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tabarani:16124al-Walīd b. Ḥammād al-Ramlī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Faḍl from my father > Abīh ʿĀṣim > Abīh ʿUmar > Abīh Qatādah b. al-Nuʿmān

[Machine] "I was as tall as the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Uhud, my face was matching the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and Abu Dujana Simak bin Kharsha was protecting the back of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with his back, until his back was filled with arrows. And that was on the day of Uhud."  

الطبراني:١٦١٢٤حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَتَادَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ

«كُنْتُ نَصْبَ وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ أَقِي وَجْهَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِوَجْهِي وَكَانَ أَبُو دُجَانَةَ سِمَاكُ بْنُ خَرَشَةَ مُوقِيًا لِظَهْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِظَهْرِهِ حَتَّى امْتَلَأَ ظَهْرُهُ سِهَامًا وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ»