Ibn Umar was sent with a detachment of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The people wheeled round in flight. He said: I was one of those who wheeled round in flight. When we stopped, we said (i.e. thought): How should we do? We have run away from the battlefield and deserve Allah's wrath. Then we said (thought): Let us enter Medina, stay there, and go there while no one sees us. So we entered (Medina) and thought: If we present ourselves before the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and if there is a change of repentance for us, we shall stay; if there is something else, we shall go away. So we sat down (waiting) for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) before the dawn prayer. When he came out, we stood up to him and said: We are the ones who have fled. He turned to us and said: No, you are the ones who return to fight after wheeling away. We then approached and kissed his hand, and he said; I am the main body of the Muslims.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 15, Hadith 171
“There is goodness in the forelocks of horses” – or he said:
“There is goodness tied in the forelocks of horses.” Suhail (one
of
the narrators) said: “I am not certain of” – “until the
Day of
Resurrection. And horses are of three types: those that bring
reward
to a man, those that are a means of protection for a man, and
those
that are a burden (of sin) for a man. As for those that bring
reward,
a man keeps them in the cause of Allah and keeps them
constantly ready
(for Jihad), so they do not take any fodder into
their stomachs but a
reward will be written for him, and if he puts
them out to pasture,
they do not eat anything but reward will be
written for him. If he
gives them to drink from a flowing river, for
every drop that enters
their stomachs there will be reward,”
(continuing) until he mentioned
reward in conjunction with their
urine and droppings, and even when
they run here and there by
themselves, for each step they take a
reward will be written for him
– ‘As for those that are a means of
protection, a man keeps them
because they are a source of dignity and
adornment, but he does not
forget the rights of their backs and
stomachs (i.e., their right not
to be overworked and their right to be
fed) whether at times of their
difficulty or ease. As for those that
bring a burden (of sin), the
one who keeps them for purposes of
wrongdoing or for pomp and show
before people, is the one for whom
they bring a burden of sin.”
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 24, Hadith 36
When the Prophet (ﷺ) went out for the `Umra in the month of Dhal-Qa'da, the people of Mecca did not
allow him to enter Mecca till he agreed to conclude a peace treaty with them by virtue of which he
would stay in Mecca for three days only (in the following year). When the agreement was being
written, the Muslims wrote: "This is the peace treaty, which Muhammad, Apostle of Allah has
concluded."
The infidels said (to the Prophet), "We do not agree with you on this, for if we knew that you are
Apostle of Allah we would not have prevented you for anything (i.e. entering Mecca, etc.), but you are
Muhammad, the son of `Abdullah." Then he said to `Ali, "Erase (the name of) 'Apostle of Allah'." `Ali
said, "No, by Allah, I will never erase you (i.e. your name)." Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took the writing
sheet...and he did not know a better writing..and he wrote or got it the following written! "This is the
peace treaty which Muhammad, the son of `Abdullah, has concluded: "Muhammad should not bring
arms into Mecca except sheathed swords, and should not take with him any person of the people of
Mecca even if such a person wanted to follow him, and if any of his companions wants to stay in
Mecca, he should not forbid him."
(In the next year) when the Prophet (ﷺ) entered Mecca and the allowed period of stay elapsed, the infidels
came to `Ali and said "Tell your companion (Muhammad) to go out, as the allowed period of his stay
has finished." So the Prophet (ﷺ) departed (from Mecca) and the daughter of Hamza followed him
shouting "O Uncle, O Uncle!" `Ali took her by the hand and said to Fatima, "Take the daughter of
your uncle." So she made her ride (on her horse). (When they reached Medina) `Ali, Zaid and Ja`far
quarreled about her. `Ali said, "I took her for she is the daughter of my uncle." Ja`far said, "She is the
daughter of my uncle and her aunt is my wife." Zaid said, "She is the daughter of my brother." On
that, the Prophet (ﷺ) gave her to her aunt and said, "The aunt is of the same status as the mother." He then
said to `Ali, "You are from me, and I am from you," and said to Ja`far, "You resemble me in
appearance and character," and said to Zaid, "You are our brother and our freed slave." `Ali said to the
Prophet 'Won't you marry the daughter of Hamza?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "She is the daughter of my
foster brother."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 286