A man asked Al-Bara', "O Abu 'ʿUmara! Did you all flee on the day (of the battle) of Hunain?" He replied, "No, by Allah! Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not flee, but his young unarmed companions passed by the archers of the tribe of Hawazin and Bani Nasr whose arrows hardly missed a target, and they threw arrows at them hardly missing a shot. So the Muslims retreated towards the Prophet ﷺ while he was riding his white mule which was being led by his cousin Abu Sufyan bin Al-Harith bin ʿAbdul Muttalib. The Prophet ﷺ dismounted and invoked Allah for victory; then he said, 'I am the Prophet, without a lie; I am the son of ʿAbdul Muttalib, and then he arranged his companions in rows."  

سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ أَكُنْتُمْ فَرَرْتُمْ يَا أَبَا عُمَارَةَ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ قَالَ لاَ وَاللَّهِ مَا وَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَكِنَّهُ خَرَجَ شُبَّانُ أَصْحَابِهِ وَأَخِفَّاؤُهُمْ حُسَّرًا لَيْسَ بِسِلاَحٍ فَأَتَوْا قَوْمًا رُمَاةً جَمْعَ هَوَازِنَ وَبَنِي نَصْرٍ مَا يَكَادُ يَسْقُطُ لَهُمْ سَهْمٌ فَرَشَقُوهُمْ رَشْقًا مَا يَكَادُونَ يُخْطِئُونَ فَأَقْبَلُوا هُنَالِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهْوَ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ الْبَيْضَاءِ وَابْنُ عَمِّهِ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ يَقُودُ بِهِ فَنَزَلَ وَاسْتَنْصَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنَا النَّبِيُّ لاَ كَذِبْ أَنَا ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبْ ثُمَّ صَفَّ أَصْحَابَهُ  

That he heard Al-Bara narrating when a man from Qais (tribe) asked him "Did you flee leaving Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day (of the battle) of Hunain?" Al-Bara' replied, "But Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not flee. The people of Hawazin were good archers, and when we attacked them, they fled. But rushing towards the booty, we were confronted by the arrows (of the enemy). I saw the Prophet ﷺ riding his white mule while Abu Sufyan was holding its reins, and the Prophet ﷺ was saying "I am the Prophet ﷺ undoubtedly." (Israil and Zuhair said, "The Prophet ﷺ dismounted from his Mule.")  

سَمِعَ الْبَرَاءَ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَيْسٍ أَفَرَرْتُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ فَقَالَ لَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَفِرَّ كَانَتْ هَوَازِنُ رُمَاةً وَإِنَّا لَمَّا حَمَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمِ انْكَشَفُوا فَأَكْبَبْنَا عَلَى الْغَنَائِمِ فَاسْتُقْبِلْنَا بِالسِّهَامِ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ الْبَيْضَاءِ وَإِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ آخِذٌ بِزِمَامِهَا وَهْوَ يَقُولُ {أَنَا النَّبِيُّ لاَ كَذِبْ} قَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَزُهَيْرٌ نَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ بَغْلَتِهِ