّقْتُهُ، فَكَاتَبْتُ عَلَى مِائَةِ نَخْلَةٍ، فَغَرَسَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ، فَلَمْ يَحُلِ الْحَوْلُ حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ وَأَكَلَ مِنْها".  

"عَنْ سلمانَ. كُنْتُ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ أَسَاوِرَةِ فَارِسَ وَكُتِبَ (* *) لِى كِتابٌ وَمَعِى غُلَامانِ، وَكانَا إِذا رجعا مِنْ عِنْدَ مُعَلِّمِيْهِما أَتيا نَفْسًا (* * *) فَدَخَلا عَلَيْهِ، فَدَخَلْتُ مَعَهُما، فَقَالَ: أَلَمْ أَنَهَكُما أَنْ تأتِيانِى بِأَحدٍ؟ ! فَجَعَلْتُ أخْتَلِفُ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى كُنْتُ أَحبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْهُما. فَقالَ لِى: إِذَا سَأَلَكَ أَهْلُكَ مَنْ حَبَسَكَ فَقُلْ: مُعَلِّمِى، وإِذَا سَأَلَكَ مُعَلِّمُكَ مَنْ

حَبَسَكَ فَقُلْ: أَهْلى، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَرادَ أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَنَا أَتَحَوَّلُ مَعَكَ، فَتَحَوَّلْتُ مَعَهُ، فَنَزَلْتُ قَرْيَةً، فَكانَت امْرأَةٌ تَأتِيه، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ، قَالَ لى: يَا سَلْمانُ! احْفُرْ عِنْدَ رَأسِى، فَحَفَرْتُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ، فَاسْتَخْرَجْتُ جَرَّةً مِنْ دراهَم، فَقَالَ لِى: صُبَّها عَلَى صَدْرى، فَصَبْبتُهَا عَلَى صَدْرِهِ، فَكَانَ يَقُولُ: وَيْلٌ لَاقْتَنَائِى، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ مَاتَ، فَقُلْتُ للرُّهْبَانِ، مَنْ لِى بِرَجُل عَالِمٍ أَتَّبِعُهُ، فَدَلُّونِى عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: ما جَاءنِى إِلا طَلَبُ العِلْمِ، قَالَ: فَإِنِّى واللهِ ما أَعْلَمُ اليَوْمَ رَجُلًا أَعْلَم مِنْ رَجُلٍ خَرَجَ بِأَرْضِى يَتِما (تهامة) (*) وَإِنْ تَنْطَلِقْ الآنَ تُوافِقْه وَفيه ثَلَاثُ آياتٍ، يَأكُلُ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَلَا يَأكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَعنْدَ غُضْروفِ كَتِفِهِ اليُمْنَى خَاتَمُ النُّبوَة مِثْل بَيْضَةِ الْحَمَامَة لَوْنُها لَوْنُ جِلْدِهِ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى مَرَرْتُ بِقَوْمٍ مِنَ الأَعرابِ، فاسْتَعْبَدُونِى، فباعُونى حَتَّى اشْتَرَتْنى امْرأَةٌ منَ الْمَدِينَة، فسَمِعْتُهُمْ يَذْكُرون النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَها: هَبى لى يَوْمًا، قالَتْ: نعمَ، فَاحْتَطَبْتُ حَطَبًا، فَبعْتُهُ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ وَكَانَ يَسيرًا فَوَضَعْتُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْه، فَقالَ: ما هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ: صَدَقَةٌ، فَقالَ لأصْحابه. كُلُوا وَلَمْ يَأكُلْ، قُلْتُ: هَذَا مِنْ عَلَامَتِهِ، ثُمَّ مَكَثْتُ ما شَاءَ الله أَنْ أَمْكُثَ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لِمَوْلَاتِى: هِبِى لى يَوْمًا، قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، فانطلقت واحْتَطَبْتُ حَطبًا فَبِعْتُهُ بِأكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَصَنَعْتُ طَعَامًا، فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ جالِسٌ بَيْنَ أَصْحابِهِ فَوَضَعْتُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَقالَ: مَا هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ: هَدِيَّةٌ، فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ فَقالَ لأَصْحَابِهِ: خُذوا بسْمِ اللهِ، وَقُمْتُ خَلْفَهُ فَوَضَعَ رِدَاءَهُ، فَإِذَا خَاتَمُ النُّبَوَّة، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ. قَالَ: وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ عَن الرَّجُلِ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: أَيَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ ! فَإِنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِى أَنَّكَ نَبِىٌّ، قالَ: لَن يَدْخُلَ الجَنَّةَ إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُسلِمَةٌ".  

