Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abu Ishaq narrates that a man said to Hazrat Bara: "O Abu Amarah! Did you people turn your backs on the day of Hunain?" Hazrat Bara said: "I testify about the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he did not turn his back. But some people, in haste and empty-handed, advanced towards the tribe of Hawazin, even though the Hawazin were a nation of archers. So they showered that (empty-handed) group with arrows from their swift-shooting bows, and it seemed as if a whole collection of arrows was coming. The narrator says: So the people scattered, and at that time the people of Hawazin advanced towards the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), while Abu Sufyan was driving the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) mule. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) dismounted and called for help, and he was saying: 'I am not a false prophet. I am the son of Abdul Muttalib. O Allah! Send down Your help.' The narrator says: By God! When the battle was at its fiercest, we would take cover behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for our protection. And certainly, at that time, the brave one was the person who stood with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."