Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39413 — The first Battle of Badr

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah, the people of the tribe of Juhaynah came (to him (peace and blessings be upon him)) and said: "Since you have settled among us, make a treaty with us so that we may be safe from you and you may be safe from us." He (peace and blessings be upon him) made a treaty with them, and they did not accept Islam. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us in the month of Rajab as an armed party, though we did not even number one hundred, to attack the tribe of Kinanah, who were next to the tribe of Juhaynah. The narrator said: We attacked Banu Kinanah, and they were many in number. So we (came and) sought refuge with the tribe of Juhaynah, but they refused us refuge and said: "Why did you fight in the sacred month?" We said: "We fought only those who drove us out of the sacred land (Makkah) in the sacred month." Some of us asked others: "What is your opinion?" They replied: "We will go to the Messenger of Allah and tell him of this." One group said: "No! Rather we will stay here." And I, together with a few people, said: "No, rather let us go to this caravan of Quraysh and attack it." So we set out toward the caravan. At that time, the fay' was that whoever took anything, it was his. So we set off toward the caravan, and our (remaining) companions went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him the whole matter. He (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up in a state of anger, and redness appeared in his blessed face and his blessed colour. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You went from me together, and you have come back separately? It was only division into factions that destroyed those before you. I will surely send over you as commander a man who is not the best of you, but who is the most patient of you in hunger and thirst." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with him) over us as commander. He became the first commander in Islam.