Withdrawal from the siege of Taif

[AI] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ besieged Taif and did not gain anything against them, he said, "We are returning, if Allah wills." This was hard on them, and they said, "Are we to go away without conquering it?" On one occasion he said, "We are returning." So he said, "Go out in the morning to fight." They went out in the morning and sustained wounds, so he said, "We are returning tomorrow, if Allah wills." That pleased them, and the Prophet ﷺ laughed.

Sufyan said on one occasion: "Then he smiled." He said: Al-Humaydi said: Sufyan narrated the whole report to us.

لَمَّا حَاصَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الطَّائِفَ فَلَمْ يَنَلْ مِنْهُمْ شَيْئًا، قَالَ: «إِنَّا قَافِلُونَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ»، فَثَقُلَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَقَالُوا: نَذْهَبُ وَلاَ نَفْتَحُهُ؟ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً: نَقْفُلُ، فَقَالَ: «اغْدُوا عَلَى الْقِتَالِ»، فَغَدَوْا فَأَصَابَهُمْ جِرَاحٌ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّا قَافِلُونَ غَدًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ»، فَأَعْجَبَهُمْ، فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ.

وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً: فَتَبَسَّمَ. قَالَ: قَالَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الْخَبَرَ كُلَّهُ.