—am also the first man to have shot an arrow in Allah’s cause. I can picture myself campaigning with just a small band of the Messenger’s Companions—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—having nothing to eat but the leaves of the trees and al-hubla, until the corners of our mouths became raw. One of us would pass droppings like those of a goat or a camel. And now the tribe of Asad presume to reprimand me about the religion! If that is the case, then I have surely failed and lost, and all my deeds have gone astray.”