A group of Muslims migrated to Abyssinia, and Abu Bakr prepared himself to migrate as well. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Wait, for I hope that I too will be granted permission to migrate."Abu Bakr asked, "Do you really hope for that, may my father be your ransom?"The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Yes."So Abu Bakr held himself back to accompany the Prophet ﷺ, and he fed two mounts he had with the leaves of the acacia tree for four months.Urwa said, Ayesha said, "While we were sitting one day in our house at midday, someone said to Abu Bakr, 'Here is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ coming, his face covered, at a time when he never used to visit us.'"Abu Bakr said, "May my father and mother be his ransom. By Allah, he has not come at this hour except for some important matter."The Prophet ﷺ arrived and asked permission to enter, which was granted. When he came in, he said to Abu Bakr, "Send out those who are with you."Abu Bakr said, "These are only your family, may my father be your ransom, Messenger of Allah."The Prophet ﷺ said, "I have been granted permission to leave."Abu Bakr said, "May I accompany you, may my father and mother be your ransom, Messenger of Allah?"The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Yes."Abu Bakr said, "Then take, may my father be your ransom, Messenger of Allah, one of these two mounts of mine."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Only at its price."Ayesha said, "So we prepared their provisions in haste and packed food for them in a leather bag. Asma bint Abu Bakr cut a piece from her waist-belt and tied the bag with it, and for that reason she was called Dhat al-Nitaqayn, 'the one with the two belts.'"Then the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr reached a cave in a mountain called Thawr and stayed there for three nights. Abdullah bin Abu Bakr, a young man who was clever and quick to learn, would spend the nights with them. He would leave them before dawn and reach the Quraysh in Mecca by morning as though he had spent the night there. He would not hear any plot being devised against them without committing it to memory, and he would bring them news of it when darkness fell.Amir bin Fuhayra, the freed slave of Abu Bakr, used to graze a flock of sheep for them. He would bring the flock to them after a portion of the evening had passed, so they could drink fresh milk and spend the night well-fed, until Amir bin Fuhayra would call out to the flock just before dawn. He did this every night during those three nights.
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هاجر ناس إلى الحبشة من المسلمين وتجهز أبو بكر مهاجرا فقال النبي ﷺ على رسلك فإني أرجو أن يؤذن لي فقال أبو بكر أو ترجوه بأبي أنت قال نعم فحبس أبو بكر نفسه على النبي ﷺ لصحبته وعلف راحلتين كانتا عنده ورق السمر أربعة أشهر قال عروة قالت عائشة فبينا نحن يوما جلوس في بيتنا في نحر الظهيرة فقال قائل لأبي بكر هذا رسول الله ﷺ مقبلا متقنعا في ساعة لم يكن يأتينا فيها قال أبو بكر فدا لك أبي وأمي والله إن جاء به في هذه الساعة إلا لأمر فجاء النبي ﷺ فاستأذن فأذن له فدخل فقال حين دخل لأبي بكر أخرج من عندك قال إنما هم أهلك بأبي أنت يا رسول الله قال فإني قد أذن لي في الخروج قال فالصحبة بأبي أنت وأمي يا رسول الله قال نعم قال فخذ بأبي أنت يا رسول الله إحدى راحلتي هاتين قال النبي ﷺ بالثمن قالت فجهزناهما أحث الجهاز وضعنا لهما سفرة في جراب فقطعت أسماء بنت أبي بكر قطعة من نطاقها فأوكأت به الجراب ولذلك كانت تسمى ذات النطاق ثم لحق النبي ﷺ وأبو بكر بغار في جبل يقال له ثور فمكث فيه ثلاث ليال يبيت عندهما عبد الله بن أبي بكر وهو غلام شاب لقن ثقف فيرحل من عندهما سحرا فيصبح مع قريش بمكة كبائت فلا يسمع أمرا يكادان به إلا وعاه حتى يأتيهما بخبر ذلك حين يختلط الظلام ويرعى عليهما عامر بن فهيرة مولى أبي بكر منحة من غنم فيريحها عليهما حين تذهب ساعة من العشاء فيبيتان في رسلهما حتى ينعق بها عامر بن فهيرة بغلس يفعل ذلك كل ليلة من تلك الليالي الثلاث