Somebody asked Al-Bar-a bin ʿAzib, "Did you flee deserting Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the battle of Hunain?" Al-Bara replied, "But Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not flee. The people of the Tribe of Hawazin were good archers. When we met them, we attacked them, and they fled. When the Muslims started collecting the war booty, the pagans faced us with arrows, but Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not flee. No doubt, I saw him on his white mule and Abu Sufyan was holding its reins and the Prophet ﷺ was saying, 'I am the Prophet ﷺ in truth: I am the son of ʿAbdul Muttalib.' "  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ قَالَ لَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَفِرَّ إِنَّ هَوَازِنَ كَانُوا قَوْمًا رُمَاةً وَإِنَّا لَمَّا لَقِينَاهُمْ حَمَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فَانْهَزَمُوا فَأَقْبَلَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عَلَى الْغَنَائِمِ وَاسْتَقْبَلُونَا بِالسِّهَامِ فَأَمَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَفِرَّ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ وَإِنَّهُ لَعَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ الْبَيْضَاءِ وَإِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ آخِذٌ بِلِجَامِهَا وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَنَا النَّبِيُّ لاَ كَذِبْ أَنَا ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبْ