MUSLIMS' RETURN TO THE BATTLE FIELD, AND THE FIERCENESS OF THE FIGHT:
The Messenger of Allâh (peace be upon him) ordered his uncle Al-‘Abbas — who was a sonorous  voiced  man — to call out on the followers. As loudly as he could, Al-‘Abbas shouted: “Where are the lancers?”
“By Allâh,” Al-‘Abbas said, “Upon hearing my voice calling them back, they turned round to the  battlefield as if they had been oryxes (wild cows) tending towards their calves.”
“Here we are, at your service. Here we are. ” They said. There you see them trying to stop their  camels  and reverse to the battle. He who was unable to force his camel to turn back, would take his armour,  fling it round his neck, and hastily dismount his camel with his weapon in his hand letting his camel  move freely and run towards the voice source. Voices would grow louder and louder till a hundred of  them gathered round the Prophet and resumed the fight.
Those who were called out upon next were Al-Ansar, the Helpers, “O, folks of Al-Ansar! Folks of Al-
Ansar!”
The last group to be called out upon were Bani Al-Harith bin Al-Khazraj. Muslims battalions poured  successively into the battlefield in the same manner that they had left it. The stamina of both parties  was superb. Both of them stoodfast and fought fiercely. The Messenger of Allâh (peace be upon him)  was so eagerly and furiously watching the battle that he said:
“Now the fight has grown fierce.”
Picking up a handful of earth, he hurled it at their faces while saying:
“May your faces be shameful.”
Their eyes were thick with dust and the enemy began to retreat in utter confusion.
REVERSE OF FORTUNES AND THE ENEMY'S UTTER DEFEAT:
Few hours had elapsed since the earth-handful was hurled at the enemy’s faces, when they were  shatteringly defeated. About seventy men of Thaqif alone were killed, and the Muslims plundered all  their riding camels, weapons and cattle.
Allâh, Glory is to Him, alluded to this sudden change in the Qur’ân when He said:
“ and on the Day of Hunain (battle) when you rejoiced at your great number but it availed you  naught and the earth, vast as it is, was straitened for you, then you turned back in flight. Then
Allâh did send down His Sakinah (calmness, tranquillity, and reassurance, etc.) on the Messenger
Muhammad (peace be upon him) and on the believers, and sent down forces (angels) which  you saw not, and punished the disbelievers. Such is the recompense of disbelievers.” 9:25,26
HOT PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY:
After their defeat, some enemy troops headed for Ta’if, others to Nakhlah and Awtas. A group of
Muslims headed by Abu ‘Amir Al-Ash‘ ari, were despatched to chase the enemy, some skirmishes took  place during which Abu ‘Amir was killed.
A similar battalion of horsemen pursued the idolaters who threaded the track to Nakhlah and caught  up  with Duraid bin As-Simmah, who was killed by Rabi‘a bin Rafi‘. After collecting the booty, the
Messenger of Allâh (peace be upon him) left for Ta’if to face the greatest number of the defeated  idolaters. The booty was six thousand captives, twenty four thousand camels; over forty thousand  sheep and four thousand silver ounces. The Messenger of Allâh (peace be upon him) gave orders that  booty should be confined at Al-J‘iranah and ordained Mas‘ud bin ‘Amr Al-Ghifari to be in charge of it. It  was only when he was entirely free from Ta’if Campaign, that one of the captives As-Shaimâ’, the  daughter of Al-Harith As-Sa‘diya, the Messenger’s foster sister was brought to the Messenger of Allâh
(peace be upon him) , she introduced herself to him. Upon recognizing her by a certain mark, he  honoured her, spread for her his garment and seated her on it. He was graceful and released her and  made her turn back to her people.
TA'IF CAMPAIGN:
Ta’if Campaign is in fact an extension of Hunain Ghazwah; that is because the majority of the defeated  troops of Hawazin and Thaqif went into Ta’if with the general commander — Malik bin ‘Awf An-Nasri —  and fortified themselves within it. So upon finishing with Hunain Invasion, he gathered the booty at Al-
Ji‘ranah in the very month (i.e. Shawwal) and in the eighth year A.H.
A vanguard battalion of a thousand men led by Khalid bin Al-Waleed marched towards At-Ta’if.
Whereas  the Messenger of Allâh (peace be upon him) proceeded passing through Nakhlah Al-Yamaniyah, Qarn
Al-Manazil and through Laiyah. At Laiyah there was a castle that belonged to Malik bin ‘Awf, so the
Messenger of Allâh (peace be upon him) gave orders to have it destroyed. He resumed his march till