News reached us of the Prophet's ﷺ emergence while we were in Yemen, so we set out as emigrants to join him, myself and two of my brothers, I being the youngest of them. One was Abu Burda and the other Abu Ruhm. He said either "among a number of" or "among fifty-three or fifty-two men from my people." We boarded a ship, and our ship cast us ashore at the land of the Najashi in Abyssinia. There we met Jafar bin Abu Talib and stayed with him until we all came together to join the Prophet ﷺ at the time he conquered Khaybar.Some people used to say to us, meaning to those who had come on the ship, "We preceded you in emigration."Asma bint Umays, who was among those who came with us, entered upon Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, to visit her. She had been among those who emigrated to the Najashi. Umar came in to see Hafsa while Asma was with her, and when Umar saw Asma he asked, "Who is this?"Hafsa replied, "Asma bint Umays."Umar said, "The Abyssinian woman? The seafaring one?"Asma said, "Yes."Umar said, "We preceded you in emigration, so we have more right to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than you do."She became angry and said, "Not at all, by Allah. You were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who fed your hungry and instructed your ignorant, while we were in the land, or in the country, of those who were distant and hostile, in Abyssinia, and that was for the sake of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ. By Allah, I will not eat any food nor drink any drink until I mention what you said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We were harmed and lived in fear, and I will mention that to the Prophet ﷺ and ask him. By Allah, I will not lie nor deviate nor add anything to it."
حدثني محمد بن العلاء حدثنا أبو أسامة حدثنا بريد بن عبد الله عن أبي بردة
بلغنا مخرج النبي ﷺ ونحن باليمن فخرجنا مهاجرين إليه أنا وأخوان لي أنا أصغرهم أحدهما أبو بردة والآخر أبو رهم إما قال بضع وإما قال في ثلاثة وخمسين أو اثنين وخمسين رجلا من قومي فركبنا سفينة فألقتنا سفينتنا إلى النجاشي بالحبشة فوافقنا جعفر بن أبي طالب فأقمنا معه حتى قدمنا جميعا فوافقنا النبي ﷺ حين افتتح خيبر وكان أناس من الناس يقولون لنا يعني لأهل السفينة سبقناكم بالهجرة ودخلت أسماء بنت عميس وهي ممن قدم معنا على حفصة زوج النبي ﷺ زائرة وقد كانت هاجرت إلى النجاشي فيمن هاجر فدخل عمر على حفصة وأسماء عندها فقال عمر حين رأى أسماء من هذه قالت أسماء بنت عميس قال عمر الحبشية هذه البحرية هذه قالت أسماء نعم قال سبقناكم بالهجرة فنحن أحق برسول الله ﷺ منكم فغضبت وقالت كلا والله كنتم مع رسول الله ﷺ يطعم جائعكم ويعظ جاهلكم وكنا في دار أو في أرض البعداء البغضاء بالحبشة وذلك في الله وفي رسوله ﷺ وايم الله لا أطعم طعاما ولا أشرب شرابا حتى أذكر ما قلت لرسول الله ﷺ ونحن كنا نؤذى ونخاف وسأذكر ذلك للنبي ﷺ وأسأله والله لا أكذب ولا أزيغ ولا أزيد عليه