Battle of Hunayn — the steadfast hundred and the household

غزوة حنين — ثابتو المائة وأهل البيت

At Hunayn, when the rout began the Prophet ﷺ was left with a handful of Emigrants, Helpers and his household: al-Abbas, Ali, al-Fadl ibn al-Abbas (may God be pleased with him), Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith (may God be pleased with him), Rabi'a ibn al-Harith, Ayman ibn Ubayd (may God be pleased with him), Usama ibn Zayd (may God be pleased with him), Abu Bakr and Umar — thirty or forty men in the rival reports. The same chapter covers the Ja'rana division and the Hawazin delegation.

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«بقي رسول الله في نفر من المهاجرين والأنصار وأهل بيته، العباس، وعلي، والفضل بن عباس، وأبو سفيان بن الحارث، وربيعة بن الحارث، وأيمن بن عبيد، وأسامة بن زيد، وأبو بكر، وعمر»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Mentions: Ali ibn Abi Talib· al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib· al-Fadl ibn al-Abbas· Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith· Usama ibn Zayd· Umm Ayman (Baraka bint Tha'laba)· Muhammad· Banu Hashim· The Battle of Hunayn· The distribution of Hunayn spoils at al-Ji'rana

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Mecca· The Battle of Hunayn· The burial of the Prophet· The Companions· Banu Hashim· al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib· Muhammad· The day of Badr: the lines, the duels and the victory

Sources

Kitab al-Maghazi by al-Waqidi — al-Maktaba al-Shamila digital text of the Marsden Jones edition (Oxford 1966)

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