Passing the Night between Uhud and Madinah

as night fell upon them there, they performed both the sunset and the evening prayers and spent the night there as well. fifty people were chosen to guard the camp and go round it. muhammad bin maslama al-ansari, the hero of the brigade of ka‘b bin al-ashraf, was in charge of the guards. whereas dhakwan bin ‘abd qais undertook the responsibility of guarding the prophet [pbuh], in particular.