Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39525 — What Abu Bakr (Ibn Abi Shaybah)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that his uncle was absent from the battle of Badr, and he would say: "I stayed behind from the first battle that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fought against the polytheists. By Allah, if Allah Almighty now shows me battle against the polytheists, I too will show Allah Almighty what I do." When the day of Uhud came and the Muslims scattered, he said: "O Allah, I apologise to You for what these people (the Muslims) have done, and I declare myself free before You of what these people (the polytheists) have brought." And (having said this) he went forward. Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) met him at the far end of the army, on this side of Uhud, and Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I am with you (too)." Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I could not do what he did. On his body were found a little over eighty sword blows, spear thrusts and arrow marks. And we used to say that it was concerning him and his companions that this verse was revealed: "Among them are those who have fulfilled their vow, and among them are those who are waiting." [Al-Ahzab: 23]