Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality
After the injunction of Hijrat had come down from Allah Ta’aala, most of the Sahaabah migrated to Madina Tayyibah. Similarly, those Sahaabah who migrated to Abyssinia, (after learning that the Sahaabah had migrated to Madina Tayyibah), also moved on to Madina Tayyibah, until such a time that there was nobody left from the believers in Makkah Mukarramah besides Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam), Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (Radhiallahu Anhu) and his family, Hadhrat Ali (Radhiallahu Anhu) and those few oppressed believers who were imprisoned by the disbelievers and not allowed to migrate.
Until then, Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) was not yet granted permission to migrate to Madina Tayyibah. It was at that time that Hadrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (Radhiallahu Anhu) intended setting out on the journey to Madina Tayyibah. Prior to departing from Makkah Mukarramah, Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (Radhiallahu Anhu) came to Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) to inform him of his plans and bid him farewell. Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) loved Hadrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (Radhiallahu Anhu) so dearly (as Hadhrat Abu Bakr (Radhiallahu Anhu) loved Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)), that he asked him to postpone his migration in order to accompany Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) on the journey of Hijrat at the time permission will be granted to Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).
Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (Radhiallahu Anhu) asked Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam), “Do you think Allah Ta’aala will allow you soon to migrate?” Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam) answered in the affirmative. Immediately Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (Radhiallahu Anhu) made preparations for the journey by purchasing two camels which he fed the leaves of the Acacia tree four months before the Hijrat, anxiously awaiting the command of Allah Ta’aala to migrate…[1]
[1] صحيح بخاري
