The Effect of the News on the Quraysh

Abdullah ibn Kameh assumed that he had killed the Prophet. The news began to spread like wildfire among the Quraysh and also amongst small groups of Muslims. This was a huge demoralizing factor for the Sahaba it is said that many of them wandered around aimlessly some of them just sat down through their swords not knowing what to do. It actually turned out to be advantageous for the Muslims in the long run why because when this news spread they felt oh we did it we did it right.