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very poor, anxious Muslims remaining without mounts; five of them were from the Ansar
and two were Bedouins, one from the Muzaynah and the other from the Ghatfan. In
desperation they came to the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) and begged him to
provide them with mounts, but there were none left and so with heaviness of heart,
sensitive to their great sorrow, he broke the news that they were to remain behind as the
journey would be impossible without a mount. The Companions were grief stricken and
broke down, weeping.
Their sincerity is recorded in the Koran:
"... And when you said, 'I can find no mounts for you,' they turned back,
their eyes streaming with tears,
grieving that they could not find the means to spend."
Koran 9:92
The Arrival of the Bedouin Allies
Now that their Bedouin allies had arrived the army was thirty thousand strong with a
and two were Bedouins, one from the Muzaynah and the other from the Ghatfan. In
desperation they came to the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) and begged him to
provide them with mounts, but there were none left and so with heaviness of heart,
sensitive to their great sorrow, he broke the news that they were to remain behind as the
journey would be impossible without a mount. The Companions were grief stricken and
broke down, weeping.
Their sincerity is recorded in the Koran:
"... And when you said, 'I can find no mounts for you,' they turned back,
their eyes streaming with tears,
grieving that they could not find the means to spend."
Koran 9:92
The Arrival of the Bedouin Allies
Now that their Bedouin allies had arrived the army was thirty thousand strong with a