Abu Tufail says that there was a minor dispute between Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) and a companion (may Allah be pleased with him) who participated in the Pledge of Aqabah, just as happens among people. He asked, "I ask you by Allah, how many people participated in the Pledge of Aqabah?" The people said to Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him), "Since he is asking you, please tell him." He replied, "We have been informed that they were fourteen men. If you are also included among them, then their number becomes fifteen. And I swear by Allah that among them, twelve men are warriors for Allah and His Messenger in this worldly life and on the Day when witnesses will rise. And he excused three people, who said that they had not heard the announcement of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) caller and did not know what the people wanted." This is clarified in Abu Ahmad's hadith, that once, in the intense heat of summer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out and told the people, "There is very little water, so no one should reach that place before me." But when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived there, he saw that some people had already reached before him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed and reproached them.