Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 1627 — The Book of the Virtues of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ

Abu Musa Narrated from:

The news of the migration of the Prophet ﷺ (from Makka to Al-Madîna) reached us while we were in Yemen. So we set out as Muhâjirûn (emigrants) towards him. We were (three), I and my two brothers. I was the youngest of them, and one of the two was Abû Burda, and the other, Abû Ruhm, and our total number was either 53 or 52 men from my people.We got on board a boat and our boat took us to Najâshi (Negus) in Ethiopia. There we met Ja'far bin Abî Tâlib and stayed with him. Then we all came (to Al-Madîna) and met the Prophet ﷺ at the time of the conquest of Khaibar. Some of the people used to say to us, namely the people of the boat, "We have migrated before you."Asmâ' bint 'Umais who was one of those who had come with us, came as a visitor to Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ. She had migrated along with those other Muslims who migrated to Najâshi. 'Umar came to Hafsa while Asmâ' bint 'Umais was with her. 'Umar, on seeing Asmâ', said, "Who is this?" She said, "Asmâ' bint 'Umais." 'Umar said, "Is she the Ethiopian? Is she the sea-faring lady?" Asmâ' replied, "Yes." 'Umar said, "We have migrated before you (people of the boat), so we have got more right than you over Allâh's Messenger ﷺ."On that Asmâ' became angry and said, "No, by Allâh, while you were with Allâh's Messenger ﷺ who was feeding the hungry ones amongst you, and advised the ignorant ones amongst you, we were in the far-off hated land of Ethiopia, and all that was for the sake of Allâh, and (then) for His Messenger ﷺ. By Allâh, I will neither eat any food nor drink anything till I inform Allâh's Messenger ﷺ of all that you have said. There we were harmed and frightened. I will mention this to the Prophet ﷺ and will ask him (about it). By Allâh, I will not tell a lie or curtail your saying or add something to it."So when the Prophet ﷺ came, she said, "O Allâh's Prophet! 'Umar has said so-and-so." He said (to Asmâ'), "What did you say to him?" Asmâ' said: "I told him so-and-so." The Prophet ﷺ said, "He (i.e. 'Umar) has not got more right than you people over me, as he and his companions has (the reward of) only one migration, and you, the people of the boat, have (the reward of) two migrations."Asmâ' later on said, "I saw Abû Mûsa and the other people of the boat coming to me in successive groups, asking me about this narration, and to them nothing in the world was more cheerful and greater than what the Prophet ﷺ had said about them." Narrated Abû Budra: Asmâ' said, "I saw Abû Musa requesting me to repeat this narration again and again."( Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 539-A, Vol. 5 )