在希吉拉后第二年，安拉的使者ﷺ于斋月初八率领三百零五名圣门弟子出发，他们乘坐七十头骆驼。他任命阿慕尔·本·乌姆·麦克图姆带领众人礼拜，留下阿布·卢巴巴主持麦地那的事务。众人轮流骑乘骆驼，朝着由艾布·苏福扬率领的商队前进。他们一路行进，一路打探商队的消息，直到抵达达夫兰河谷才停下扎营。就在那里，他们得知古莱什人已从麦加出发，前来保护他们的商队。于是整件事情的性质发生了变化：这已不再只是一支商队的问题，而是要不要与古莱什人交战的问题。安拉的使者ﷺ便就此事与穆斯林们协商。艾布·伯克尔和欧麦尔先后发表了意见。随后，阿慕尔·本·阿慕尔·米格达德站起来说：“安拉的使者啊！请您按安拉的指示前往吧，我们与您同在。我们不会像以色列的后裔对穆萨说的那样：‘你和你的主去战斗吧，我们留在这里。’而是：‘您和您的主去战斗吧，我们也将与您们一同作战。’”穆斯林们随后沉默了。他ﷺ说：“诸位，请给我建议吧！”他所指的是曾在阿喔白向他宣誓效忠的安萨尔。

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.