كَعْبُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ سُرَاقَةَ
[Machine] He informed him that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left Makkah to migrate to Madinah, the Quraysh offered anyone who brought him back a hundred camels. While I was sitting in a gathering, a man approached and said, "By Allah, I have seen three riders passing by very near to me. I believe one of them is Muhammad ﷺ." I gestured to him to be quiet and told him that they were the sons of so-and-so, who had lost their camels. I sat there for a while, then got up and entered my house. I ordered my horse to be tied in the belly of the valley and took out my weapons from behind my room. Then, I put on my armor and came out wearing them for my people to see. Then, I took out my weapons and invoked a curse on the arrow I least wanted to harm. I hoped to recover a hundred camels, so I followed Muhammad ﷺ riding my horse. While my horse was stumbling, I fell off it. I took out my weapons and invoked a curse on the arrow I disliked to harm. However, I had no choice but to follow him. I rode my horse, but when I appeared before them, my horse stumbled again and its hands went into the ground. I fell off it and I saw a cloud of smoke resembling a stick. I knew that I was prevented from them and that it was divine intervention. I called out to them and said, "Look at me, by Allah, I will not harm you and I will not bring you anything you dislike." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What do you want?" I said, "Write a document for me that will be a sign between you and me." He said, "Write to him, 'O Abu Bakr.'" He then wrote a document for me and handed it to me. I returned and kept silent, not mentioning anything that had happened until Allah ﷻ opened-up Makkah to His Messenger ﷺ and he finished the Battle of Hunayn. I went to meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ carrying the document that he had written for me. While I was on my way to meet him, I passed through a group of Ansari soldiers, who began attacking me with their spears and saying, "To you! To you!" Until I came close to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was on his camel. I asked him to look at his camel's leg, which was wounded as if from a stab. I raised my hands with the document and said, "O Messenger of Allah, this is your document." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This is a day of fulfillment and righteousness." So, I embraced Islam and gave him a charity from my wealth.
أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَكَّةَ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ جَعَلَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِمَنْ رَدَّهُ مِائَةَ نَاقَةٍ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي نَادِي قَوْمِي إِذْ أَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَكَبَةً ثَلَاثَةً مَرُّوا عَلَيَّ آنِفًا إِنِّي لَأَرَاهُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ قَالَ فَأَوْمَأْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ اسْكُتْ إِنَّمَا هُمْ بَنُو فُلَانٍ يَبْغُونَ ضَالَّةً لَهُمْ فَلَبِثْتُ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ قُمْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ فَأَمَرْتُ بِفَرَسِي فَقِيدَ إِلَى بَطْنِ الْوَادِي وَأَخْرَجَتُ سِلَاحِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ حُجْرَتِي ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ قِدَاحِي الَّذِي أَسْتَقْسِمُ بِهَا وَلَبِسْتُ لَأْمَتِي ثُمَّ أَخْرَجْتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ فَخَرَجَ السَّهْمُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ لَا أَضُرَّهُ قَالَ وَكُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ أَرُدَّهُ فَآخُذَ الْمِائَةَ النَّاقَةَ فَرَكِبْتُ عَلَى أَثَرِهِ فَبَيْنَمَا فَرَسِي يَشْتَدُّ بِي عَثَرَ فَسَقَطْتُ عَنْهُ فَأَخْرَجْتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِهَا فَخَرَجَ السَّهْمُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ لَا أَضُرُّهُ فَأَبَيْتُ إِلَّا أَنْ أَتْبَعَهُ فَرَكِبْتُ فَرَسِي فَلَمَّا بَدَا لِيَ الْقَوْمُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ عَثَرَ بِي فَرَسِي وَذَهَبَتْ يَدَاهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَسَقَطْتُ عَنْهُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ يَدَيْهِ فَاتَّبَعَهُمَا دُخَانٌ مِثْلُ الْعَصَا فَعَرَفْتُ أَنْ قَدْ مُنِعَ مِنِّي وَأَنَّهُ ظَاهِرٌ فَنَادَيْتُهُمْ فَقُلْتُ أَنْظِرُونِي فَوَاللهِ لَا آذَيْتُكُمْ وَلَا يَأْتِيكُمْ مِنِّي شَيْءٌ تَكْرَهُونَهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَاذَا تَبْغِي؟» قُلْتُ اكْتُبْ لِي كِتَابًا يَكُونُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ آيَةً قَالَ «اكْتُبْ لَهُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ» قَالَ فَكَتَبَ لِي كِتَابًا ثُمَّ أَلْقَاهُمْ إِلَيَّ قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ فَسَكَتُّ فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ شَيْئًا مِمَّا كَانَ حَتَّى إِذَا فَتَحَ اللهُ ﷻ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ مَكَّةَ وَفَرَغَ مِنْ حُنَيْنٍ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَلْقَاهُ وَمَعِيَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي كَتَبَ لِي فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا عَامِدٌ لَهُ دَخَلْتُ بَيْنَ كَتِيبَةٍ مِنْ كَتَائِبِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَجَعَلُوا يَقْرَعُونِي بِالرِّمَاحِ وَيَقُولُونَ إِلَيْكَ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى دَنَوْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سَاقِهِ فِي غَرْزِهِ كَأَنَّهَا جُمَّارَةٌ فَرَفَعْتُ يَدِي بِالْكِتَابِ وَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا كِتَابُكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَوْمُ وَفَاءٍ وَبِرٍّ» فَأَسْلَمْتُ وَسُقْتُ إِلَيْهِ صَدَقَةَ مَالِي