Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh - Ibn Taimiya - (6/258)

the Muslims turned and fled, while the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—kept spurring his mule toward the unbelievers.

Al-‘Abbās said, “I was holding the bridle of the Messenger of Allah’s mule, trying to rein it in, and Abu Sufyān was grasping the stirrup of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—so that it would not surge forward.

The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—then said, ‘O ‘Abbās, call out to the Companions of the Tree!’ By Allah, no sooner had they heard my voice than they wheeled round like cows rushing back to their calves, crying, ‘Here we are, here we are!’

They engaged the unbelievers in combat, and the rallying cry among the Helpers was, ‘O company of the Ansar!’ Then the call was narrowed to the clan of al-Hārith ibn al-Khazraj, and they shouted, ‘O sons of al-Hārith ibn al-Khazraj!’ The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—looked

وَلَّى الْمُسْلِمُونَ مُدْبِرِينَ، فَطَفِقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَرْكُضُ بَغْلَتَهُ قِبَلَ الْكُفَّارِ، قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: وَأَنَا آخِذٌ بِلِجَامِ بَغْلَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكُفُّهَا، وَأَبُو سُفْيَانَ آخِذٌ بِرِكَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِرَادَةَ أَنْ لَا تُسْرِعَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَيْ عَبَّاسُ، نَادِ أَصْحَابَ الشَّجَرَةِ. فَوَاللَّهِ لَكَأَنَّ عَطْفَتَهُمْ حِينَ سَمِعُوا صَوْتِي عَطْفَةُ الْبَقَرِ عَلَى أَوْلَادِهَا. يَا لَبَّيْكَ يَا لَبَّيْكَ. قَالَ: فَاقْتَتَلُوا وَالْكُفَّارَ، وَالدَّعْوَةُ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ يَقُولُونَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ، ثُمَّ قُصِرَتِ الدَّعْوَةُ عَلَى بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ فَقَالُوا: يَا بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ. فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