Sayyiduna Iyad (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came against Hawazin with twelve thousand men. On the occasion of the Battle of Hunayn, as many of us people of Ta'if were killed as there were men of Quraysh killed on the occasion of the Battle of Badr. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took a handful of earth and threw it toward us, and we were routed.
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Abdullah bin Iyad; Ibn Abi Hatim mentioned him and did not criticise him. The remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).