Anas said “the Prophet ﷺ sent Busaisah as a spy to see what the caravan of Abu Sufyan was doing.”  

بَعَثَ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بُسْبَسَةَ عَيْنًا يَنْظُرُ مَا صَنَعَتْ عِيرُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