"انْطَلَقَ ثَلاَثَةُ رَهْطٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ حَتَّى أَوَوُا المَبِيتَ إِلَى غَارٍ فَدَخَلُوهُ، فَانْحَدَرَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الجَبَلِ فَسَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الغَارَ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّهُ لاَ ينجِيكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَدْعُوا الله بِصَالِحِ أعْمَالِكُمْ، قَالَ رَجُل مِنْهُمْ: اللَّهُمَّ كانَ لِى أبَوانِ شَيْخَانِ كبِيرَانِ، وَكنتُ لاَ أَغْبِقُ قَبْلَهُمَا أهْلًا وَلاَ مَالًا، فَنَأى بِى فِى طَلَبِ شَىْءٍ يَوْمًا فَلَمْ أُرِحْ عَلَيْهِمَا حَتَّى نَامَا، فَحَلَبْتُ لَهُمَا غُبُوقَهُمَا، فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا نَائِمِيْنِ، فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَغْبِقَ قَبْلَهُمَا أهْلًا أو مَالًا، فَلَبِثْتُ وَالقَدَحُ عَلَى يَدَىَّ أنْتَظِرُ اسْتِيقَاظَهُمَا حَتَّى بَرِقَ الفَجْرُ، فَاسْتَيْقَظَا، فَشِرِبَا غُبُوقَهُمَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كنتُ فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ، فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةِ، فَانْفَرَجَتْ شَيْئًا لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الخُرُوجَ، وَقَالَ الآخَرُ: اللَّهُمَّ كَانَتْ لِى ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ كانَتْ أَحَبَّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ، فَأرَدْتُهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهَا فَامْتَنَعَتْ مِنِّى، حَتَّى أَلَمَّتْ بِهَا سَنَةٌ مِنَ السِّنِينَ فَجَاءَتْنِى فَأعْطَيْتُهَا عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةَ دِينَارٍ عَلَى أَنْ تُخَلِّى بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِهَا فَفَعَلَتْ، حَتَّى إِذَا قَدَرْتُ عَلَيْهَا قَالَتْ: لاَ أحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَفُضَّ الخَاتَمَ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ، فَتَحَرَّجْتُ مِنَ الوُقُوع عَلَيْهَا، فَانْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهَا وَهِىَ أحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ، وَتَرَكْتُ الَّذِى أعْطَيْتُهَا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ، فَأفْرِجْ عَنَّا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ، فَانْفَرَجَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ غَيْر أنَّهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الخُرُوجَ مِنْهَا، وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ: اللَّهُمَّ اسْتَأَجَرْتُ أجَرَاءَ فَأعْطَيْتُهُمْ أجْرَهُمْ غَيْرَ رَجُلٍ تَرَكَ الَّذِى لَهُ وَذَهَبَ، فَثَمَّرْتُ أجْرَهُ حَتَّى كَثُرَتْ مِنْهُ الأمْوَالُ فَجَاءَنِى بَعْدَ حِينٍ فَقَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ الله أَدِّ إِلَىَّ أجْرِى، فَقُلتُ لَهُ: كُلُّ مَا تَرَى مِنْ أجْرِكَ مِنَ الإِبِلِ وَالبَقَرِ وَالغَنَم وَالرَّقِيقِ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ الله لاَ تَسْتَهْزِئْ بِى، فَقُلتُ: إِنِّى لاَ أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ، فَأخَذَهُ كلَّهُ فَاسْتَاقَهُ فَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا. اللَّهُمَّ فَإِنْ كنتُ فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَأفْرِجْ عَنَا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ، فَانْفَرَجَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ، فَخَرَجُوا يَمْشُونَ".  

