Ibn 'Umar said, "We were on a raid and the people fled. We said, 'How can we meet the Prophet ﷺ when we have run away? It has been revealed, "unless he is withdrawing to rejoin the fight" (8:16)." We said, 'We will not go to Madina and then no one will see us.' Then we said, 'Perhaps we should go.' The Prophet ﷺ came from the Fajr prayer and we said, 'We fled.' He said, 'You are those rejoining the fight."' We kissed his hand. He said, 'I am your group.*'"

عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ كُنَّا فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَحَاصَ النَّاسُ حَيْصَةً قُلْنَا كَيْفَ نَلْقَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَدْ فَرَرْنَا؟ فَنَزَلَتْ {إِلاَّ مُتَحَرِّفًا لِقِتَالٍ} فَقُلْنَا لاَ نَقْدِمُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَلاَ يَرَانَا أَحَدٌ فَقُلْنَا لَوْ قَدِمْنَا فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ قُلْنَا نَحْنُ الْفَرَّارُونَ قَالَ أَنْتُمُ الْعَكَّارُونَ فَقَبَّلْنَا يَدَهُ قَالَ أَنَا فِئَتُكُمْ