Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq — Page 52
52 HADRAT ABU BAKR 52 respect and cheerfully arranged for their accommodation. On his arrival in Mad i nah the Holy Prophet sa , decided that each Muslim of Mad i nah would form a bond of brotherhood with a Makkan Muslim. The Makkan emigrants had left everything behind and had come empty-handed to Mad i nah. Through this formation of brotherly bonds, the Muslims of Mad i nah helped the Muslims of Makkah get settled in their new city. The Makkan emigrants were called the Muh a jir i n (the Emigrants) Mad i nah’s Muslims helped the Makkans in every possible way they could, so they became known as the An sa r (the Helpers). Kh a rijah bin Zaid ra was made the brother of Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra. Since his house was in a neighboring town called Sun h , Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra stayed there as well. Just a few days after their migration to Mad i nah, Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra came down with a fever, along with several of the other new emigrants. Mad i nah’s weather was different from Makkah’s, and a feverous sickness used to frequently break out there. The Holy Prophet sa prayed intensely for them and, by the Grace of God, the disease disappeared from Mad i nah. 17 The Holy Prophet sa stayed at the house of Hadrat Ab u Ayy u b An sa r i ra in the beginning. Soon after his arrival in Mad i nah,