"بَيْنَمَا ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ يَمْشُونَ أخَذَهُمْ المَطَرُ فَأوَوْا إِلَى غَارٍ فِى جَبَل فَانْحَطَّ عَلَى فَمِ الغَارِ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الجَبَلِ فَانْطَبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: انْظُرُوا أعْمَالًا عَمِلتُمُوهَا صَالِحَةً لله فَادْعُوا بِهَا لَعَلَّهُ يُفَرِّجُهَا عَنْكُمْ، فَقَالَ أحَدُهُمْ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِى وَالِدَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَامْرَأتِى وَلِىَ صِبْيَةٌ صِغَارٌ أرْعَى عَلَيْهِمْ، فَإِذَا ارْحلت (*) عَلَيْهِمْ حَلَبْتُ فَبَدَأتُ بِوَالِدَىَّ فَسَقَيْتهُمَا قَبْلَ بَنِىَّ، وَإنِّي نَأَى بِى ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ الشَّجَرُ فَلَمْ آتِ حَتَّى أمْسَيْتُ فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا قَدْ نَامَا، فَحَلَبْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ أحْلُبُ فَجِئْتُ بِالحِلاَبِ فَقُمْتُ عِنْدَ رُءُوسِهِمَا أكْرَهُ أَنْ أوقِظَهُمَا مِنْ نَوْمِهِمَا وَأكْرَهُ أَنْ أسْقىَ الصِّبْيَةَ قَبْلَهُمَا، وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ قَدَمَىَّ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ ذَلِكَ دَأبِى وَدَأبَهُمْ حتَّى طَلَعَ الفَجْرُ، فَإنْ كنتَ تَعْلَمُ أنِّى فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا منْهَا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ، فَفَرَّجَ الله مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً، فَرَأَوْا مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ، وَقَالَ الآخَرُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَتْ لِى ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ أحْبَبْتُهَا كَأشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُ الرَّجُلُ النِّسَاءَ، وَطَلَبَتُ إِلَيْهَا نَفْسَهَا فَأبَتْ حتَّى آتِيْهَا بِمِائَةِ دينَارٍ فَتَعِبْتُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مائَةَ دينَارٍ فَجِئْتُهَا بِهَا، فَلَمَّا وَقَعْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتْ: يَا عَبْدَ الله اتَّقِ الله وَلاَ تَفْتَح الخَاتَم إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ، فَقُمْتُ عَنْهَا، فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أنِّى فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ ابتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً، فَفَرَّج لَهُمْ، وَقَالَ الآخَرُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّى اسْتَأجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقِ أُرْزٍ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى عَمَلَهُ قَالَ: أعْطِنِى حَقِّى فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَقَهُ فَرَغِبَ عَنْهُ، فَلَمْ أزَلْ أَزْرَعُهُ حتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِثهُ بَقَرًا وَرِعَاءَهَا، فَجَاءَنِى فَقَالَ: اتَّقِ

الله وَلا تَظلِمْنِى حَقِّى، قُلتُ: اذْهَبْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ البَقَرِ وَرِعَائِهَا فَخُذْهَا، فَقَاَل: اتَّقِ الله وَلاَ تَسْتَهْزِئ بِى، فَقُلتُ: إِنِّى لاَ أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ خُذْ ذَلِكَ البَقَرَ وَرِعَاءَها، فَأخَذَهُ فَذَهَبَ بِهِ، فَإِنْ كنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّى فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ مَا بَقِىَ، فَفَرَجَ الله مَا بَقِىَ".  

" (*) أُحْكُمْ فِيهِ مَا شِئْتَ فَغَضِبتَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ وَتَرَكَ إِجَارَتَهُ وَوَضَعْتُ حَقَّهُ

