[Machine] And his father, Ka'b, was a leader when he was struck in his eye. He said, "I heard my father Ka'b narrating his story when he was left behind by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the Battle of Tabuk. And the story of his two companions, he said, 'I never abandoned the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in any battle other than this one, except that I had already been left behind by him in the Battle of Badr.' Allah and His Messenger did not blame anyone who was left behind from it. And that was because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ only set out to seek spoils from the Quraysh until Allah facilitated a meeting between him and his enemy without a scheduled time."  

وَكَانَ قَائِدَ أَبِيهِ كَعْبٍ حِينَ أُصِيبَ بِبَصَرِهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي كَعْبًا يُحَدِّثُ حَدِيثَهُ حِينَ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكٍ وَحَدِيثَ صَاحِبَيْهِ قَالَ مَا تَخَلَّفْتُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةٍ غَيْرَهَا قَطُّ غَيْرَ أَنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ قَدْ تَخَلَّفْتُ عَنْهُ فِي غَزْوَةِ بَدْرٍ وَلَمْ يُعَاتِبِ اللهُ وَلَا رَسُولُهُ أَحَدًا تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا خَرَجَ يُرِيدُ عِيرَ قُرَيْشٍ حَتَّى جَمَعَ اللهُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ عَدُوِّهِ عَلَى غَيْرِ مِيعَادٍ