Bara bin Azib reported,

Bara bin Azib reported, Abu Bakr ﷺ came to my father at his home and bought a saddle from him. He said to Azib, "Send your son to carry it with me." So I carried it with him, and my father went out to receive its price.My father said to him, "Abu Bakr, tell me how the two of you managed when you traveled by night with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."Abu Bakr replied, "Yes. We traveled through the night and into the next day until midday came and the road was empty, with no one passing along it. Then a tall rock appeared to us, casting a shadow the sun had not yet reached, so we stopped beside it. I prepared a place for the Prophet ﷺ with my own hands for him to sleep on, spread out a fur garment, and said, 'Sleep, Messenger of Allah, and I will keep watch around you.' So he slept, and I went out to keep watch around him.Then I saw a shepherd coming toward the rock with his flock, seeking the same shade we had sought. I asked, 'Whose servant are you, young man?'He answered, 'I belong to a man from the people of Madinah,' or he said, 'Makkah.'I asked, 'Is there milk in your flock?'He said, 'Yes.'I asked, 'Will you milk one for me?'He said, 'Yes.'He took hold of a sheep, and I said, 'Brush the udder clean of dust, hair, and dirt.'"Bara would strike one of his hands against the other, demonstrating the brushing motion. Abu Bakr continued, "He milked a small amount of milk into a vessel. I had a water-skin with me which I had brought for the Prophet ﷺ so he could drink from it and use it for ablution. I came to the Prophet ﷺ, and I disliked waking him, but I arrived just as he awoke. I poured some water onto the milk until its base was cool, then said, 'Drink, Messenger of Allah.'He drank until I was pleased, then said, 'Has the time not come to move on?'I said, 'Yes.'So we set off after the sun had begun to decline, and Suraqa bin Malik followed us. I said, 'We have been overtaken, Messenger of Allah.'He said, 'Do not grieve. Indeed, Allah is with us.'The Prophet ﷺ supplicated against him, and his horse sank up to its belly," Abu Bakr added, "I think he said, 'in firm ground.'" Zuhayr was uncertain about this detail.Suraqa said, "I see that you have both supplicated against me. Pray for me, and I give my pledge to Allah that I will turn the pursuers away from you."So the Prophet ﷺ prayed for him and he was saved. After that, he met no one without saying, "I have taken care of this area for you," and he met no one without turning them back.Abu Bakr said, "And he kept his word to us."

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جاء أبو بكر ﷺ إلى أبي في منزله، فاشترى منه رحلان، فقال لعازب: ابعث ابنك يحمله معي، قال: فحملته معه، وخرج أبي ينتقد ثمنه، فقال له أبي: يا أبا بكر حدثني كيف صنعتما حين سريت مع رسول الله ﷺ؟ قال: نعم، أسرينا ليلتنا ومن الغد حتى قام قائم الظهيرة وخلا الطريق لا يمر فيه أحد، فرفعت لنا صخرة طويلة لها ظل لم تأت عليه الشمس، فنزلنا عنده، وسويت للنبي ﷺ مكانا بيدي ينام عليه، وبسطت فيه فروة، وقلت: نم يا رسول الله، وأنا أنفض لك ما حولك، فنام، وخرجت أنفض ما حوله، فإذا أنا براع مقبل بغنمه إلى الصخرة، يريد منها مثل الذي أردنا، فقلت: لمن أنت يا غلام؟ فقال لرجل من أهل المدينة أو مكة. قلت: أفي غنمك لبن؟ قال: نعم. قلت: أفتحلب؟ قال: نعم. فأخذ شاة، فقلت: انفض الضرع من التراب والشعر والقذى، قال: فرأيت البراء يضرب إحدى يديه على الأخرى ينفض، فحلب في كثبة من لبن، ومعي إداوة حملتها للنبي ﷺ يرتوي منها، يشرب ويتوضأ، فأتيت النبي ﷺ، فكرهت أن أوقظه فوافقته حين استيقظ، فصببت من الماء على اللبن حتى برد أسفله، فقلت: اشرب يا رسول الله. قال: فشرب حتى رضيت ثم قال: ألم يأن للرحيل. قلت: بلى. قال: فارتحلنا بعد ما مالت الشمس، واتبعنا سراقة بن مالك، فقلت: أتينا يا رسول الله. فقال: لا تحزن، إن الله معنا. دعا عليه النبي ﷺ فارتطمت به فرسه إلى بطنها- أرى- في جلد من الأرض- شك زهير- فقال: إني أراكما قد دعوتما علي، فادعوا لي، فالله لكما أن أرد عنكما الطلب، فدعا له النبي ﷺ فنجا، فجعل لا يلقى أحدا إلا قال: كفيتكم ما هنا، فلا يلقى أحدا إلا رده. قال: ووفى لنا.