I was present with al-Miqdad during an incident which, if it were to happen to me, it would be dearer to me than anything on earth. He came to The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he was a horseman, and he said: Be of good cheer, O Prophet of Allah, for by Allah we will not say as the Children of Israel said to Moosa. "So go you and your Lord and fight you two, we are sitting right here" (al-Ma’idah 5:34); rather, by the One Who sent you with the truth, we with certainly fight in front of you, on your right and on your left and behind you, until Allah grants you victory.