Gardens of the Righteous — Page 145
RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 145 today. Presently Abu Bakr came and knocked on the door, I said: Who is that? He said: Abu Bakr. I said: Wait a moment. Then I went to the Holy. Prophet and said: Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr is at the door asking permission to come in. He said: Give him permission and greet him with the promise of Paradise. I returned and said to Abu Bakr: You may enter, and the. Messenger of Allah greets you with the promise of Paradise. Abu Bakr entered and sat down beside the Holy Prophet on the platform, drawing up his loin cloth to the knees and suspending his feet into the well, as the Holy Prophet had done. I returned to the door and sat down. I had left my brother at home, making his ablutions and intending to join me. I said to myself: If Allah desires good for him, He will bring him here. Someone knocked at the door and I said: Who is that? He said: Umar ibn Khattab. I said: Wait a moment; and went to the Holy Prophet and after greeting him said: Umar is at the door asking permission to enter. He said: Give him permission and greet him with the promise of Paradise. I went back to Umar and said to him: You have permission and the Messenger of Allah greets you with the promise of. Paradise. He entered and sat down with the Holy Prophet on the platform on his left and suspended his feet into the well. I returned to the door and sat down and said to myself: If Allah desires good for my brother, He will bring him here. . Someone knocked at the door and I said: Who is that? He said: Usman ibn. Affan. I said: Wait a moment; and went and told the Holy Prophet. He said:. Give him permission and greet him with the promise of Paradise together with a misfortune that shall afflict him. I returned to him and said: You may enter, and the Messenger of Allah greets you with the promise of Paradise, together with a misfortune that shall afflict you. He entered and finding the platform full sat down on the other side of it opposite to them. Sa'id ibn Musayyab has said that the order in which they sat down indicated the juxtaposition of the places of their burial (Bokhari and Muslim). . Another version adds: The Holy Prophet directed me to guard the door. . When Usman was told he said: Praise be to Allah, I seek His help. 713. Abu Hurairah relates: We were sitting with the Holy Prophet, and. Abu Bakr and Umar were also of the company, when the Holy Prophet got up and left us. When some time passed we began to worry lest he should meet with trouble in our absence. I was the first to be agitated and set out in search of him till I came to a garden wall of the Banu Najjar. I went round searching for an entrance, but did not find one. However, I espied a small channel of water coming from a well outside, which entered the garden through the wall. . I squeezed myself through the hole and reached the Holy Prophet. He said:. Abu Hurairah? I replied: The same, Messenger of Allah. He asked: What is the matter? I answered: You were with us. Then you left and did not return for quite a while. We were afraid lest you should meet with trouble without us. . We were agitated, I being the first. So I came to this wall and squeezed in through the hole like a fox, and the others are following me. He gave me his shoes and said: Abu Hurairah, take these and whoever you should encounter