Abu Bakr al-Siddiq came to my father at his house and bought a saddle from him. He said to Azib, "Send your son with me to carry it to my house."My father said to me, "Carry it." So I carried it, and my father went out with him to receive its price.My father said to him, "Abu Bakr, tell me how the two of you managed on the night you traveled with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."Abu Bakr replied, "Yes. We traveled all through the night until midday came and the road was empty, with no one passing along it. Then a tall rock appeared to us, casting a shadow that the sun had not yet reached. So we stopped beside it. I went to the rock and smoothed out a place with my own hands where the Prophet ﷺ could sleep in its shade. Then I spread a fur over it and said, 'Sleep, Messenger of Allah, and I will keep watch around you.' So he slept, and I went out to scout the surroundings.Suddenly I saw a shepherd coming toward the rock with his flock, seeking the same shade we had sought. I met him and asked, 'Whose man are you, boy?'He answered, 'I belong to a man from the people of Madinah.'I asked, 'Is there milk in your flock?'He said, 'Yes.'I asked, 'Will you milk some for me?'He said, 'Yes.' He took hold of a ewe, and I told him, 'Wipe the udder clean of hair, dust, and dirt.'"Bara then struck one of his hands on the other to demonstrate the wiping. Abu Bakr continued, "He milked a small amount of milk for me into a wooden bowl he had with him. I had a water skin with me from which I would draw water for the Prophet ﷺ to drink and perform ablution. I came to the Prophet ﷺ but disliked waking him from his sleep, and I happened to find that he had just woken. So I poured some water onto the milk until its bottom became cool, and I said, 'Drink from this milk, Messenger of Allah.'He drank until I was satisfied, then he said, 'Is it not time to set off?'I said, 'Yes indeed.'So we set off after the sun had passed its zenith, and Suraqa bin Malik followed in pursuit. We were on hard, level ground, and I said, 'Messenger of Allah, we have been overtaken.'He said, 'Do not grieve. Indeed, Allah is with us.'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then prayed against him, and his horse sank into the ground up to its belly, I think. Suraqa said, 'I know that the two of you have prayed against me. Pray for me, and I swear to Allah that I will turn back any pursuers from you.'So the Prophet ﷺ prayed to Allah, and Suraqa was saved. He went back, and he did not meet anyone without saying, 'I have already searched this area for you,' turning back everyone he met. And he kept his word to us."
حدثني سلمة بن شبيب حدثنا الحسن بن أعين حدثنا زهير حدثنا أبو إسحق قال سمعت
ا جاء أبو بكر الصديق إلى أبي في منزله فاشترى منه رحلا فقال لعازب ابعث معي ابنك يحمله معي إلى منزلي فقال لي أبي احمله فحملته وخرج أبي معه ينتقد ثمنه فقال له أبي يا أبا بكر حدثني كيف صنعتما ليلة سريت مع رسول الله ﷺ قال نعم أسرينا ليلتنا كلها حتى قام قائم الظهيرة وخلا الطريق فلا يمر فيه أحد حتى رفعت لنا صخرة طويلة لها ظل لم تأت عليه الشمس بعد فنزلنا عندها فأتيت الصخرة فسويت بيدي مكانا ينام فيه النبي ﷺ في ظلها ثم بسطت عليه فروة ثم قلت نم يا رسول الله وأنا أنفض لك ما حولك فنام وخرجت أنفض ما حوله فإذا أنا براعي غنم مقبل بغنمه إلى الصخرة يريد منها الذي أردنا فلقيته فقلت لمن أنت يا غلام فقال لرجل من أهل المدينة قلت أفي غنمك لبن قال نعم قلت أفتحلب لي قال نعم فأخذ شاة فقلت له انفض الضرع من الشعر والتراب والقذى قال فرأيت البراء يضرب بيده على الأخرى ينفض فحلب لي في قعب معه كثبة من لبن قال ومعي إداوة أرتوي فيها للنبي ﷺ ليشرب منها ويتوضأ قال فأتيت النبي ﷺ وكرهت أن أوقظه من نومه فوافقته استيقظ فصببت على اللبن من الماء حتى برد أسفله فقلت يا رسول الله اشرب من هذا اللبن قال فشرب حتى رضيت ثم قال ألم يأن للرحيل قلت بلى قال فارتحلنا بعدما زالت الشمس واتبعنا سراقة بن مالك قال ونحن في جلد من الأرض فقلت يا رسول الله أتينا فقال لا تحزن إن الله معنا فدعا عليه رسول الله ﷺ فارتطمت فرسه إلى بطنها أرى فقال إني قد علمت أنكما قد دعوتما علي فادعوا لي فالله لكما أن أرد عنكما الطلب فدعا الله فنجا فرجع لا يلقى أحدا إلا قال قد كفيتكم ما هاهنا فلا يلقى أحدا إلا رده قال ووفى لنا