The Battle of Hunayn

I can sense there are women and children, and there are animals here; who has commanded all of them to come to the battle? Why is it that I can hear the babies crying, the goats bleating, and the mules braying? Why have you brought the entire civilization of Thaqif here?

Brought to the battlefield, blind and elderly, so the army could receive his blessing and wisdom; asked this of the newly elected chieftain Malik ibn Awf when he sensed the presence of the tribe's women, children, and livestock.

Never have I seen this many people.

Reported back to the Prophet ﷺ after being sent to intermix with the people of Ta'if and scout their numbers and weaponry ahead of Hunayn.

What should we do?

Called together Abu Bakr, Umar, and the senior Companions after hearing Abdullah ibn Abi Hadrat's report of Thaqif's numbers.

Asked Safwan ibn Umayyah to lend 100 coats of armor for the campaign to Hunayn.

Also borrowed armor from Abu Sufyan ibn Harb RA and from Hakim ibn Hizam ahead of Hunayn; all of the armor borrowed for the campaign was later paid back or its equivalent returned.

This was in addition to the armor the Prophet ﷺ had already borrowed from Safwan ibn Umayyah ahead of the same campaign.

How can we possibly be destroyed when we are 12,000?

Gave the Companion who volunteered to guard the camp overnight at Hunayn the good news of Paradise.

Tomorrow, this will be the ghanima that we will take, insha'Allahu ta'ala.

Said after scouts reported the vast wealth, livestock, women, and children the enemy had brought with them to the camp, which had worried some of the Muslims.

Good. Today, the magic spell will be broken.

Said as the Muslims began to flee at the start of the ambush, expecting the Prophet ﷺ, whom they accused of being a magician, to be defeated.

If anyone comes, I will shove it in his stomach.

Said to the Companions after she leapt from her mount and drew a hand dagger to stay near the Prophet ﷺ during the army's initial flight.

Remained at the Prophet ﷺ's side at Hunayn, holding the stirrup of his mule while most of the army fled, and helped call the fleeing Quraysh back to him (proof of his sincere faith after having earlier begged the Prophet ﷺ's forgiveness).

Out of nowhere, a light came, and it was about to burn me. And it was so bright I had to cover my eyes.

Shayba ibn Uthman, still bitter over his father's death at Uhud, had grabbed his spear to kill the Prophet ﷺ from behind during the chaos of Hunayn when this happened.

Who is this?

Asked upon noticing a man in armor holding onto the stirrup of his mule while most of the army fled the ambush.

Come to me! I am the Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I am Muhammad ﷺ the son of Abdullah!

Called out, standing on his mule, after the Muslim army panicked and fled from the ambush at Hunayn, leaving him almost unguarded.

O Abbas, call them!

Said when the Muslim army began to flee at the Battle of Hunayn.

الآن حمي الوطيس

Now the real fight begins!

Said as the Companions rallied back around him and began fighting once more, turning the tide of the battle (the first time this expression is said to have ever been spoken in Arabic).

شاهت الوجوه

May the faces be disfigured.

Took a symbolic handful of dust and threw it toward the tribe of Thaqif as he said this; it is said this blinded the enemy so that their archers could no longer fire, after which the Prophet ﷺ made du'a and the Muslims surged forward and the tide of the battle changed.

When the two armies met, I saw a large black cloud come down from the heavens and disperse among the people like ants.

It was not right for her to have been killed. Go and catch Khalid ibn al-Walid before he goes forward, and tell him that he is not to kill any more women, children, or servants and elders.

Walking the battlefield after Hunayn, the Prophet ﷺ found that a woman had been killed and asked who was responsible.

Tell me who has killed you!

Abu Musa al-Ash'ari rushed to his uncle Abu Amir, who had just been struck by a javelin in a skirmish after Hunayn, and asked this.

Ya Rasulullah, execute all those cowards!

Said after the battle was won, out of anger at the new converts who had fled the battlefield.

Accepted Islam about a month after the Battle of Hunayn and the Siege of Ta'if, and went on to live a life of charity, sadaqa, and zakat.