Abu Ishaq reported: Al-Bara’, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “We would, by Allah, seek protection by the side of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when the battle was fierce. Verily, he was the most courageous among us who confronted the onslaught.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1776
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim
عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُنَّا وَاللَّهِ إِذَا احْمَرَّ الْبَأْسُ نَتَّقِي بِهِ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَإِنَّ الشُّجَاعَ مِنَّا لَلَّذِي يُحَاذِي بِهِ
1776 صحيح مسلم كتاب الجهاد والسير باب في غزوة حنين