Chapter 25: The Chapters on Jihad
It was
narrated from Hammad bin Zaid from Thabit, that the Prophet
(ﷺ) was
mentioned before Anas bin Malik and he said: “He was the
best of
people, the most generous of people, the most courageous of
people.
The people of Al-Madinah became alarmed one night, and he was
the
first of them to investigate the noise and din. He was riding a
horse
belonging to Abu Talhah, bareback, with no saddle. His sword was
hanging from his neck and he was saying: ‘O people, do not be
afraid,’
sending them back to their houses. Then he said of the
horse, ‘We
found it like a sea,’ or, ‘It is a sea.’”*
Sunan Ibn Majah 2772