IMAM ABIS AL-FIDA' ISMA'iL IBN KATHf R^177Muhammad b. Ishaq stated, "Muhammad b. Ja'far b. d-Zubayr related to me,
from Wrwa b. d-Zubayr, from 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Uwaym b. Sa'ida, who said,
'Some of my tribesmen who were Companions of the Prophet (SAAS) said,
"When we learned of the emigration of the Prophet (SAAS) from Mecca, we
anticipated his arrival. We would go out, after saying the morning prayer, to the
edge of the rock lava plain and await him. We would stay there until the sun
would force us to seek shade, failing which, we would go indoors. It was the hot
season at that time.
"'"Eventually the day arrived when the Messenger of God (SAAS) did come.
We had sat as usual until there was no shade left and then we had entered our
homes. But when we had done so, the Messenger of God (SAAS) arrived. The
first to see him was a Jew, and he shouted at the top of his voice, 'Bann Qayla,
your great man has come!'
"'"So we all went outside to the Messenger of God (SAAS), and found him
in the shade of a date-palm, accompanied by Abn Bakr, a man of similar age.
Most of us had not seen the Messenger of God (SAAS) before that, and people
crowded around him, not knowing how to distinguish him from Abil Bakr. But
when the shade moved away from the Messenger of God (SAAS) Abii Bakr
stood up and shaded him with his cloak. And at that point we recognized him."'"
The account given above from al-Bukhari is similar to this one, as is that from
Mnsa b. Wqba in his work on the mughzzi, the military campaigns.
Imzm Ahmad stated, "Hshim related to us, quoting Sulaymm, from Thabit,
from Anas b. Miilik, who said, 'I moved along through young men shouting,
"Muhammad has come!" And I'd move ahead but still see nothing.
"'But then the Messenger of God (SAAS) did come, accompanied by Aba
Bakr. They hid in a ruin in Medina, then sent out a bedouin asking for the an@r,
the Helpers, to let them enter town. Thereupon some 500 of the aqzr went out
to greet them, saying, "Do come on; you are safe and will be obeyed."
'"The Messenger of God (SAAS) and his Companion then came on in among
them and the townspeople, even the old people as well came out to greet them,
climbing on top of the houses and shouting, "Which one is he?" We never saw
such a sight before."'
"Anas said, 'I witnessed the day he entered among us and the day he died, and
I never saw two such days as those."'
Al-Bayhaqi related this from d-Hakim, from al-Asamm, from Muhammad b.
Ishiiq d-SanCani, from Abii al-Nadr H%him b. d-Qsim, from Sulayman b.
al-Mughira, from Thiibit, from Anas, whose account was very similar.
In both ~ahih collections, through Isra'il, from Aba Ishaq, from d-Bar%', we
find that Abn Bakr says, in his account of the emigration, 'LWhen we arrived in
Medina, the people came out filling the streets and the roof tops, with the young
and the servants all shouting and repeating, 'God is most Great! The Messenger
of God has arrived. God is most Great! Muhammad has come! God is most
Great! Muhammad has come! God is most Great! The Messenger of God has
come!' The next morning he moved on to where he had been ordered to go."