On the day of Uhud, when the people fled, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in one part of the field with twelve men from the Ansar, among whom was Talha bin Ubaydullah. The polytheists caught up with them, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned and asked, "Who will take on these men?"Talha said, "I will."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Stay where you are."A man from the Ansar said, "I will, Messenger of Allah."He said, "You go." So he fought until he was killed.Then the Prophet turned again and saw the polytheists upon them, so he asked, "Who will take on these men?"Talha said, "I will."He said, "Stay where you are."A man from the Ansar said, "I will."He said, "You go." So he fought until he was killed.He kept saying this, and a man from the Ansar would go out to them and fight as the one before him had fought until he was killed, until none remained with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except Talha bin Ubaydullah.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will take on these men?"Talha said, "I will." So Talha fought the fight of the eleven, until his hand was struck and his fingers were severed. He cried out, "Hass!"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Had you said, 'In the name of Allah,' the angels would have raised you up while the people watched."Then Allah turned the polytheists back.
لما كان يوم أحد وولى الناس، كان رسول الله ﷺ في ناحية في اثني عشر رجلا من الأنصار، وفيهم طلحة بن عبيد الله، فأدركهم المشركون، فالتفت رسول الله ﷺ فقال: من للقوم؟ فقال طلحة: أنا، قال رسول الله ﷺ: كما أنت فقال رجل من الأنصار: أنا يا رسول الله! فقال: أنت فقاتل حتى قتل، ثم التفت فإذا المشركون، فقال: من للقوم؟ فقال طلحة: أنا، قال: كما أنت فقال رجل من الأنصار: أنا، فقال: أنت فقاتل حتى قتل، ثم لم يزل يقول ذلك، ويخرج إليهم رجل من الأنصار فيقاتل قتال من قبله حتى يقتل، حتى بقي رسول الله ﷺ وطلحة بن عبيد الله، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: من للقوم؟ فقال طلحة: أنا، فقاتل طلحة قتال الأحد عشر، حتى ضربت يده، فقطعت أصابعه، فقال: حس، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: لو قلت: بسم الله لرفعتك الملائكة والناس ينظرون، ثم رد الله المشركين.
Narrated by Nasai (3149) and, from him, Ibn Sunni in Amal al-Yawm wal-Layla (670), from Amr bin Sawad, who said, Ibn Wahb informed us, Yahya bin Ayub told me, mentioning another before him, from Umara bin Ghaziya, from Abu Zubayr, from Jabir bin Abdullah, and he related it.Its chain is hasan because of Umara bin Ghaziya and Yahya bin Ayub, for they both make the hadith hasan.