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1716. Ibn 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allāh sent us on a military expedition, and the people turned to escape. So we arrived in Al-Madīnah and concealed ourselves in it and we said: 'We are runied.' Then we went to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and we said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! We are those who fled.' He said: 'Rather you are Al-'Akkārūn (those who are regrouping) and I am your reinforcement.'" (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb. We do not know of it except as a narration of Yazīd bin Abī Ziyād. And the meaning of his saying: "The people turned to escape" is that they fled from the fighting. As for the meaning of his saying: "Rather you are Al-'Akkārūn," the 'Akkār is the one who flees to his Imām in order that he may help him, it does not mean fleeing from the advancing army.
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The Prophet ﷺ sensed their feeling of shame and gave them the solace by saying: You are not deserters. You have only returned to your party for
regrouping. You are not, therefore, sinners and criminals. I am your leader, and you have come to me for reinforcement and not as those who flee from the field.
