3242. “On the day of the Confederates—another narration says: the day of the Trench—(1) he was carrying earth with us, and the earth covered the whiteness of his belly—another narration says: the hair of his chest—(2) [and he was a very hairy man], (3) while [chanting the rajaz verses of Abd Allah ibn Rawahah]: (4)

“By Allah, had it not been for You, we would not have been guided,
nor given charity, nor prayed.
So send down tranquility upon us,
and make firm our feet should we meet [the enemy]. (5)
Indeed, those people have refused—another narration says: rebelled—(6) against us.
Whenever they seek discord, we refuse, we refuse.” (7)

And he would raise his voice as he recited them.”

It was narrated by al-Bukhari (nos. 2837, 4106, 6620, and 7236)—both versions, along with the additions, are his—Muslim (5/187–188), al-Darimi (2/122), Ibn Hibban (4518, al-Ihsan), al-Bayhaqi (7/43) and in al-Dala'il (3/413–414), Ibn Abi Shaybah (14/419), Ahmad (4/282, 285, 291, 300, and 302), and also al-Tayalisi (97/712).