Hijratning ikkinchi yilida Allahning Elchisi ﷺ Ramazonning 8-kunida uch yuz besh nafar sahobasi bilan, yetmish tuyaga minib, yo‘lga chiqdilar. ‘Amr ibn Umm Maktum namozga imomlik qilish uchun tayinlandi, Abu Lubobah esa Madinaning boshqaruvini qoldirildi. Ular Abu Sufyon boshchiligidagi karvonga qarab yo‘l olib, tuyalarni navbat bilan minib bordilar. Yurib borar ekan, karvon haqida xabar so‘radilar va Dafron vodiysiga yetib, o‘sha yerda to‘xtadilar. U yerda ularga Quraysh karvonini himoya qilish uchun Makkadan chiqqanliklari haqida xabar keldi. Shundan so‘ng butun masala boshqacha tus oldi, chunki endi gap karvon haqida emas, balki Qurayshga qarshi jang qilish yoki qilmaslik haqida ketardi. Shuning uchun Allahning Elchisi ﷺ musulmonlar bilan maslahatlashdilar. Avval Abu Bakr, so‘ngra ‘Umar o‘z fikrlarini bildirdilar. Keyin al-Miqdad ibn ‘Amr o‘rnidan turib dedi: “Ey Allahning Elchisi! Allah sizga buyurgan joyga boraveringiz, biz sizning yoningizdamiz. Isroil o‘g‘illari Musoga aytganlaridek demaymiz: ‘Sen va Robbing borib urushinglar, biz esa shu yerda o‘tiramiz’, balki: ‘Sen va Robbing borib urushinglar, biz ham siz bilan birga urushamiz’, deymiz.” Shundan so‘ng musulmonlar jim qolishdi. U zot ﷺ esa: “Ey odamlar, menga maslahat beringlar!” dedilar, bu bilan al-‘Aqabada unga bay‘at qilgan ansorlarni nazarda tutdilar.

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.