وَعَنْ مَكْحُولٍ;
«أَنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَصَبَ اَلْمَنْجَنِيقَ عَلَى أَهْلِ اَلطَّائِفِ»
‘The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) set up the ballista while attacking the people of at-Taif’. Related by Abu Dawud with a trustworthy chain of narrators, but it is hadith Mursal.