Sahih al-Bukhari 3754 (Book 63, Hadith 142)
Abu Bakr regarding the journey of the migration of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). Abu Bakr said, “Close observers
were appointed by our enemies to watch us. So we went out at night and travelled throughout the
night and the following day till it was noon, then we perceived a rock and went towards it, and there
was some shade under it. I spread a cloak I had with me for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and then the Prophet (ﷺ) layed
on it. I went out to guard him and all of a sudden I saw a shepherd coming with his sheep looking for
the same, the shade of the rock as we did, I asked him, ‘O boy, to whom do you belong?’ He replied, ‘I
belong to so-and-so.’ I asked him, ‘Is there some milk in your sheep?’ He replied in the affirmative. I
asked him, ‘Will you milk?’ He replied in the affirmative. Then he got hold of one of his sheep. I said
to him, ‘Remove the dust from its udder.’ Then he milked a little milk. I had a water-skin with me
which was tied with a piece of cloth. I had prepared the water-skin for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) . So I poured
some water over the milk (container) till its bottom became cold. Then I brought the milk to the
Prophet and said, ‘Drink, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).’ Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) drank till I became pleased. Then we
departed and the pursuers were following us.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3754 (Book 63, Hadith 142)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The monumental hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari was authored by the renowned scholar al-Bukhārī approximately in the year 847. It is universally regarded as one of the most valued and authentic texts in Sunni Islamic scholarship, second only to the Quran in authority. This work is a primary member of the Kutub al-Sittah, a group of six trusted hadith collections that also includes the works of Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Nasa’i, and ibn Majah. Al-Bukhārī’s compilation is vast, featuring 7,563 hadiths systematically arranged across 97 different books.
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