في جَانِبٍ منَ الْبَيْتِ مَا شَاءَ الله، ثُمَّ مَرَّتْ بِى بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بَقَرٌ فَاشْتَرَيْتُ بِهِ فَصِيلًا مِنَ الْبَقَرِ فَأَمْسَكْتُهُ حَتَّى كَبِرَ ثُمَّ بِعْتُهُ، ثُمَّ صَرَفْتُ ثَمَنَهُ في بَقَرَةٍ فَحَمَلَتْ ثُمَّ تَوَالَدَتْ لَهَا حَتَّى مَا شَاءَ الله، ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِى بَعْدُ شَيْخ ضَعِيفٌ لَا أَعرِفهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنَّ لِى عِنْدَكَ حَقَّا فَذَكَّرهُ حَتَّى عَرَفْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ إيَّاكَ أَبْغِى، فَعَرَضْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ جَمِيعًا، فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا حَقُّكَ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ الله لَا تَسْتَهْزِئ بِى إِنْ لَمْ تَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَى فَأَعْطِنِى حَقِّى، فَقُلْتُ: وَالله مَا أَسْخَرُ مِنْكَ إِنَّهَا لَحَقُّكَ مَا لِى مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ فَدَفَعْتُهَا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ لِوَجْهِكَ فَافْرِجْ عَنَّا فَانْصدع الْجَبَلُ حَتَّى رَأوْا وأَبْصَرُوا وَقَالَ الآخَرُ: فَعَلْتُ حَسَنَةً مَرَّة، كَانَ عِنْدِى فَضْلٌ وَأَصَابَتِ النَّاسَ شِدَّةٌ فَجَاءَتْنِى امْرَأَةٌ تَطلبُ مِنِّى مَعْرُوفًا فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: لَا وَالله مَا دُونَ نَفْسِكِ فأبت عَلَىَّ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ فَذَكَرْت ذَلِكَ لِزَوْجِهَا فَقَالَ: أَعْطِيهِ نَفْسَكِ فَأَغْنِى عِيَالَكِ، فَجَاءَتْنِى فَنَاشَدَتْنِى الله، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: لَا وَالله مَا هُوَ دُونَ نَفْسِكِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ ذَلِكَ أَسْلَمَتْ إِلَىَّ نَفْسَهَا، فَلَمَّا كَشَفْتُهَا وهَمَمْتُ بِهَا ارتَعَدْت مِنْ تَحْتِى، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا مَالَكِ؟ قَالَتْ: أخَافُ الله رَبَّ الْعَالِمينَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: خِفْتِ الله في الشِّدَّةِ وَلَمْ أَخفْهُ في الرَّخَاءِ فَتَرَكْتُهَا وَأَعْطَيْتُهَا مَا يَحِقُّ عَلَىَّ بِما كَشَفْتُهَا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ لِوَجْهِكَ فَأفْرِجْ عَلَيْنَا، فَانْصَدَعَ الْجَبَلُ وَعَرَفُوا وَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ، قَالَ الآخَرُ قَدْ عَملْتُ حَسَنَةً مَرَّةً كَانَ لِى أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ، وَكَانَتْ لِى غَنَمٌ فَأُطْعِمُ أَبَوَاىَ وَأَسْقِيهِمَا ثُمَّ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى غَنَمِى، فَلَمَّا كانَ ذَات يَوْمٍ أَصَابَنِى غَيْثٌ فَمَسَّنِى فَلَم أَرْجِعْ حَتَّى أَمْسيْتُ فَأتَيْتُ أَهْلِى فَأَخَذْتُ مَحْلَبِى فَحَلَبْتُ وَتَرَكْتُ غَنَمِى قَائِمَةً فَمَضَيْتُ إِلَى أَبَوَاىَ لأَسْقِيَهُمَا فَوَجَدْتَهُمَا قَدْ نَامَا، فَشَقَّ عَلَىَّ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا، وَشَقَّ عَلَىَّ أَنْ أَتْرُكَ غَنَمِى فَمَا بَرِحْتُ جَالِسًا وَمَحْلَبِى عَلَى يَدَىَّ حَتَّى أَيْقَظَهُمَا الصُّبْحُ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلَتُ ذَلِكَ لِوَجْهِكَ فَافْرِجْ عَنَّا، فَقَالَ الْجَبَلُ طَاقّ فَفَرَّجَ الله عَنْهُمْ فَخَرجُوا".  

"عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: خَرَجَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ فَأَصَابَتْهُمُ السَّمَاءُ فَدَخَلُوا غَارًا فَانْطَبَقَ عَلَيْهِمُ الجَبَلُ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: هَذَا بِأعْمَالِكُمْ، فليقم كل رجل منكم فَلْيَدْعُ اللهَ - تَعَالَى- بِخَيْرِ عَمَلٍ عَمِلَهُ، فَقَامَ أَحَدُهُمْ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَكُنْتُ لَا أَغْتَبِقُ حَتَّى أَغْبِقَهُمَا، وَأَنِّي أَتَيْتُهُمَا لَيْلَةً بِغَبُوقِهِمَا فَقُمْتُ عَلَى رُؤُسِهِمَا فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا نَائِمَيْنِ، فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُنَبِّهَهُمَا من نومهما وكرهت أن أنصرف حتى يغتبقا، فلم أزل قائما على رؤوسهما حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الفَجْرِ، اللَّهُمَّ! إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَذَلِكَ فَافْرُجْ بِنَا، فَانْصَدعَ الحَجَرُ حَتَّى نَظَرُوا إِلى الضَّوْءِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ الآخَرُ: اللَّهُمَّ! إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَتْ لِي ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ وَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّهَا حُبًا شَدِيدًا، وَأَنِّي تَمَنَّيْتُهَا لنَفْسِي فَقَالَتْ: لا إِلَّا بِمِائَة دِينَارٍ فَجَمَعْتُهَا لَهَا، فَلَمَّا أَمْكَنَتْنِي مِنْ نَفْسِهَا قَالَتْ: لَا يَحِلُّ لك أن تفض الخَاتَمَ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ، فَقُمْتُ فَتَرَكْتُهَا، اللَّهُمَّ! إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَذَلِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا، فَانْفَرَجَ الجَبَلُ

