Answering the Call of Allah & His Messenger (sa)
Allah the Almighty stated in the Holy Quran:
اَلَّذِیۡنَ اسۡتَجَابُوۡا لِلّٰہِ وَ الرَّسُوۡلِ مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ مَاۤ اَصَابَہُمُ الۡقَرۡحُ ؕۛ لِلَّذِیۡنَ اَحۡسَنُوۡا مِنۡہُمۡ وَ اتَّقَوۡا اَجۡرٌ عَظِیۡمٌ
“[As to] those who answered the call of Allah and the Messenger after they had received an injury – such of them as do good and act righteously shall have a great reward.” (Surah al-e-Imran, Ch.3: V.173)
With regard to this verse, Hazrat Aisha (ra) said to her nephew, Urwah, “O my nephew! Your forefathers, Zubair (ra) and Abu Bakr (ra) were among the companions who have been referred to in this verse. When the Holy Prophet (sa) was injured during the Battle of Uhud and the idolaters retreated, he feared that they would return to attack again. Hence, the Holy Prophet (sa) asked, ‘Who will go and follow them?’ 70 companions from among the Muslims were ready to go immediately.”
The narrator of this tradition states that Abu Bakr (ra) and Zubair (ra) were also among them. This narration is from Sahih Bukhari; both, Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) as well as Hazrat Zubair (ra) were among the injured.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Maghazi, Bab alladhina istajabu lillah wa al-rasul…, Hadith 4077)
A similar narration has been recorded in Sahih Muslim as follows:
Hisham narrates from his father, “Hazrat Aisha (ra) said to me, ‘Your forefathers were among those companions who responded to the call of Allah and His Messenger (sa) despite being injured.’”
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab Faza‘il al-Sahabah, Bab min Fada’il Talhah wa al-Zubair, Hadith 2418)