Sayyidina Ibn Umar narrated: Allah’s Messenger (SAW) sent us on an expedition. But, the people turned their backs in a predicament. When we had retreated from the battlefield, we were ashamed and said to ourselves, “We are ruined.” We came to Allah’s Messenger (SAW)i and said, “0 Messenger of Allah, we are deserters.” He said, “Rather, you are contenders (who will attack again), and I am your helper.”
[Ahmed 5902]