The Battle of Hunain

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of Hunayn the people scattered and fell back from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and only one man remained steadfast with him (peace and blessings be upon him), who was called Zayd. He was holding the bridle of his (peace and blessings be upon him) grey mule. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Zayd! Bless you, call the Muhajirun, for they bear on their necks a pledge of allegiance made for the sake of Allah Almighty." Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: (On hearing the call) a thousand of them came rushing back, having thrown away the scabbards of their swords and broken them. Then they came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), until Allah Almighty honoured them with victory and help.
The chain of this hadith is hasan (good). Imam Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili recorded it in his Musnad, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from Ta'if, he (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed at al-Ji'ranah, where he (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed the spoils of war, then he performed Umrah from there, and this was when two nights of the month of Shawwal remained."
And Imam Abu Ya'la (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Abu Bakr narrated this hadith to us with the same chain.

It is narrated from a man who was present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at the Battle of Hunayn (on the side of the polytheists) that he said: "When we met the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in battle, they could not stand their ground before us even for as long as it takes to milk a goat, and we routed them. While we were still driving them before us in pursuit, we reached the rider of the white or greyish mule (the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)). There we encountered men whose faces were exceedingly bright and radiant. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'May these faces be disfigured! Turn back.' So, overawed by their words, we were routed and fled, and they rode upon our shoulders (that is, pursued us hard), and that was the decisive defeat."
All the narrators in the chain of this hadith are thiqat (trustworthy), and this report is sahih (authentic).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Yazid bin Amir al-Suwa'i (may Allah be pleased with him), who took part in the Battle of Hunayn on the side of the polytheists and later accepted Islam. We used to ask him about the terror that Allah Almighty had cast into the hearts of the polytheists on the day of Hunayn, what it was like. He said: "We would pick up a pebble and throw it into a basin (a large bowl) full of water, and it would ring." He added: "We used to feel exactly this kind of ringing and trembling inside our bellies."
The chain of this hadith is hasan (good), and Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Bazzar recorded it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Yazid bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he mentioned a retreat in which the Muslims fell back (during the battle) and the disbelievers rushed after them in pursuit. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took a handful of earth from the ground, turned towards the polytheists and threw it in their faces, saying: "Go back! May these faces be disfigured!" The narrator said: Then (such was the effect of this miraculous act that, in the enemy ranks) whoever met his companion was complaining of specks of dust and grit in his eyes.
The chain of this hadith is hasan (good). Imam Ahmad recorded it in his Musnad and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the battle of Hunayn took place, the people (scattered and) fell back from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), except Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib and Sayyiduna Abu Sufyan bin al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with them both). At that time the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) to call out: "O people of Surah al-Baqarah! O company of the Ansar!" Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) further urged that Banu al-Harith bin al-Khazraj be called. When they heard the call, they turned back (answering it) in such a way that, by Allah, I can only liken them to she-camels that come yearning at the call of their young. Then, when the two sides met and the fighting grew fierce, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Now the oven of battle has grown hot (that is, the battle has reached its peak)." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) took a handful of white pebbles, threw them (towards the enemy) and said: "By the Lord of the Ka'bah, they are defeated!" On that day Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) was the fiercest of all the people in fighting in front of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Musnad Abi Ya'la: 4312; Musnad al-Bazzar: 6814. The narrators of its chain are thiqat (trustworthy).