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Sahih al-Bukhari 4404

Chapter: Hajjat-ul-Wada

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4404

Narrator:Zayd ibn Arqam

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم

غَزَا تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً، وَأَنَّهُ حَجَّ بَعْدَ مَا هَاجَرَ حَجَّةً وَاحِدَةً لَمْ يَحُجَّ بَعْدَهَا حَجَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ‏.‏

Narrated Zaid bin Arqam:

The Prophet (ﷺ) fought nineteen Ghazwas and performed only one Hajj after he migrated (to Medina), and did not perform another Hajj after it, and that was Hajj-ul-Wada`,' Abu 'Is-haq said, "He performed when he was in Mecca."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 4404), Muslim (No. 1253b, 1254c) and Ahmad (No. 18493).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

حَدِيث زَيْد بْن أَرْقَم , تَقَدَّمَ شَرْحه فِي أَوَّل الْهِجْرَة , وَقَوْله : " وَأَنَّهُ حَجَّ بَعْدَمَا هَاجَرَ حِجَّة وَاحِدَة لَمْ يَحُجّ بَعْدهَا حِجَّة الْوَدَاع " يَعْنِي وَلَا حَجَّ قَبْلهَا إِلَّا أَنْ يُرِيد نَفْي الْحَجّ الْأَصْغَر وَهُوَ الْعُمْرَة فَلَا , فَإِنَّهُ اِعْتَمَرَ قَبْلهَا قَطْعًا. قَوْله : ( قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاق : وَبِمَكَّة أُخْرَى ) هُوَ مَوْصُول بِالْإِسْنَادِ الْمَذْكُور , وَغَرَض أَبِي إِسْحَاق أَنَّ لِقَوْلِهِ : " بَعْدَمَا هَاجَرَ " مَفْهُومًا , وَأَنَّهُ قَبْل أَنْ يُهَاجِر كَانَ قَدْ حَجَّ لَكِنْ اِقْتِصَاره عَلَى قَوْله أُخْرَى قَدْ يُوهِم أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَحُجّ قَبْل الْهِجْرَة إِلَّا وَاحِدَة وَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ بَلْ حَجَّ قَبْل أَنْ يُهَاجِر مِرَارًا , بَلْ…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 1253b

I asked Zaid b. Arqam: In how many military expeditions have you participated with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? He said: In seventeen (expeditions). He (Abu Ishaq) said: Zaid b. Arqam reported to me that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had led nineteen expeditions. And he performed Hajj only once after Migration…

غَزَا تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَأَنَّهُ حَجَّ بَعْدَ مَا هَاجَرَ حَجَّةً وَاحِدَةً حَجَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ ‏.‏

Narrated by Zayd ibn Arqam

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 18493

حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ كَمْ غَزَوْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي…

Narrated by Zayd ibn Arqam Arabic only

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  • الأنوار في شمائل النبي المختار (724)غَزَا تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً ، وَأَنَّهُ حَجَّ بَعْدَ مَا هَاجَرَ حَجَّةً وَاحِدَةً ، لَمْ يَحُجَّ بَعْدَهَا ؛ حَجَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ
  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (8045)غَزَا تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً وَأَنَّهُ حَجَّ بَعْدَمَا هَاجَرَ حَجَّةً وَاحِدَةً لَمْ يَحُجَّ بَعْدَهَا حَجَّةً إِلا حَجَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ
  • شرح السنة (3677)غَزَا تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً ، وَأَنَّهُ حَجَّ بَعْدَمَا هَاجَرَ حَجَّةً وَاحِدَةً ، لَمْ يَحُجَّ بَعْدَهَا : حَجَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3949

Once, while I was sitting beside Zaid bin Al-Arqam, he was asked, "How many Ghazwat did the Prophet undertake?" Zaid replied, "Nineteen." They said, "In how many Ghazwat did you join him?" He replied, "Seventeen." I asked, "Which of these was the first?" He replied, "Al-`Ashira or Al- `Ashiru."

كَمْ غَزَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ غَزْوَةٍ قَالَ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ‏.‏ قِيلَ كَمْ غَزَوْتَ أَنْتَ مَعَهُ قَالَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ‏.‏ قُلْتُ فَأَيُّهُمْ كَانَتْ أَوَّلَ قَالَ الْعُسَيْرَةُ أَوِ الْعُشَيْرُ‏.‏…

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I fought in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) nineteen battles. Jabir said: I did not participate in the Battle of Badr and the Battle of Uhud. My father prevented me (from participating in these battles as my age was tender). After `Abdullah (my father) was killed on the Day of Uhud, I…

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً - قَالَ جَابِرٌ - لَمْ أَشْهَدْ بَدْرًا وَلاَ أُحُدًا مَنَعَنِي أَبِي فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ لَمْ أَتَخَلَّفْ عَنْ رَسُولِ…

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1814a

It has been narrated on the authority of Buraida (who heard the tradition from his father) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) conducted nineteen military campaigns and he (actually) fought in eight of them.

غَزَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً قَاتَلَ فِي ثَمَانٍ مِنْهُنَّ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مِنْهُنَّ ‏.‏

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