'Abdu'r-Rahman ibn Razin said, "We passed by az-Zubda and were
told, 'There is Salama ibn al-Akwa'. I went to him and he greeted us. Then
he brought out his hands and stated, 'With these two hands I offered allegiance
to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.' He
held out his palm which was as huge as a camel's foot, and we got up and
kissed it."
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كُنَّا فِي غَزْوَةٍ، فَحَاصَ النَّاسُ حَيْصَةً، قُلْنَا: كَيْفَ نَلْقَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ فَرَرْنَا؟ فَنَزَلَتْ: {إِلاَّ مُتَحَرِّفًا لِقِتَالٍ}، فَقُلْنَا: لاَ نَقْدِمُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَلاَ يَرَانَا أَحَدٌ، فَقُلْنَا: لَوْ قَدِمْنَا، فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ، قُلْنَا: نَحْنُ الْفَرَّارُونَ، قَالَ: أَنْتُمُ الْعَكَّارُونَ، فَقَبَّلْنَا يَدَهُ، قَالَ: أَنَا فِئَتُكُمْ.
Ibn 'Umar said, "We were on a raid and the people fled. We said,
'How can we meet the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
when we have run away? It has been revealed, "unless he is withdrawing
to rejoin the fight" (8:16)." We said, 'We will not go to Madina and
then no one will see us.' Then we said, 'Perhaps we should go.' The Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came from the Fajr prayer and
we said, 'We fled.' He said, 'You are those rejoining the fight."' We kissed
his hand. He said, 'I am your group.*'"
`A'isha, the Umm al-Mu'minin, said, "I did not see anyone who more
resembled the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
in manner of speaking than Fatima. When she came to him, he stood up for
her, made her welcome, kissed her and had her sit in his place. When the
Prophet came to her, she stood up for him, took his hand, made him welcome,
kissed him, and made him sit in her place. She came to him during his final
illness and he greeted her and kissed her."
