(444) بَابُ تَقْبِيلِ الْيَدِ
Ibn 'Umar said, "We were on a raid and the people fled. We said,'How can we meet the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,when we have run away? It has been revealed, "unless he is withdrawingto rejoin the fight" (8:
16)." We said, 'We will not go to Madina andthen no one will see us.' Then we said, 'Perhaps we should go.' The Prophet,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came from the Fajr prayer andwe said, 'We fled.' He said, 'You are those rejoining the fight."' We kissedhis hand. He said, 'I am your group.*'"
Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 972
In-book reference: Book 42, Hadith 8
English translation: Book 42, Hadith 972