It is narrated from Sayyidah Safiyyah bint Abdul Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out for (the Battle of) Uhud, he (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his wives in a fortress called "Fari'" and left Sayyiduna Hassan bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) with them. Then some Jews came to the fortress intending to do some mischief, finding the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) unprotected. One of them climbed the wall of the fortress and came up over us. I said to Hassan: "Get up and kill him." He said: "By Allah! I do not have the courage for that; had I the courage, I would have been with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (on the battlefield)." I said to him: "Tie this sword onto my arm." He tied it, then I rose and struck him on the head and cut it off. I said to Hassan: "Take it by its ears and throw it down towards them (the Jews)." He said: "By Allah! I do not have the courage for that either." So I took hold of his head myself and threw it at them, at which they fell back in confusion, saying: "We knew that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would never leave his womenfolk alone with no (guard) with them." She says: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) charged against the polytheists, Hassan would also charge along with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (through his verses), while he was with us inside the fortress; then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned back, he would likewise be with him (that is, supporting him in the form of verses). Meanwhile, Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by us; his complexion had turned yellow, and he had been married only a few days before this event. He was reciting these rajaz verses: "Wait a little, so that the brave one may join the battle; there is no harm in death when the appointed time has come." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: "I did not see any man more courageous and more able to bear the burden than him on that day." This is a lengthy and gharib (rare) hadith with this chain, and it has also been narrated with a sahih (authentic) chain.