سماك بن خرشة

"All the companions of the Messenger of Allah ran away on the day of Uhud – no one was left among them except Ali b. Abi Talib (a.s.) and Abu Dujana Simak b. Kharasha. The Prophet (s.w) said to him: 'O Aba Dujana – don’t you see your people?' he said: 'I do.' The Prophet (s.w) replied: 'Join up with them.' Abu Dujana said: 'This is not what I gave my pledge of allegiance to Allah and His messenger for! The Prophet (s.w) said: 'You are released [from your pledge].' Abu Dujana said: 'By Allah the Quraysh will never get the opportunity to say that I abandoned you and ran away until I taste what you taste!' Then the Prophet (s.w) prayed for a good recompense for him. Whenever a group used to attack Rasulallah – Ali (a.s) would face them and repel them until he had killed a large number of them and injured others. He continued this way until his sword broke so he came to the Prophet (s.w) and said: 'O messenger of Allah – a man can only fight with his weapon but my sword has broken!' So he (the prophet) gave him his sword Dhu al-Fiqar and he (Ali) kept on defending the prophet using it until marks [wound traces] were inflicted on him and he became unrecognizable [because of a multitude of injuries]. Jibril descended and said: 'O Muhammad this is an incomparable support from Ali to you!' So the Prophet (s.w) said: 'He is from me and I am from him!' Jibril replied 'And I am from you both!' they heard a voice from heaven saying: 'There is no sword but Dhu al-Fiqar and the there is no young champion except Ali!'"

Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘When the people were defeated on the Day of Ohad and fled from the Prophet (saww), he (saww) turned towards them with his (saww) face and was saying: ‘I (saww) am Muhammad (saww)! I (saww) am the Rasool Allah (saww)! I (saww) have neither been killed nor have I (saww) died’. So and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar) turned towards him (saww) saying, ‘Now he (saww) is mocking with us as well and we have been defeated. And there remained with him (saww) Ali (asws) and Samaak Bin Kharsha Abu Dujana (ar), may Allah (azwj) have Mercy on him. So the Prophet (saww) called him (ar) over and said: ‘O Abu Dujana! Leave, for you (ar) are free from your pledge of allegiance. As for Ali (asws), so I (saww) am him (asws) and he (asws) is me (saww)’. So he came over and sat down in front of the Prophet (saww) and wept, and said, ‘No, by Allah (azwj)!’ And he (ar) raised his (ar) head towards the sky and said, ‘No, by Allah (azwj)! I (ar) will not make myself free from my pledge of allegiance. I (ar) gave my (ar) pledge of allegiance to you (saww), so where shall I (ar) go, to a wife who will die, or a son who will die, or a house which will be ruined and wealth which will be destroyed, and a term (death) which comes nearer?’ So the Prophet (saww) left him (ar), and he (ar) did not stop fighting until he was weakened by the wounds and he (ar) was on one side of him (saww) and Ali (asws) was on the other side of him (saww). So when he (ar) dropped, Ali (asws) carried him (ar) to the Prophet (saww) and placed him (ar) in his (saww) presence. So he (ar) said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), have I (ar) been loyal to my (ar) pledge of allegiance?’ He (saww) said: ‘Yes’. And the Prophet (saww) said good things for him (ar). And the people were attacking the Prophet (saww) from the right, so Ali (asws) defended him (saww). So when he (asws) defended him (saww), they attacked the Prophet (saww) from the left. That situation did not cease until his (asws) sword broke into three pieces. So he (asws) came to the Prophet (saww). He (asws) displayed it in front him (saww) and said: ‘This is my (asws) sword which has broken. Thus, it was on that day that the Prophet (saww) gave him (asws) Za Al-Fiqar (Zulfiqar). And when the Prophet (saww) saw that (Ali (asws)) was exhausted due to the frequency of the fighting, he (saww) raised his (saww) head towards the sky and he wept and said: ‘O Lord (azwj)! You (azwj) Promised me (saww) that You (azwj) would be Making Your (azwj) Religion to prevail, and if You (azwj) so Desire, it would not Tire You (azwj)’. Ali (asws) turned towards the Prophet (saww) and said: ‘O Rasool Allah (saww)! I (asws) heard a loud rumble and heard the galloping of Hayzoum (Horse of Jibraeel), and I (asws) did not attack to strike anyone except that he would fall dead before I (asws) struck him. So he (saww) said: ‘This was Jibraeel and Mikaeel, and Israfeel among the Angels’. Then Jibraeel (as) went and paused to the side of the Rasool Allah (saww). He said: ‘O Muhammad (saww), this is the comfort’. So he (saww) said: ‘Ali (asws) is from me (asws), and I (saww) am from him (asws)’. So Jibraeel said: ‘And I am from both of you (asws). Then the people (enemy) were defeated. So the Rasool Allah (saww) said to Ali (asws): ‘O Ali (asws)! Go with your (asws) sword until you are opposite to them. If you (asws) see them riding the camels and the horses are by their side, then they are intending to go to Makkah. And if you (asws) see them to be riding the horses and their camels are by their sides, so they are intending to go to Al-Medina. Ali (asws) came up to them, and they were upon their camels, so Abu Sufyan said to Ali (asws), ‘O Ali (asws)! What do you (asws) want. That is where we are going, to Makkah. So leave and go to your (asws) companion (saww)’. Jibraeel followed them, and when they heard the galloping of his horse, they strived to move faster, and he kept following them. So when they moved, they said, ‘It is the army of Muhammad (saww) which is coming’. Abu Sufyan entered Makkah and informed them of the news. The shepherds and the woodcutters came. So they entered Makkah. They said, ‘We saw the army of Muhammad (saww)!’ All of them left. Abu Sufyan descended at Makkah and followed their footsteps horse to the horse. The people of Makkah came and addressed Abu Sufyan and reproached him. And the Prophet (saww) moved and the flag was with Ali (asws) and he (asws) was in front of him (saww). So when he (asws) came up with the flag while moving in front and when they reached ‘Al-Uqba’, and the people saw him (asws), Ali (asws) called out: ‘O you people! This is Muhammad (saww). He (saww) never died and he (saww) was never killed!’ So the one who had said, ‘He (saww) is mocking us and we have been defeated’ (Abu Bakr or Umar)’, said, ‘This is Ali (asws) and flag is in his (asws) hands’, until the Prophet (saww) moved towards them, and the women of the Helpers were in their courtyards and on the doorways of their houses, and the men came out to him (saww) returning from their flight and escape. The women of the Helpers had scratched their faces, and spread their hair, and placed dust upon their foreheads, and had torn the sides of their dresses, and tied their abdomens for (the grief for) Prophet (saww). So when he (saww) saw them, he (saww) said good things for them and told them to cover themselves up and enter their respective houses. And he (saww) said: ‘Allah (azwj) Promised me (saww) that He (azwj) would Make His (azwj) Religion to prevail over all the Religions’. And Allah (azwj) Revealed unto Muhammad (saww): “[3:144] Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed away before him; if then he dies or is killed will you turn back upon your heels? And whoever turns back upon his heels, he will by no means do harm to Allah in the least”, the Verse.