Guided by ‘Abdullah bin Uraiqit along the little-used coastal route, they set off with food Asma’ ties up with her waistband. Suraqah bin Malik chases them for the reward, but his horse keeps stumbling and he asks for pardon. At the tent of Umm Ma’bad, a dry goat gives milk.
As the book dates it: Rabi’ al-Awwal, 1 A.H. (September 622 A.D.)
Who was there
- ABAbu Bakr as-SiddiqThe Prophet’s close friend, who believed on the very first day of the call, hid with him in the cave of Thawr, and led the prayer in his last days.
- SMSuraqah bin MalikChased the Prophet ﷺ during the Hijrah for the reward, until his horse kept stumbling and he asked for forgiveness.
- UMUmm Ma’badA Bedouin woman at whose tent the travellers stopped during the Hijrah.
- AU‘Abdullah bin UraiqitNot yet a Muslim but trusted by Abu Bakr, he guided them to Madinah by little-used paths.
- ABAsma’ bint Abi BakrAbu Bakr’s daughter, called ‘she of the two waistbands’ for tying up food for the Hijrah.
- AF‘Amir bin FuhairahAbu Bakr’s freed slave, who brought goats’ milk to the cave each evening and then travelled with them to Madinah.