It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that the reason I was prevented from being present at Badr was that Abu Haseel and I set out. He says: The disbelievers of Quraish caught us. And they said: Are you intending to go to Muhammad? We said: We do not intend to go to Muhammad. Our intention is only to go to Madinah. Upon this, the disbelievers took an oath from us in the name of Allah that we would definitely go to Madinah and would not fight alongside Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Then we came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of this. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Both of you go. We are sufficient for them. We seek help from Allah Almighty against them.