Note 21 — Chapter IV · RETURN OF OSÂMA. EXPEDITIONS FORMED AGAINST THE APOSTATE TRIBES THROUGHOUT ARABIA. A.H. XI. Sept.—Oct. A.D. 632
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There is a tradition that when Abu Bekr issued, sword in hand, to go to Dzul Cassa, Aly caught hold of his bridle, exclaiming: ‘O Caliph, I say to thee what the Prophet said to thee on the day of Ohod: Put up thy sword again and expose us not to lose thee, for, by the Lord! if we were to lose thee, the prop of Islam were gone.’ Whereupon Abu Bekr returned and went not forth.
But this probably refers to the expeditions shortly after sent out in all directions from Dzul Cassa, as narrated below, and to Abu Bekr’s return to Medîna at that time.