On the day of Uhud, the people retreated from the Prophet ﷺ, while Abu Talha stood before the Prophet ﷺ shielding him with a leather buckler. Abu Talha was an archer with a powerful draw, and that day he broke two or three bows.A man would pass by carrying a quiver of arrows, and the Prophet ﷺ would say, "Spread them out for Abu Talha."The Prophet ﷺ would raise his head to look at the enemy, and Abu Talha would say, "Prophet of Allah, may my father and mother be your ransom, do not raise yourself, lest an arrow from the enemy strike you. Let my chest shield yours."I saw Ayesha Bint Abu Bakr and Umm Sulaym with their garments tucked up so that I could see the anklets on their legs. They were carrying waterskins on their backs, emptying them into the mouths of the men, then going back to refill them and returning to pour the water into the men's mouths once more.The sword fell from Abu Talha's hand twice, or perhaps three times, from drowsiness.
لما كان يوم أحد انهزم الناس عن النبي ﷺ، وأبو طلحة بين يدي النبي ﷺ مجوب عليه بحجفة. قال: وكان أبو طلحة رجلا راميا شديد النزع، وكسر يومئذ قوسين أو ثلاثا، قال: فكان الرجل يمر معه الجعبة من النبل، فيقول: انثرها لأبي طلحة. قال: ويشرف نبي ﷺ ينظر إلى القوم فيقول أبو طلحة: يا نبي الله، بأبي أنت وأمي، لا تشرف، لا يصبك سهم من سهام القوم، نحري دون نحرك قال: ولقد رأيت عائشة بنت أبي بكر وأم سليم وإنهما لمشمرتان، أرى خدم سوقهما، تنقلان القرب على متونهما، ثم تفرغانه في أفواههم، ثم ترجعان فتملآنها، ثم تجيئان تفرغانه في أفواه القوم. ولقد وقع السيف من يدى أبي طلحة إما مرتين وإما ثلاثا من النعاس.
Bukhari narrated it in Merits of the Ansar (3811) and in Military Expeditions (4064), and Muslim narrated it in Jihad (1811:136), both of them by way of Abu Muamar Abdullah bin Amr Minqari, who said, Abdul-Warith narrated to us, who said, Abdul-Aziz, that is, Ibn Suhayb, narrated to us, from Anas bin Malik, who said, and then he related it. The wording given is that of Muslim, and Bukhari's wording is similar.