144 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMADIbn Ishaq stated, "When God Almighty gave permission for warfare with His
words, 'Permission (to fight) is being given to those against whom war is being
wrongfully waged. God has power to give them victory, those who have been
expelled unjustly from their homes merely for having said, "Our Lord is God"'
(swat al-H~J; XXII, v.3940).
"When God gave permission to do battle and that group of an@r had followed
hi into accepting Islam and had agreed to give him and his Muslim followers
aid and refuge, the Messenger of God (SAAS) ordered his supporters, both
those who had previously emigrated and those who had stayed with him in
Mecca, to leave in migration to Medina to join their Muslim brethren there. He
told them, 'God has provided brothers and a home where you may be secure.'
"And so they left for Medina in groups.
"The Messenger of God (SAAS) stayed in Mecca wiuting for his Lord to give
him permission to emigrate from Mecca to Medina.
"The first of his supporters to emigrate to Medina of the Quraysh and of the
Bana Makbzam was Abii Salama 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-Asad b. Hilal b. 'Abd
Allah b. 'Umar b. Makhziim. His migration took place one year before the pledge
made at alLCAqaba. This was because, following his return from Abyssinia, he
had been badly treated by Quraysh and had decided to return there, but, when
he learned of fellow Muslims in Medina, he went there instead."
Ibn Ishaq stated, "My father related to me, from Salama b. 'Abd Allah b.
'Umar b. Abii Salama, from his grandmother Umm Salama, who said, 'When
Abii Salama decided to depart for Medina, he saddled his camel for me, mounted
me on it and put my son Salama in my lap. He then led us away.
"'When some men of the Banii al-Mughira saw him they approached and
said, "We can accept what you yourself do, but why should we allow this woman
of ours to be taken off by you somewhere else?" She went on, "And they
snatched the camel's bridle out of his hand and took me off it."
"'This angered the Bana 'Abd al-Asad, Aba Salama's people, and they said,
"By God, we'll not leave a son of ours with her now you've taken her away from
our man." So they tugged at my son Salama and dislocated his arm. The Banii
'Abd al-Asad then took him away, while the Bann al-Mugbira kept me among
themselves. My husband, Abii Salama, then left for Medina. So I was separated
from both my son and my husband.
"'Thereafter I would go out every morning and sit in the valley and weep till
evening; I kept this up for about a year.
"'Then one day a man from my uncle's family, one of the Banii al-Mughira,
passed by, saw the state I was in and took pity on me. He told the Banii
al-Mughira, "Can't you let this poor woman go? You've separated her from both
her son and her husband!"
"'They then told me I could join my husband if I liked.
"'So then the Banii 'Abd al-Asad remrned my son to me; I saddled a camel,
took my son in my lap and headed out to my husband in Medina.