One night he secretly he approached the camp of the Muslims and saw two people stationed as guards. He shot one of them with an arrow, whose name was `Abbad bin Bishr (May Allah be Pleased with him), while he was offering the prayer. However, he did not stop his prayer, rather he simply pulled out the arrow [and continued praying]. He was then hit by two other arrows, but he still did not break his prayer. After he performed the closing salutations, he awoke his companion, `Ammar bin Yasir (May Allah be Pleased with him), who protested at him not alerting him sooner, to which ‘Abbad replied
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