O Mensageiro (PBUH) ordenou a fabricação da catapulta e do carro blindado. Al-Bayhaqi mencionou em al-Sunan que Abu ‘Ubaydah (ra) disse: “Então o Mensageiro de Allah ﷺ cercou Tai’f e ergueu contra eles a catapulta por dezessete dias”. Abu Dawud relatou em al-Marasil, por meio de Makhul, que “o Profeta ﷺ ergueu a catapulta contra o povo de Ta’if”. Al-San’ani disse em Subul al-Salam que seus narradores são confiáveis. O autor do Sirah Halabiyyah disse: “Foi Salman al-Farsi (ra) quem lhe indicou que fizesse isso. Ele disse: ‘Na Pérsia costumávamos erguer catapultas no topo dos castelos e atingir nosso inimigo.’ Diz-se que Salman (ra) a fez com as próprias mãos”. Ibn Al-Qayyim relatou, a partir de Sa’d ibn Al-Mu’adh, e Ibn Hisham na Sirah de Ibn Ishaq: ..

The Messenger (PBUH) ordered the manufacture of the catapult and the armored car. Al-Bayhaqi mentioned in the Sunan that Abu ‘Ubaydah (ra) said:. “Then the Messenger of Allah put siege around Tai’f, and erected the catapult against them for seventeen days”. Abu Dawud reported in the al-Marasil from Makhul “That the Prophet (PBUH) erected the catapult against the people of Ta’if”. Al-San’ani said in Subul al-Salam that its narrators are reliable. The author of the Sirah Halabiyyah said: “It is Salman al- Farsi (ra) that directed him to do this. He said, ‘In Persia we used to erect the catapults on top of the castles and hit our enemy.’ It is said that Salman (ra) made it with his own hands”. Ibn Al-Qayyim reported from Sa’d ibn Al-Mu’adh and Ibn Hisham in Ibn Ishaq’s Sirah: ..