When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was returning from the expedition of Tabūk, he ordered a caller to announce, “The Messenger of Allah has taken the mountain pass, so let no one else take it.” While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was being led by Ḥudhayfah and driven from behind by ʿAmmār, a group of masked riders approached and surrounded ʿAmmār as he drove the she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. ʿAmmār struck the faces of their mounts, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ḥudhayfah, “Enough, enough,” until he ﷺ had descended. When he ﷺ had gone down, he dismounted, and ʿAmmār returned to him. He ﷺ said, “O ʿAmmār, did you recognize the people?” He said, “I recognized most of the mounts; the riders were masked.” He ﷺ said, “Do you know what they wanted?” He said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He ﷺ said, “They wanted to startle the mount of the Messenger of Allah so that he would be thrown down.” ʿAmmār then adjured a man from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, saying, “I adjure you by Allah, how many do you know were at the mountain pass?” He said, “Fourteen.” ʿAmmār said, “If you were one of them, then they were fifteen.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ excused three of them, who swore, “By Allah, we did not hear the caller of the Messenger of Allah, and we did not know what the people intended.” ʿAmmār then said, “I bear witness that the remaining twelve are at war with Allah and His Messenger in this worldly life and on the Day when the witnesses will stand.” Al-Walīd said: Abū al-Ṭufayl also mentioned that during that expedition, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was told that the water supply was scarce, so he ﷺ ordered a caller to announce that no one should reach the water before the Messenger of Allah. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reached it, he found that a group had already reached it before him, so he ﷺ cursed them that day. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 218