Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ in a panic.’

When the enemy pressed upon the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—he dismounted from the mule, scooped up a handful of earth, faced them with it, and declared, ‘Shāhat al-wujūh (May these faces be ruined).’ There was not a single one of them whom Allah had created but that the dust from that handful filled his eyes. They turned and fled, and Allah caused them to be defeated.

Sahih Muslim likewise relates from al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, who said:
‘I was present with the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—on the Day of Hunayn. Abu Sufyān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and I stayed close to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and did not leave his side. The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was riding a white mule that Farwah ibn Nufāthah al-Judhāmī had given him. When the Muslims and the disbelievers came face to face…’