It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man from the tribe of Qays asked him: Did all of you flee from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of Hunayn? Sayyiduna al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "But the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood firm and never turned his back. What happened was that the people of the Hawazin tribe were skilled archers. When we attacked them they fell back, and we became busy gathering the spoils of war; then they suddenly met us with a shower of arrows. I myself saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) riding his white mule, and Sayyiduna Abu Sufyan bin al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) was holding the mule's rein, and at that moment he (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying in a loud voice: 'Ana al-nabiyyu la kadhib, ana ibnu Abd al-Muttalib' (I am the Prophet in truth, this is no lie; I am the son of Abd al-Muttalib)."
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند البراء بن عازب / 1727
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده صحيح . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: صحيح» «أخرجه صحيح البخاري برقم: 2709، 2719، 2772، 2877، 4061، 4062، 4063، وأخرجه صحيح مسلم برقم: 1776، وأخرجه سنن الترمذي برقم: 1688، وأخرجه سنن أبي داود برقم: 2658، وأخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 18007، وأخرجه فتح الباري برقم: 2709، 2877، 4061، 5794، 6356، وأخرجه المستدرك على الصحيحين برقم: 2591، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 1721»