And Zayd Bin Arqan was among the group...

And Zayd Bin Arqan was among the group, and he was a young boy having reached adolescence. And Rasool-Allah -saww was in a shade of a tree during the time of intense midday heat, and in his -saww presence was a group of his -saww companions from the Emigrants and the Helpers. Zayb Bin Arqan came over and informed him -saww of what Abdullah Bin Abayy had said, and Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Perhaps you are mistaken, O boy?’ He said, ‘No, by Allah -azwj ! I am not mistaken’.

He -saww said: ‘Perhaps you are angered upon him?’ He said, ‘No, by Allah -azwj ! I am not angry upon him’. He -saww said: ‘Perhaps they fooled you?’ He said, ‘No, by Allah -azwj !’ Rasool-Allah -saww said to Shaqran, his -saww slave: ‘Prepare (the camel)!’ So he prepared his -saww ride, and he -saww rode, and the people had heard that, and they said, ‘(Normally) Rasool-Allah -saww does not tend to ride during this time!’ The people departed, and he -saww met Saeed Bin Abada.

He said, ‘The greetings be unto you, O Rasool-Allah -saww , and Mercy of Allah -azwj and His -azwj Blessings’. He -saww said: ‘And upon you be the greetings’. He said, ‘(Normally) you -saww do not tend to depart in the likes of this time?’ He -saww said: ‘O have you not heard the words your companions spoke?’ He said, ‘And which companion is there for us apart from you -saww , O Rasool-Allah -saww ?’ He -saww said: ‘Abdullah Bin Abayy.

He alleged that on return to Al-Medina, the honourable ones will expel the humble from it’. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! You -saww and your -saww companions are the honourable, and he and his companions are the humble’. Rasool-Allah -saww travelled all of his -saww day not speaking to anyone. The (clan) of Al-Khazraj faced towards Abdullah Bin Abayy insulting him, but Abdullah Bin Abayy swore on oath that he did not say anything from that.

They said, ‘Then arise with us to go to Rasool-Allah -azwj until we apologise to him -saww . But he turned back his neck’. When it was the night, Rasool-Allah -saww travelled his -saww night, all of it, and the day, and he -saww did not encamp except for the Salat. When it was the morning, Rasool-Allah -saww encamped, and his -saww companions (also) encamped, and the land had tested them from the vigilance (staying awake all night) which had hit them.