Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39586 — The Battle of the Trench

It is narrated from Abu Ma'shar that al-Harith bin Awf and Uyaynah bin Hisn came and said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the year of the Trench: "We will keep Ghatafan away from you, on the condition that you give us the fruits of Madinah." The narrator says: Then they bargained with him (peace and blessings be upon him), and the matter was settled on half the fruits of Madinah. They said: "Write a document between us and you." He (peace and blessings be upon him) called for a sheet. The narrator says: Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh and Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with them both) were both seated. They turned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Has something come to you from Allah which we cannot turn away from?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No! But I intended to turn the faces of these people away from me, and I want to free my face for those." The narrator says: The two Companions said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "In our time of ignorance the Arabs never took anything from us except by purchase or hospitality."