I saw the Prophet ﷺ on the day of the Trench carrying dirt until the dirt covered the hair of his chest. He was a man with abundant hair. He was reciting the verses of Abdullah bin Rawaha,O Allah, were it not for You, we would not have been guided, Nor given charity, nor prayed. So send down tranquility upon us, And make our feet firm if we meet the enemy. The enemies have transgressed against us, When they desire strife, we refuse.He would raise his voice with these words. In another narration, "Those who have transgressed against us..."
رأيت النبي ﷺ يوم الخندق وهو ينقل التراب حتى وارى التراب شعر صدره- وكان رجلا كثير الشعر- وهو يرتجز برجز عبد الله بن رواحة. اللهم لولا أنت ما اهتدينا ولا تصدقنا ولا صلينا فأنزلن سكينة علينا وثبت الأقدام إن لاقينا إن الأعداء قد بغوا علينا إذا أرادوا فتنة أبينا يرفع بها صوته، في رواية: إن الألى قد بغوا علينا…
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Jihad and Expeditions (3034) via Abu Ahwas, and Muslim narrated it in the Book of Jihad and Expeditions (1803: 125) via Shubah, both of them from Abu Ishaq, from Bara, and he mentioned it, the wording being Bukhari's. In the other sources, it reads, "he was carrying it in a zanbil (basket)," with a kasrah on the zay and a sukun on the nun.