in the evening of that day — i.e. saturday, the seventh of shawwal, 3rd year a.h. — the messenger arrived in madinah. as soon as he reached his house, he handed his sword to his daughter fatimah and said: "o daughter, wash the blood off this sword. by allâh it has been helpful to me today." ‘ali bin abi talib handed her his sword and said: "and wash the blood of this sword too. by allâh, it has been helpful to me today." so the messenger of allâh [pbuh] said: "sahl bin haneef and abu dujana have been as courageous as you are in the fight." [ibn hisham 2/100]