Life-of-Muhammad

Life of Muhammad sa 67dispersed, believing they had won. There was noresistance to this attack by the enemy. Only theProphet sa with a handful of guards stood against theentire enemy and all of them fell down fighting.""If this is true," said Anas ra , "what use is sitting hereand crying? Where our beloved Master has gone, theremust we go too."Anas ra had the last date in his hand. This he wasabout to put in his mouth but, instead, he threw it awaysaying, "O date, except thee, is there anything whichstands between Anas ra and Paradise?"Saying this, he unsheathed his sword and flunghimself into the enemy forces, one against threethousand. He could not do much, but one believingspirit is superior to many. Fighting valiantly, Anas ra atlast fell wounded, but he continued to fight. Upon thisthe enemy horde sprang barbarously upon him. It issaid that when the battle was over, and the dead wereidentified, Anas's ra body could not be identified. It hadbeen cut into seventy pieces. At last a sister of Anas raidentifying it by a mutilated finger said, "This is mybrother's body" (Bukhari).Those Muslims who made a ring round the Prophet sabut were driven back, ran forward again as soon as theysaw the enemy withdrawing. They lifted the Prophet's sabody from among the dead. Abu ‘Ubaida bin al-Jarrah racaught between his teeth the rings which had sunk intothe Prophet's sa cheeks and pulled them out, losing twoteeth in the attempt.After a little while, the Prophet sa returned toconsciousness. The guards who surrounded him sentout messengers to tell Muslims to assemble again. Adisrupted force began to assemble. They escorted theProphet sa to the foot of the hill. Abu Sufyan ra , the enemycommander, seeing these Muslim remnants, cried aloud,"We have killed Muhammad sa ." The Prophet sa heard theboastful cry but forbade the Muslims to answer, lest theenemy should know the truth and attack again and theexhausted and badly-wounded Muslims should have