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Sahih al-BukhariMilitary Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)

Sahih al-Bukhari 4473

Chapter: How many Ghazawat the Prophet (saws) fought

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4473

Narrator:Buraydah

حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنْبَلِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ كَهْمَسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ

غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً‏.‏

Narrated Buraida:

That he fought sixteen Ghazawat with Allah''s Apostle.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 4473), Muslim (No. 1814b) and Ahmad (No. 21875, 21876).

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Classical commentary

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَد بْن الْحَسَن ) هُوَ اِبْن جُنَيْدِب بِالْجِيمِ وَالنُّون وَمُوَحَّدَة مُصَغَّرًا التِّرْمِذِيّ الْحَافِظ , لَيْسَ لَهُ فِي الْبُخَارِيّ سِوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيث , وَهُوَ مِنْ أَقْرَان الْبُخَارِيّ. قَوْله : ( عَنْ كَهْمَس ) بِمُهْمَلَةٍ وَزْن جَعْفَر , وَفِي رِوَايَة الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيّ مِنْ وَجْه آخَر عَنْ مُعْتَمِر " سَمِعْت كَهْمَس بْن الْحَسَن " وَابْن بُرَيْدَةَ هُوَ عَبْد اللَّه وَلَمْ يُخَرِّج الْبُخَارِيّ لِسُلَيْمَان بْن بُرَيْدَةَ شَيْئًا. قَوْله : ( قَالَ : غَزَا مَعَ رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سِتّ عَشْرَة غَزْوَة ) كَذَا وَقَعَ فِي مُسْنَد أَحْمَد , وَكَذَا أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِم عَنْ أَحْمَد نَفْسه , وَهُوَ أَحَد الْأَحَادِيث الْأَرْبَعَ…

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  • دلائل النبوة للبيهقي (2205)غَزَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةٍ
  • مشيخة ابن البخاري (82)“ غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً “
  • معجم الشيوخ لتاج الدين السبكي (203)غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً

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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."

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

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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…

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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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