and he returned.

The Expedition of Sālim ibn ʿUmayr to Kill Abū ʿAfak
Al-Wāqidī reports that Abū ʿAfak, a Jew from Banū ʿAmr ibn ʿAwf who had reached one hundred and twenty years of age, used to insult the Prophet ﷺ, compose satirical verses about him, and incite others against him. Sālim ibn ʿUmayr volunteered to confront him and killed him by stealth in Shawwāl of that same year.

The Raid of al-Sawīq (Dhu al-Ḥijjah)
Mūsā ibn ʿUqbah, citing Ibn Shihāb, relates: When Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb heard of the defeat at Badr, he vowed that he would not apply oil to his hair, bathe, or approach his wife until he had raided Muhammad ﷺ and set fire to the outskirts of Medina. Secretly and in fear he left Mecca with thirty horsemen to fulfill his oath. He halted at a mountain near Medina called Nabt and dispatched one or two of his men, instructing them to burn the first palm groves they came upon. They found a few shelters among the date palms of al-ʿArīḍ, set them ablaze, and withdrew, while Abū Sufyān hurried back.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out in pursuit until he reached Qarqarat al-Kudr, but Abū Sufyān had already escaped.