Tarikh (al-Tabari) 853
The Prophet's emigration ﷺ
[ تَأَخُّرُ عَلِيٍّ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ ] وَأَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ بَعْدَ أَصْحَابِهِ مِنْ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ يَنْتَظِرُ أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَهُ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ، وَلَمْ يَتَخَلَّفْ مَعَهُ بِمَكَّةَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ إلَّا مَنْ حُبِسَ أَوْ فُتِنَ، إلَّا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ الصِّدِّيقُ ؓ، وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ كَثِيرًا مَا يَسْتَأْذِنُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ، فَيَقُولُ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: لَا تَعْجَلْ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلُ لَكَ صَاحِبًا فَيَطْمَعُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنْ يَكُونَهُ.
Translation
✧ [The delay of ʿAlī and Abū Bakr in the emigration] The Messenger of God ﷺ remained in Makkah after his companions among the emigrants, waiting for permission to be granted to him to emigrate. No one of the emigrants stayed behind with him in Makkah except those who had been detained or afflicted, except ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib and Abū Bakr b. Abī Quḥāfah al-Ṣiddīq ؓ. Abū Bakr often asked the Messenger of God ﷺ for permission to emigrate, and the Messenger of God ﷺ would say to him: "Do not be hasty; perhaps God will make for you a companion." So Abū Bakr hoped that he would be that one.
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