Love at the battle of Badr

The Prophet ﷺ drew up his army, and he passed in front of each man to give them good heart and to straighten the ranks, carrying an arrow in his hand. “Stand in line, O Sawād,” he said to one of the Helpers who was a little too far forward, and gave him a slight prick in the belly with his arrow.

“O Messenger of God, you have hurt me,” said Sawād, “and God has sent you with truth and justice, so give me my due.”

“Take it,” said the Prophet ﷺ, laying bare his own belly and handing him the arrow at which point Sawād stooped and imprinted a kiss instead of jabbing with the shaft.

“What made you do this?” asked the Prophet ﷺ.

Sawād answered: “O Messenger of God, we are now faced with what you see, and I desired that at my last moment with you-if so it be-my skin should touch your skin,”

And the Prophet ﷺ prayed for him and blessed him.

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