All those events happened in no time. If the Prophet ’s elite Companions had realized the grave  situation immediately, they would have rushed on the spot and would not have left him sustain these  wounds. Unfortunately, they got there after the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) had been  wounded and six of the Helpers killed, the seventh was staggering under the brunt of wounds and  desperately militating in defence of the Prophet (Peace be upon him). However as soon as they  arrived  they encircled the Messenger with their bodies and weapons and were alert enough to prevent the  enemies from reaching him. The first one who returned to give help, was his cavemate Abu Bakr As-
Siddiq (May Allah be pleased with him).
In a version by ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) recorded in Ibn Hibban’s Sahih, she narrated  that Abu Bakr had said:
“When it was Uhud Day and at the time that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) was left behind, I was  the  first to go back and see him. Before him I saw a man fighting to shield him from the enemies. I said to  myself: ‘I wish he were Talha. Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you. (O Allâh) Let him be
Talha! Let my parents be sacrificed for you!’ On the way, I was overtaken by Abu ‘Ubaidah bin Al-
Jarrah, who was then moving as swiftly as a bird. We both rushed to dress the Prophet ’s wounds.
There we found Talha suffering from serious wounds before the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon  him). The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: ‘See to your brother. His deed entitled him for an abode  in Paradise.’ I noticed that two rings of the iron-ringed helmet had penetrated his cheek. So I set out  to  take them out; but Abu ‘Ubaidah demanded: ‘By Allâh, O Abu Bakr — I beseech you, let me do it  myself.’ Fearing to hurt the Prophet (Peace be upon him) he started pulling one of the two rings out  very slowly and carefully with his mouth. Then he pulled the arrow out by his mouth, too.
Consequently, his front tooth fell. Then I proceeded to pull the second out; but Abu ‘Ubaidah besought  me to leave it: ‘O, Abu Bakr, I adjure you by Allâh to let me do it.’ He pulled the second ring very  slowly and carefully with his mouth — till it came out. The Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him)  said: ‘See to your brother. He has proved to be worthy of being housed in Paradise.’ We approached
Talha to cure him but found out that he had had some ten sword-strokes in his body. (This showed  how  efficiently Talha had fought and struggled on that day).”
At those awkward moments of that day, a group of Muslim heroes gathered around the Prophet
(Peace  be upon him) forming a shield to protect him from the idolaters. Some of them were Abu Dujana,
Mus‘ab bin ‘Umair, ‘Ali bin Abi Talib, Sahl bin Haneef, Malik bin — Sinan the father of Abu Sa‘îd Al-
Khudri, Umm‘Amara, Nusaiba bint Ka‘b Al-Mâziniya, Qatada bin An-Nu‘man, ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab,
Hatib bin Abi Balta‘a and Abu Talha.
The number of idolaters was steadily increasing; and their attacks, naturally, got severer. Their press  had increased to an extent that the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) fell into one of the holes  dug and designed by Abu ‘Amir Al-Fasiq to be used as traps. His knee scratched and ‘Ali helped him by  grasping his hand up. Talha bin ‘Ubaidullâh took him in his lap till he could stand upright. Nafi‘ bin
Jubair said: I heard an Emigrant say: “I have witnessed Uhud Battle and watched how arrows had  been  hurled from all directions at the Prophet (Peace be upon him). None of them however hit him.
‘Abdullah, bin Shihab Az-Zuhri said: ‘Guide me to Muhammad (Peace be upon him)! By Allâh, If I  didn’t  kill him, I would not hope to live.’ Although the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) was next to  him, alone — but he did not observe him. Safwan, a co-polytheist of his, blamed him (for not  translating his words into deeds), but ‘Abdullah swore that he did not see him the Prophet (Peace be  upon him) and added that he might be immune to our attempts on his life. He also said that four of  them pledged to maa fresh attempt and kill him, but also to no avail.
The Muslims showed unprecedented rare heroism and marvellous sacrifices. Abu Talha — for instance
— shielded the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) by his body and used his chest to protect him  against the enemy arrows. Anas related that on Uhud Day when people dispersed off the Prophet
(Peace be upon him), Abu Talhah was a skillful sort of archer who would pull arrows so much that he  broke two or three bows that day. When a man passed along with a quiver full of arrows, the Prophet
(Peace be upon him) would say: “Spread the arrows to Abu Talhah!” Then when the Prophet (Peace be  upon him) watched people shooting, Abu Talhah would say: “I sacrifice my father and mother for your  safety. Do not go too close lest an arrow of theirs should hit you. I would rather die than see you