I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Talha has earned it," referring to what he did for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on that day. The people had fled from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, some of them reaching al-Munqa, short of al-Awas. Uthman bin Affan, Uqba bin Uthman, and Saad bin Uthman, two men from the Ansar of Banu Zurayq, fled until they reached al-Julub, a mountain on the outskirts of Madinah. They remained there for three days before returning to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said to them, "You went off on quite a wide journey."
سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: أوجب طلحة. حين صنع ما صنع برسول الله ﷺ، وقد كان الناس انهزموا عن رسول الله ﷺ حتى انتهى بعضهم إلى المنقا دون الأعوص، وفر عثمان بن عفان وعقبة بن عثمان، وسعد بن عثمان رجلان من الأنصار، ثم من بني زريق حتى بلغوا الجلعب- جبلا بناحية المدينة، فأقاموا به ثلاثا، ثم رجعوا إلى رسول الله ﷺ، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: لقد ذهبتم فيها عريضة.
Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated it in his Sirah (514). He said, Yahya bin Abbad bin Abdullah bin Zubayr told me, from his father, from Abdullah bin Zubayr, and he mentioned it. Its isnad is hasan because of Muhammad bin Ishaq.