A cikin shekara ta biyu bayan Hijira, Manzon Allah ﷺ ya fita a ranar takwas ga watan Ramadan tare da Sahabbansa guda dari uku da biyar, yana hawan rakuma saba'in. An ba 'Amr ibn Umm Maktum jagorancin sallah, yayin da aka bar Abu Lubabah a matsayin mai kula da Madina. Suna hawan rakuman a jere, suna nufin wata ayarin dillalai karkashin jagorancin Abu Sufyan. Yayin da suke ci gaba da tafiya, suna neman labarin ayarin har suka isa kwarin Dafran inda suka sauka, a nan ne labari ya riske su cewa Quraishawa sun fito daga Makka domin kare ayarinsu. Sai al'amarin ya dauki wani salo daban, domin ba batun ayarin kadai ba ne, sai dai ko za a fuskanci Quraishawa ko a'a. Saboda haka Manzon Allah ﷺ ya tuntubi Musulmi. Abu Bakr sannan 'Umar suka bayyana ra'ayinsu, sai al-Miqdad ibn 'Amr ya tashi ya ce: "Ya Manzon Allah! Ka tafi inda Allah ya umarce ka, domin mu tare da kai muke. Ba za mu ce kamar yadda Yahudawan Banu Isra'ila suka ce wa Musa ba: 'Kai da Ubangijinka ku je ku yi yaki, mu kuwa za mu zauna a nan', amma ku tafi, kai da Ubangijinka, ku yi yaki, mu ma za mu yi yaki tare da ku."Sai Musulmi suka yi shiru, sai ya ce: "Ku ba ni shawara, ya ku mutane!" yana nufin Ansarawa, wadanda suka yi mubaya'a gare shi a al-'Aqaba.

In the second year of the Hijrah, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) set out on the 8th of Ramadhan with three hundred and five of his Sahabah mounted on seventy camels. ‘Amr ibn Umm Maktum was assigned to lead the prayer while Abu Lubabah was left in charge of Madinah. They rode the camels in turn heading towards a caravan led by Abu Sufyan. As they marched on, they sought news of the caravan until they had reached the valley of Dafran where they settled, and news reached them there that the Quraysh had set out from Makkah to protect their caravan. The whole affair then assumed different proportions for it was no longer the caravan, the question was whether to confront the Quraysh or not. So Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) consulted the Muslims. Abu Bakr and then ‘Umar voiced their opinions, then al-Miqdad ibn ‘Amr arose and said, “O Messenger of Allah! Go where Allah tells you, for we are with you. We shall not say as the children of Israel said to Moses ‘You and your Lord go and fight and we will stay at home’, but you and your Lord go and fight and we will fight with you.” The Muslims then went silent, and he (pbuh) said, “Give me advice O men!” by which he meant the Ansar who had paid allegiance to him at al- ‘Aqabah.