Ibn cAsakir ya ruwaito cAli yana cewa: Ban san wani wanda ya yi hijira a ɓoye ba sai cUmar ibn al-Khattab; domin sa'ad da ya so yin hijira sai ya ɗaura takobinsa, ya sa bakansa a kafaɗa, ya riƙe kibansa a hannu, ya zo Ka'aba inda manyan Quraishawa suke a filin masallacin.

Ibn cAsakir narrated that cAli said: I don’t know of anyone who didn’t emigrate in secret except for cUmar ibn al-Khattab; because when he wanted to emigrate he strapped on his sword, put his bow over his shoulder, carried his arrows in his hand, and came to the Kacbah where the nobles of Quraysh were in the courtyard.

Ya yi zagaye bakwai, sannan ya yi raka'a biyu a Maqamin Ibrahim. Sannan ya matsa zuwa ga ƙungiyarsu mataki ɗaya a lokaci guda, ya ce: "Waɗannan fuskoki marasa kyau! Duk wanda yake so ya rasa mahaifiyarsa, ya bar 'ya'yansa marayu, ya mai da matarsa bazawara, to bari ya same ni bayan wannan kwari." Ba ɗaya daga cikinsu da ya bi shi. Ya ruwaito cewa al-Bara', Allah ya yarda da shi, ya ce: Muhajirin farko da ya zo mana shi ne Mus'ab ɗan 'Umair, sannan Ibn Umm Maktum, sannan 'Umar ɗan al-Khaɗɗab ya zo a kan dabba tare da wasu mutum ashirin. Muka ce: "Me Manzon Allah ﷺ ya yi?" Ya ce: "Yana bayana sosai." Daga baya, Annabi ﷺ ya zo, tare da Abu Bakr, Allah ya yarda da shi.