A man said to Bara, "Abu Umarah, did you flee on the day of Hunayn?"He replied, "No, by Allah! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not turn away. Rather, some of the younger and lightly equipped of his companions went out without armor, or with little weaponry, and they encountered a people skilled in archery whose arrows hardly ever missed, the gathered forces of Hawazin and Banu Nasr. They showered them with arrows that scarcely went astray. So they fell back toward the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who was on his white mule, with Abu Sufyan bin Harith bin Abd al-Muttalib leading it. He dismounted and prayed for victory, saying, 'I am the Prophet, no lie. I am the son of Abd al-Muttalib.' Then he arranged them in ranks."
قال رجل للبراء: يا أبا عمارة! أفررتم يوم حنين؟ قال: لا والله! ما ولى رسول الله ﷺ، ولكنه خرج شبان أصحابه وأخفاؤهم حسرا ليس عليهم سلاح، أو كثير سلاح فلقوا قوما رماة لا يكاد يسقط لهم سهم جمع هوازن وبني نصر، فرشقوهم رشقا ما يكادون يخطئون، فأقبلوا هناك إلى رسول الله ﷺ، ورسول الله ﷺ على بغلته البيضاء، وأبو سفيان بن الحارث بن عبد المطلب يقود به، فنزل فاستنصر، وقال: أنا النبي لا كذب، أنا ابن عبد المطلب. ثم صفهم.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Jihad and Expeditions (2930), and Muslim in the Book of Jihad and Expeditions (1776:78), both by way of Abu Ishaq, who said, then he mentioned it.As for what has been narrated from Sayabah bin Asim Sulami, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Hunayn, "I am the son of the Awatik," this is daif. Saeed bin Mansur narrated it in his Sunan (2841), from Hushaym bin Bashir, from Yahya bin Saeed bin Amr Qurashi, who said, Sayabah bin Asim Sulami told us, then he mentioned it.This is how Saeed bin Mansur narrated it, but its chain is disconnected between Yahya bin Saeed bin Amr Qurashi and Sayabah bin Asim Sulami, for Yahya bin Saeed did not meet Sayabah Sulami. There is disagreement over Hushaym's version in various forms. It has been narrated as connected, with the addition of "from" after Yahya bin Saeed, meaning "from Amr bin Saeed bin As." This is how Ibn Abu Asim narrated it in Al-Ahad wal-Mathani (1413), and Bayhaqi in Dalail (5/136), and Tabarani in Al-Kabir (7/168).However, Bukhari stated definitively in Tarikh al-Kabir (4/210) that it is mursal, and Abu Hatim said the same in Al-Ilal (963). The correct view is what the two of them said.The Awatik is the plural of Atikah, meaning a woman reddened with perfume. It is the name of three grandmothers, each called Atikah. The first is Atikah bint Hilal bin Falij bin Zakwan, who was the mother of Abd Manaf. The second is Atikah bint Murrah bin Hilal bin Falij bin Zakwan, who was the mother of Hashim bin Abd Manaf. The third is Atikah bint Awqas bin Murrah bin Hilal, who was the mother of Wahb, the father of Aminah, the mother of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.