حَتَّى كَادُوا يَخْرُجُونَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ الآخَرُ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ! إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ [لِي] أُجَرَاءُ كَثِيرٌ وَكَانَ لَا يَبِيتُ لأَحَدٍ منهم عِنْدِي أَجْرٌ، وَإِنَّ أَجِيرًا مِنْهُمْ تَرَكَ أجره عندي، وَإِنِّي زَرَعْتُهُ فَأخْصَبَ، فَاتَّخَدتُ مِنْهُ عَبِيدًا وَمَالًا كَثِيرًا فَأَتَى بَعْدَ حِينٍ فَقَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ! أَعْطِنِي أَجْرِي، قُلْتُ: هَذَا كُلُّهُ أَجْرُكَ، قَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ! لا تتلاعب بِي. فَقُلْتُ: ما أتلاعب بِكَ، فَأَخَذَهُ كُلَّهُ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا وَلَا كَثِيرًا، اللَّهُمَّ! إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَم أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَذَلِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا، فَانْفَرَجَ الجَبَلُ عَنْهُمْ فَخَرَجُوا".  

"عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ : خَرَجَ ثَلاثَةٌ فِيمَن كَانَ

قَبلكُم بَرْتَادُونَ لأَهْلِيهِم فَأَصَابَتْهُم السَّمَاءُ فَلَجَأوا إِلَى جَبَلٍ فَوَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهم صَخْرَةٌ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهم لِبْعَضٍ: عَفَا الأثَرُ وَوَقَعَ الْحَجَرُ، وَلَا يَعْلَم مَكانَكُم إِلا الله، ادْعُوا الله - تَعَالَى- بِأَوْثَقِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، فَقَالَ أحَدهُم: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّه كَانَتْ امْرَأَةٌ تُعْجِبُنِي فَطَلَبْتُها فَأَبَتْ عَلَيَّ، فَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا جُعْلًا، فَلَمَّا قرَّبتْ نَفْسَها تَرَكَتُها، فَإن كُنْتَ تَعْلَم أنِّي مَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ إلَّا رَجَاءَ رَحْمتِك وَخَشْيَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَافرِجْ عَنَّا، فَزَالَ ثُلُث الْجَبَلِ، وَقَالَ الآخَرُ: اللَّهُم إنْ كُنْت تعلم أنه كَانَ لَي وَالدَان وَكُنْتُ أَحْلِبُ لَهُمَا فِي إنَائِهِمَا فَإِذَا أتَيْتُهُمَا وَهُمَا نَائِمَانِ قُمْتُ قَائِمًا حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظا فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَا شَرِبَا، فإن كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَخَشْيَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَافْرِجْ عَنَّا، فَزَالَ ثُلُثُ الحَجَر، فَقَالَ الثَّالثُ: اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي كُنْتُ اسْتَأجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا يَوْمًا فَعَمِلَ لِي نِصْفَ النَّهَار، فَأَعْطيْتُهُ أَجْرَهُ فَتَسَخَّطهُ وَلَمْ يَأخُذْهُ فوفرتُهَا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى صَارَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ المَالِ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ يَطْلُبُ أَجْرَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: خُذْ هَذَا كُلَّهُ وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَمْ أعطِهِ إلَّا أجْرَةُ، فإِن كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتكِ، وَخَشْيَةَ عَذابكَ فَافرِج عَنَّا فَزَالَ الحَجَرُ، وَخَرجُوا يَتَمَاشَونَ (*) ".