Sahih Muslim Book - 32, Hadith - 4639

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِى شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ جُمَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطُّفَيْلِ حَدَّثَنَا حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ قَالَ مَا مَنَعَنِى أَنْ أَشْهَدَ بَدْرًا إِلاَّ أَنِّى خَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَأَبِى - حُسَيْلٌ - قَالَ فَأَخَذَنَا كُفَّارُ قُرَيْشٍ قَالُوا إِنَّكُمْ تُرِيدُونَ مُحَمَّدًا فَقُلْنَا مَا نُرِيدُهُ مَا نُرِيدُ إِلاَّ الْمَدِينَةَ. فَأَخَذُوا مِنَّا عَهْدَ اللَّهِ وَمِيثَاقَهُ لَنَنْصَرِفَنَّ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَلاَ نُقَاتِلُ مَعَهُ فَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ الْخَبَرَ فَقَالَ « انْصَرِفَا نَفِى لَهُمْ بِعَهْدِهِمْ وَنَسْتَعِينُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِمْ ».

Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman said: Nothing prevented me from being present at (the battle of) Badr except the fact that Abu Husayl and I set out and were captured by the Kuffar of Quraish. They said: Are you looking for Muhammad? We said: We are not looking for him; we are only headed towards Al-Madinah. They took a covenant from us in the Name of Allah that we would carry on to Al-Madinah and not fight alongside him. We went to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and told him about that, and he said: "Go back; we will fulfill the covenant made with them, and we will seek the help of Allah against them."