[Machine] I have never seen my parents except that they were practicing the religion. There was not a single day that the messenger of Allah ﷺ did not come to us in the morning and evening. When the Muslims were tested, Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) migrated before the Muslims towards the land of Abyssinia. He met Ibn Daghna, the ruler of the region and he asked him, "Where are you going, Abu Bakr?" Abu Bakr replied, "My people have expelled me, so I shall roam the earth and worship my Lord." Ibn Daghna said to him, "A person like you, Abu Bakr, neither leaves nor is expelled. Indeed, you are the one who supports the needy, maintains family ties, shows kindness to guests, carries the burdens of others, helps with the difficulties of the truth, and I am your neighbor." Then Ibn Daghna left, and Abu Bakr returned with him. It was said while he was travelling around the disbelievers of the Quraysh, "Abu Bakr neither leaves nor is expelled. He supports the needy, maintains family ties, shows kindness to guests, carries the burdens of others, helps with the difficulties of the truth." So the Quraysh began to surround Ibn Daghna, and they secured the safety of Abu Bakr and said to Ibn Daghna, "Let Abu Bakr go back to his home and worship his Lord as he pleases, and let him recite whatever he wants. He should not harm us, nor should he use prayer and recitation against us outside his home." So Abu Bakr did that. Then Abu Bakr built a mosque in the courtyard of his house and prayed in it, reciting the Quran. The women of the polytheists would stand watching him and marveling at him. Abu Bakr was a man who sobbed uncontrollably when reciting the Quran. So they sent to Ibn Daghna, who came to them. They said to him, "We have only rewarded Abu Bakr for worshipping his Lord in his home. He has built a mosque, announced the prayer and recitation. We fear that our women and children may be misled, so come to him and tell him to confine himself to worshipping his Lord in his home. If he refuses and insists on announcing it, then ask him to release us from our guarantee, for we do not want to bear the blame that we have tolerated the announcement of a man we guaranteed." Then Ibn Daghna came to Abu Bakr and said, "You know what I have guaranteed for you. Either restrict yourself to that, or return my guarantee to me. I do not want the Arabs to hear that I have been deceived in a guarantee I made for a man."  

لَمْ أَعْقِلْ أَبَوَيَّ قَطُّ إِلَّا وَهُمَا يَدِينَانِ الدِّينَ لَمْ يَمُرَّ عَلَيْنَا يَوْمٌ إِلَّا يَأْتِينَا فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا فَلَمَّا ابْتُلِيَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ خَرَجَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ مُهَاجِرًا قِبَلَ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ فَلَقِيَهُ ابْنُ الدَّغِنَةِ سَيِّدُ الْقَارَةِ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ؟ قَالَ أَخْرَجَنِي قَوْمِي فَأَسِيحُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَأَعْبُدُ رَبِّي فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ الدَّغِنَةِ إِنَّ مِثْلَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَا يَخْرُجُ وَلَا يُخْرَجُ إِنَّكَ تُكْسِبُ الْمَعْدُومَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَتَقْرِي الضَّيْفَ وَتَحْمِلُ الْكَلَّ وَتُعِينُ عَلَى نَوَائِبِ الْحَقِّ وَأَنَا لَكَ جَارٌ فَارْتَحَلَ ابْنُ الدَّغِنَةِ وَرَجَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ وَطَافَ فِي كُفَّارِ قُرَيْشٍ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَا يَخْرُجُ وَلَا يُخْرَجُ مِثْلُهُ إِنَّهُ يُكْسِبُ الْمَعْدُومَ وَيَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَيَحْمِلُ الْكَلَّ وَيَقْرِي الضَّيْفَ وَيُعِينُ عَلَى نَوَائِبِ الْحَقِّ فَأَنْفَذَتْ قُرَيْشٌ جِوَارَ ابْنِ الدَّغِنَةِ فَأَمَّنُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَقَالُوا لِابْنِ الدَّغِنَةِ مُرْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَنْ يَعْبُدَ رَبَّهُ فِي دَارِهِ وَيُصَلِّيَ مَا شَاءَ وَيَقْرَأَ مَا شَاءَ وَلَا يُؤْذِينَا وَلَا يَسْتَعْلِنْ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالْقِرَاءَةِ فِي غَيْرِ دَارِهِ فَفَعَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ بَدَا لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ فَابْتَنَى مَسْجِدًا بِفِنَاءِ دَارِهِ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ وَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ فَيَقِفُ عَلَيْهِ نِسَاءُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُمْ فَيَعْجَبُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ رَجُلًا بَكَّاءً لَا يَمْلِكُ دَمْعَهُ إِذَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَى ابْنِ الدَّغِنَةِ فَقَدِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَجَرْنَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَنْ يَعْبُدَ رَبَّهُ فِي دَارِهِ وَإِنَّهُ ابْتَنَى مَسْجِدًا وَإِنَّهُ أَعْلَنَ الصَّلَاةَ وَالْقِرَاءَةَ وَإِنَّا خَشِينَا أَنْ يَفْتِنَ نِسَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَنَا فَأْتِهِ فَقُلْ لَهُ أَنْ يَقْتَصِرَ عَلَى أَنْ يَعْبُدَ رَبَّهُ فِي دَارِهِ وَإِنْ أَبَى إِلَّا أَنْ يُعْلِنَ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَرُدَّ عَلَيْنَا ذِمَّتَكَ فَإِنَّا نَكْرَهُ أَنْ نُخْفِرَ ذِمَّتَكَ وَلَسْنَا بِمُقِرِّينَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ الِاسْتِعْلَانَ فَأَتَى ابْنُ الدَّغِنَةِ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ الَّذِي عَقَدْتُ لَكَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِمَّا أَنْ تَقْتَصِرَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ تُرْجِعَ إِلَيَّ ذِمَّتِي فَإِنِّي لَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَسْمَعَ الْعَرَبُ أَنِّي أُخْفِرْتُ فِي عَقْدِ رَجُلٍ عَقَدْتُ لَهُ