166 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMADday some Muslim men were praying. It was a drying shed for dates and belonged
to Suhayl and Sahl, two orphan youths in the care of As%d b. Zuraa. The
Messenger of God (SAAS) said, when his camel knelt, 'This, if God wills it, will
be the house.'
"He then asked to see the two youths and negotiated with them over the dry-
ing shed so that it could become a mosque. They replied, 'No, we will give it to
you, Messenger of God!' But the Messenger of God (SAAS) refused to accept it
from them as a gift and did buy it. He then built a mosque.
"The Messenger of God (SAAS) then set about bringing up the bricks for
building it, along with the rest of the Muslims, saying as he did so the verse,
'This is not a load from Khaybar; this, 0 Lord, is
more righteous more pure.'
"And also:
'No matter; the wages for this are those of the other
world; be merciful, 0 God, on the Helpers and the
Emigrants.'
"He quoted the verse of one of the Muslim men whose name is unknown to me.
Ibn Shihzb said, 'We are not informed in the hadith literature that the Messenger
of God (SAAS) quoted any full line of poe&y other than these.'"
This is the text as given by al-Bukhm; only he, and not Muslim, gives it and
he does so with testimony from other sources; his text, however, does not give
the story of Umm Ma'bad, the KhuzaF woman.
We will report here from the beginning, as is appropriate.Imam &mad stated, "'Amr b. Muhammad Abii Sacid al-'Anqazi related to us
that Isrz'il related to him, from Aba Ishzq, from al-Bara' b. 'Azib, who said,
"Abii Bakr bought from 'Azib a horse's saddle, for 13 dirhams, telling him, "Tell
&Bar%' to take it to my house." He replied, "No; not until you tell us what you
did when the Messenger of God (SAAS) emigrated in your company.""'
Aba Bakr stated, "We set off and travelled fast, by day and night until mid-
day approached and was upon us. I strained my eyes to see some shade where we
could shelter. I saw a rock and hurried down to it, and some shadow remained.
I smoothed out a place for the Messenger of God (SAAS), and laid down a piece
of leather for hi, saying, 'Do lie down, 0 Messenger of God.' And he did so.
"I then left to see if I could locate any of the pursuers. I came upon a herds-
man and asked him, 'Who employs you, lad?' He mentioned the name of a
Quraysh man that I recognized. I asked him, 'Do you have any milk in your
flock?' '0 yes,' he replied. 'Will you give me some?' I requested. He agreed and
I told him to get some. He tethered a ewe and at my request he wiped the dirt
off its udders and his hands. I had with me a container with a cloth over its
mouth. He poured a little milk for me and I poured it out into a cup until it was
all cool. I then went over to the Messenger of God (SAAS) and gave it to him;