Answering After Being Wounded

After the hardship of Uhud, the Muslims were tired and wounded. The next day the Prophet ﷺ called on those who had fought to pursue the Quraysh as they withdrew, to show that the Muslims were not broken.

Al-Zubayr answered the call, and so did Abu Bakr. 'A'ishah later told her nephew 'Urwah, al-Zubayr's son, that his father and his grandfather were among those about whom Allah revealed: ﴿الَّذِينَ اسْتَجَابُوا لِلَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ مِن بَعْدِ مَا أَصَابَهُمُ الْقَرْحُ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا مِنْهُمْ وَاتَّقَوْا أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ﴾ (“Those who answered Allah and the Messenger after being wounded; for those among them who did good and were mindful of Allah there is a great reward”) (3:172; Sahih al-Bukhari 4077).

The pursuit reached Hamra' al-Asad. The enemy chose not to turn back, and the Muslims returned home having kept their resolve.