When the fighting intensified and the two sides met in battle, we sought shelter with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and no one was closer to the enemy than him. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1347)   

وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ «إِذَا أَحْمَرَّ الْبَأْسُ وَلَقِيَ الْقَوْمُ الْقَوْمَ اتَّقَيْنَا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَا يَكُونُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ أَدْنَى إِلَى الْقَوْمِ مِنْهُ» اللَّفْظُ لِعَبَّاسٍ