Sahih al-Bukhari 3615

It is related that al-Bara' ibn 'Azib said, "Abu Bakr came to my father in his house and purchased a saddle from him. He said to 'Azib, 'Send your son to carry it with me.' So I carried it with him and my father went out to receive its price. My father said to him, 'O Abu Bakr! Relate to me what happened when you travelled by night with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.' He said, 'Yes, we travelled the night and part of the following day until it was the middle of day and the road was empty and no one was passing on it. A tall rock appeared before us which had shade and to which the sun had not reached. So we dismounted there and I levelled a place for the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to sleep with my hands and spread out a hide over it. I said, 'Sleep, Messenger of Allah, and I will keep the dust from you (or guard you).' He went to sleep and I began to keep the dust away around him. Then there was a shepherd coming with his sheep towards the rock, intending what we had intended from it. I asked, 'Whose servant are you?' He said, "A man of Madina or Makka.' I said, 'Do your sheep have any milk?' He answered, 'Yes.' I asked, 'Will you milk them?' He said, 'Yes.' He took one of his sheep. I said, "Clean the dust, hairs and dirt from the teats." (He said, 'I saw al-Bara' clapping one of his hands against the other for cleaning.') He milked a little milk into a wooden vessel. I had a leather container with me which I carried for the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, from which he had water for drinking and doing wudu'. I went to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, but I did not want to wake him up, but I found that he had already woken up. I poured water over the milk until its bottom was cold. Then I said, "Drink, Messenger of Allah." He drank so that I was pleased.' Then he asked, 'Is it time to leave?' I said, 'Yes,' and we travelled after the sun had begun to decline. Suraqa ibn Malik had followed us and I said, "We have been discovered, Messenger of Allah!" He said, "Do not grieve. Allah is with us." The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, invoked against him and his horse sunk with him up to its belly. (I think he said, "Into solid earth." Zuhayr is unsure.) He said, "I see that you have invoked against me, so make supplication for me. By Allah, I will make those who are seeking you turn back." The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, made supplication for him and he was saved. Whenever he met anyone, he said, "I have spared you from looking here." So he made whomever he met turn back and fulfilled his promise to us.'"