When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out for Badr, he consulted the people. Abu Bakr gave his opinion, then he consulted them again and Umar gave his opinion, and then he fell silent.A man from the Ansar said, "He means us."So they said, "Messenger of Allah, by Allah, we will not be like the Children of Israil who said to Musa, 'So go, you and your Lord, and fight. We are sitting right here' [Maidah 5:24]. Rather, by Allah, if you were to drive your mounts hard until you reached Birk al-Ghimad, we would be with you."
لما سار رسول الله ﷺ إلى بدر خرج، فاستشار الناس، فأشار عليه أبو بكر، ثم استشارهم فأشار عليه عمر، فسكت، فقال رجل من الأنصار: إنما يريدكم، فقالوا: يا رسول الله والله لا نكون كما قالت بنو إسرائيل لموسى: {فاذهب أنت وربك فقتلا إنا ههنا قعدون} [المائدة: ٢٤] ولكن والله لو ضربت أكبادها حتى تبلغ برك الغماد لكنا معك.
Narrated by Ahmad (12022) and Abu Yaala (3803), and from him Ibn Hibban (4721), both through routes from Humayd the Tall, from Anas, who related it.His saying "its livers" means the livers of camels. His saying "Ghimad" (with the ghayn pronounced with either damma or kasra) refers to a land in the far reaches of Yemen, though other explanations have also been given.