Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2930
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ، وَسَأَلَهُ، رَجُلٌ أَكُنْتُمْ فَرَرْتُمْ يَا أَبَا عُمَارَةَ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ قَالَ لاَ، وَاللَّهِ مَا وَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ، وَلَكِنَّهُ خَرَجَ شُبَّانُ أَصْحَابِهِ وَأَخِفَّاؤُهُمْ حُسَّرًا لَيْسَ بِسِلاَحٍ، فَأَتَوْا قَوْمًا رُمَاةً، جَمْعَ هَوَازِنَ وَبَنِي نَصْرٍ، مَا يَكَادُ يَسْقُطُ لَهُمْ سَهْمٌ، فَرَشَقُوهُمْ رَشْقًا مَا يَكَادُونَ يُخْطِئُونَ، فَأَقْبَلُوا هُنَالِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ الْبَيْضَاءِ، وَابْنُ عَمِّهِ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ يَقُودُ بِهِ، فَنَزَلَ وَاسْتَنْصَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنَا النَّبِيُّ لاَ كَذِبْ أَنَا ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبْ ثُمَّ صَفَّ أَصْحَابَهُ.
A man asked al-Bara: “Abu Umara, did you flee on the day of Hunayn?” He replied: “No, by Allah! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not turn away. Rather, his young and lightly equipped companions came out without armor. They encountered archers from the Hawazin and Banu Nasr, whose arrows rarely missed. They shot volleys at them and hardly missed. The companions then came toward the Prophet ﷺ, who was riding his white mule, led by his cousin Abu Sufyan bin al-Harith bin Abd al-Muttalib. He dismounted, sought Allah’s aid, and said: ‘I am the Prophet—this is no lie. I am the son of Abd al-Muttalib.’ Then he arranged his companions in ranks.”
Translation notes
The phrase about the Prophet’s young and lightly equipped companions is rendered without expanding it beyond the source wording.