Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39759 — The Battle of Hunayn and the reports

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of Hunayn the tribes of Hawazin and Ghatafan gathered a very large force against the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on that day had with him ten thousand or more than ten thousand men. The narrator said: With him (peace and blessings be upon him) were also the Tulaqa' (those who became Muslim at the Conquest of Makkah). The narrator said: The enemy brought their livestock and their wives and children and left them behind themselves. When the two sides met, the people turned their backs and fled. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was riding a white mule that day. The narrator said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) dismounted (from the mule) and said: "I am the servant of Allah and His Messenger." The narrator said: That day he (peace and blessings be upon him) called out twice and mixed no other speech between the two calls. He (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to his right and called: "O company of the Ansar!" The Ansar answered: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), here we are at your service; we are with you." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to his left and called: "O company of the Ansar!" The Ansar answered: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), here we are at your service; we are with you." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) dismounted to the ground, and when the two sides met (again) the enemy was defeated and the Muslims obtained much booty. He (peace and blessings be upon him) gave this booty to the Tulaqa' and distributed it among them. (At this) the Ansar said: "In hardship we are called, and the booty is distributed to others besides us." This reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) gathered all the Ansar, sat (with them) in a domed tent and said: "O company of the Ansar, what is this that has reached me about you?" The Ansar Companions remained silent. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O company of the Ansar, if the people were to travel through a valley and the Ansar through a mountain pass, I would take the pass of the Ansar." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Are you not pleased that the other people should go off with the (goods of the) world, while you go off with the Messenger of Allah and shelter him in your homes?" The Ansar said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we are pleased, we are pleased." Ibn Awn said that Hisham bin Zayd said: I asked Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): "Were you present at that time?" He replied: "And where would I have been absent at that time?"