"Thus," he continued, "I sought Muhammad to kill him, but...

"Thus," he continued, "I sought Muhammad to kill him, but something came over me so that my heart felt as though pressed down, and I was unable to endure it. I knew then that he was (divinely) protected." It is further related on the authority of `Ikrimah that Shaybah said: "When I saw the Messenger of Allah on the day of Hunayn totally abandoned, I remembered my father and uncle and how `Ali and Hamzah killed them.

Thus I thought to myself, `I shall today take my revenge on Muhammad.' When, however, I came to attack him on his right, I saw al-`Abbas ibn `Abdi 'l-Muttalib standing by him clad with a white suit of armour as though made of silver. He was brushing the dust off it. I thought, `He is his uncle; he would not abandon him.' Then I came at him from behind, and was about to cut him down with my sword. But a fiery wall of hot flame looking like a thunderbolt stood between me and him.

I was afraid that it would consume me. I covered my eyes with my hand and ran away. The Messenger of Allah turned to me and called out, `O Shubayb, come close to me.' He then prayed, `O Allah, remove Satan from him.' I lifted my eyes toward him, and he was indeed dearer to me than my hearing and my sight.

He then said to me, `O Shubayb, fight against the rejecters of faith!' " It is reported on the authority of Musa ibn `Uqbah that the Messenger of Allah stood up in the stirrups of his donkey and said: "O Allah, I beg of You to fulfil what You had promised me. O Allah, they should not gain victory over us! " He then called his and reproached them saying: "O you men who gave the oath of allegiance (bay`ah) on the day of Hudaybiyyah!

O Allah, hasten to the aid of your Prophet!" It is also related that he cried out: "O supporters of the Messenger of Allah, O sons of the tribe of Khazraj!" He then commanded al-`Abbas to call the people together, and the Prophet's came to him running. It is reported that the Prophet exclaimed: "Now the fighting has become fierce!

I am the Prophet without doubt, I am the son of Abdu'l-Muttalib!" Salamah ibn al-Akwa' reported that the Messenger of Allah then dismounted his mule, took a handful of dust and threw it at their faces saying: "May these faces be disgraced! " There was not a creature of Allah among them but that his eyes were filled with dust. Thus they turned and quickly fled. The Muslims followed them and slew them. Allah, moreover, granted the Muslims their women, children, livestock and wealth.