then said, “Be gone, enemy of Allah! I am the Messenger of Allah,” repeating it three times. He next told her, “See to your son; no harm shall touch him, and nothing of what used to afflict him will ever return.”

He also recounted the episode of the two trees until he continued, “We camped in one of the valleys of Banū Muhārib. There a man of that tribe, named Ghawrath ibn al-Hārith, confronted him while the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—had his sword slung over his shoulder. The man said, ‘O Muhammad, give me that sword of yours.’ The Prophet drew it and handed it to him. Ghawrath looked at it for a while, then turned toward the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—and said, ‘O Muhammad, who will protect you…’