Nothing prevented me from being present at! he Battle of Badr except this incident. I came out with my father Husail (to participate in the Battle), but we were caught by the disbelievers of Quraish. They said: (Do) you intend to go to Muhammad? We said: We do not intend to go to him, but we wish to go (back) to Medina. So they took from us a covenant in the name of God that we would turn back to Medina and would not fight on the side of Muhammad ﷺ. So, we came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and related the incident to him. He said: Both, of you proceed (to Medina) ; we will fulfil the covenant made with them and seek God's help against them.

أَنْ أَشْهَدَ بَدْرًا إِلاَّ أَنِّي خَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَأَبِي حُسَيْلٌ قَالَ فَأَخَذَنَا كُفَّارُ قُرَيْشٍ قَالُوا إِنَّكُمْ تُرِيدُونَ مُحَمَّدًا فَقُلْنَا مَا نُرِيدُهُ مَا نُرِيدُ إِلاَّ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَخَذُوا مِنَّا عَهْدَ اللَّهِ وَمِيثَاقَهُ لَنَنْصَرِفَنَّ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَلاَ نُقَاتِلُ مَعَهُ فَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ الْخَبَرَ فَقَالَ انْصَرِفَا نَفِي لَهُمْ بِعَهْدِهِمْ وَنَسْتَعِينُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِمْ

Nothing prevented me from being present at! he Battle of Badr except this incident. I came out with my father Husail (to participate in the Battle), but we were caught by the disbelievers of Quraish. They said: (Do) you intend to go to Muhammad? We said: We do not intend to go to him, but we wish to go (back) to Medina. So they took from us a covenant in the name of God that we would turn back to Medina and would not fight on the side of Muhammad ﷺ. So, we came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and related the incident to him. He said: Both, of you proceed (to Medina) ; we will fulfil the covenant made with them and seek God's help against them. (Using translation from Muslim 1787)

أَنْ أَشْهَدَ بَدْرًا إِلَّا أَنِّي خَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَأَبِي حُسِيلٍ فَأَخَذَنَا كُفَّارُ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالُوا إِنَّكُمْتُرِيدُونَ مُحَمَّدًا؟ قُلْنَا مَا نُرِيدُهُ مَا نُرِيدُ إِلَّا الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَخَذُوا مِنَّا عَهْدَ اللهِ وَمِيثَاقَهُ لَنَنْصَرِفَنَّ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَلَا نُقَاتِلُ مَعَهُ فَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ الْخَبَرَ فَقَالَ انْصَرِفَا نَفِي لَهُمْ بِعَهْدِهِمْ وَنَسْتَعِينُ اللهَ عَلَيْهِمْ

[Machine] "So, we captured the disbelievers of Quraysh, and they said, 'You want Muhammad!' We replied, 'We do not want him, we only want the city.' So, they made a covenant with us in the name of Allah to let us go to the city and not fight with him. We went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of the news. He said, 'Go, fulfill their covenant, and seek Allah's help against them.'"

فَأَخَذَنَا كُفَّارُ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالُوا إِنَّكُمْ تُرِيدُونَ مُحَمَّدًا فَقُلْنَا مَا نُرِيدُهُ مَا نُرِيدُ إِلَّا الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَخَذُوا عَلَيْنَا عَهْدَ اللهِ وَمِيثَاقَهُ لَنَنْصَرِفَنَّ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَلَا نُقَاتِلُ مَعَهُ فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ الْخَبَرَ فَقَالَ انْصَرِفَا نَفِي لَهُمْ بِعَهْدِهِمْ وَنَسْتَعِينُ بِاللهِ عَلَيْهِمْ

وَسَلَّمَ فَاعْتَرَضَتْنَا كُفَّارُ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالُوا أَيْنَ تُرِيدُونَ قُلْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ قَالُوا تُرِيدُونَ مُحَمَّدًا فَأَعْطُونَا عَهْدًا لِلَّهِ وَمِيثَاقَهُ لَتَنْصَرِفُنَّ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَلَا تُقَاتِلُونَ مَعَهُ فَأَعْطَيْنَاهُمْ مَا أَرَادُوا فَخَلَّوْا سَبِيلَنَا ثُمَّ أَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ الْخَبَرَ فَقَالَ فُوا لَهُمْ بِعَهْدِهِمْ وَنَسْتَعِينُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَانْصَرَفُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَانْصَرَفْنَا فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي مَنعَنَا وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ قَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ وَلَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ

"عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ: مَا مَنَعنِى أَنْ أَشْهَدَ بَدْرًا إِلَّا أَنِّى خَرْجتُ أنا وأَبى حِل، فأَخَذَنَا كُفَّارُ قُرَيشٍ، فَقالوا، إنَّكُم تُريدُون مُحَمَّدًا. فقلنا: ما نريده، ما نُريدُ إلا المدينةَ، فَأَخَذُوا مِنَّا عَهْدَ الله ومِيثَاقَهُ لنَنْصَرِفَنَّ إلى المدينةِ ولا نُقَاتِلُ مَعَهُ، فأتَيْنَا رَسُولَ الله ﷺ فأخْبَرَنَاهُ الخَبَرَ. فَقَالَ: انصَرِفَا، فَفِيَا لَهُمْ بِعَهْدهِمْ، ونَسْتَعِينُ الله عَلَيهِمْ".