THE ARRIVAL OF JA‘FAR IBN ABI TALIB
On the authority of Abu Moosa, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The news of the migration of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, (from Makkah to Madinah) reached us while we were in Yemen. So we set out as emigrants towards him. We were (three) I and my two brothers. I was the youngest of them, and one of the two was Abu Burdah, and the other, Abu Ruhm, and our total number was either 52 or 53 men from my people. We got on board a boat and our boat took us to an-Najashi in Abyssinia. There we met Ja‘far bin Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, and stayed with him. Then we all came (to Madinah) and met the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, at the time of the conquest of Khaibar. Some of the people used to say to us, i.e., the people of the ship, “We have migrated before you.”
Asma’ Bint ‘Umais, may Allah be pleased with her, who was one of those who had come with us, came as a visitor to Hafsah, may Allah be pleased with her, the wife of the Prophet. She had migrated along with those other Muslims who migrated to an-Najashi. ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, came to Hafsah while Asma’ bint ‘Umais was with her. ‘Umar, on seeing Asma’ asked, “Who is this?” She said, “Asma’ Bint ‘Umais”. ‘Umar said, “Is she an Abyssinian? Is she the sea-faring lady?” Asma’ replied, “Yes.” ‘Umar said, “We have migrated before you (people of the boat), so we have got more right than you over Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, “ On that Asma’ became angry and said, “No, by Allah, while you were with Allah’s Messenger who was feeding the hungry ones amongst you, and advising the ignorant ones amongst you, we were in the far-off hated land of Abyssinia, and all that was for the sake of Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. By Allah, I will neither eat any food nor drink anything till I inform Allah’s Messenger of all that you have said. There we were harmed and frightened. I will mention this to the Prophet and will not tell a lie or curtail your saying or add something to it.”
So when the Prophet, peace and blessing of Allah be upon him, came, she said, “O Allah’s Messenger, ‘Umar has said such-and-such.” He said (to Asma’): “What did you say to him?” Asma said, “I told him such-and-such.” The Prophet, peace and blessing of Allah be upon him, said: “He (i.e. ‘Umar) has not got more right than you people over me, as he and his companions have (the reward of) only one migration, and you, the people of the boat, have (the reward of) two migrations.” Asma’ later on said, “I saw Abu Moosa and the other people of the boat coming to me in successive groups, asking me about this narration, and to them nothing in the world was more cheerful and greater than what the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had said about them.”
Narrated Abu Burdah: Asma’ said, “I saw Abu Moosa requesting me to repeat this narration again and again.”
Narrated Abu Burdah: Abu Moosa said, “The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: ‘I recognize the voice of the group of Al-Ash‘ariyoon; when they recite the Qur’an after entering their homes at night. I can recognize their houses by (listening) to their voices when they are reciting the Qur’an at night although I have not seen their houses when they come during the day time. Amongst them is Hakim who, on meeting the cavalry or the enemy, used to say to them (i.e. the enemy): “My companions order you to wait for them’.”
Al-Bukhari related on the authority of Abu Moosa, may Allah be pleased with him, who said, “We came upon the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, after he had conquered Khaibar. He then gave us a share (from the booty), meanwhile he never gave to anybody else who did not attend the Conquest aside from us.”
Al-Bukhari related on the authority of Anbasah Ibn Sa‘eed that Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, came to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and asked him (for a share from the booty of Khaibar). On that, one of the sons of Sa‘eed Ibn Al-‘As said to him, “O Allah’s Messenger! Do not give him.” Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, then said (to the Prophet), “This is the murderer of Ibn Qawqal.” Saeed’s son said, “How strange! A guinea-pig coming from Qadoom Ad-Da’n!”
By: Ibn Katheer
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