AbdurRahman ibn AbuUqbah quoted his father AbuUqbah who was a client from the people of Persia as saying: I was present at Uhud along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and on smiting one of the polytheists I said: Take this from me who is the young Persian. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then turned to me and said: Why did you not say: Take this from me who is the young Ansari?  

عَنْ أَبِي عُقْبَةَ وَكَانَ مَوْلًى مِنْ أَهْلِ فَارِسَ قَالَ شَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُحُدًا فَضَرَبْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقُلْتُ خُذْهَا مِنِّي وَأَنَا الْغُلاَمُ الْفَارِسِيُّ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ فَهَلاَّ قُلْتَ خُذْهَا مِنِّي وَأَنَا الْغُلاَمُ الأَنْصَارِيُّ  

“I was present with the Prophet ﷺ on the Day of Uhud. I struck a man from among the idolaters and said: ‘Take that! And I am a Persian slave!’ News of that reached the Prophet ﷺ and he said: ‘Why did you not say: “Take that! And I am an Ansari slave!?”  

عَنْ أَبِي عُقْبَةَ وَكَانَ مَوْلًى لأَهْلِ فَارِسَ قَالَ شَهِدْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ فَضَرَبْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقُلْتُ خُذْهَا مِنِّي وَأَنَا الْغُلاَمُ الْفَارِسِيُّ فَبَلَغَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلاَ قُلْتَ خُذْهَا مِنِّي وَأَنَا الْغُلاَمُ الأَنْصَارِيُّ  

"عَن عُقْبَة بنِ عبْد الرَّحْمنِ، عَنْ أبِيهِ قَالَ: شَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أُحُدًا فَضَرَبْت رَجُلًا فَقُلْتُ: خُذْهَا وَأنَا الغُلامُ الفَارِسِى، فَسَمِعَنِى رسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: هلا قُلْتَ خُذْهَا مِنِّى وأَنَا الْغُلَامُ الأنَصَارى، فإنَّ مَولَى القَومِ مِنْهُمْ".