Sahih Muslim / The Book on Government
Sahih Muslim 1856f
Chapter: It is recommended for the army to swear allegiance to the ruler when intending to fight, and an account of Bay'at Ar-Ridwan beneath the tree
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Companion’s words (mawquf) Sahih Muslim 1856f
Narrator: Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh
وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنُ، بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ، الشَّجَرَةِ فَقَالَ
لَوْ كُنَّا مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ لَكَفَانَا كُنَّا أَلْفًا وَخَمْسَمِائَةٍ .
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It has been narrated on the authority of Salim b. Abu al-Ja'd who said:
I asked Jabir b. 'Abdullah about the number of the Companions (of the Prophet who took the oath of fealty under) the tree. He said: If we were a hundred thousand, it (i. e. the water in the well at Hudaibiya) would have sufficed us, but actually we were one thousand and five hundred.
Reported by Muslim (No. 1856f ).
Commentary by An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim: study view
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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim
قَوْله : ( سَأَلْت جَابِرًا عَنْ أَصْحَاب الشَّجَرَة فَقَالَ : لَوْ كُنَّا مِائَة أَلْف لَكَفَانَا , كُنَّا أَلْفًا وَخَمْسمِائَةِ ) هَذَا مُخْتَصَر مِنْ الْحَدِيث الصَّحِيح فِي بِئْر الْحُدَيْبِيَة , وَمَعْنَاهُ أَنَّ الصَّحَابَة لَمَّا وَصَلُوا الْحُدَيْبِيَة وَجَدُوا بِئْرهَا إِنَّمَا تَنِزّ مِثْل الشِّرَاك , فَسَبَقَ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيهَا , وَدَعَا فِيهَا بِالْبَرَكَةِ , فَجَاشَتْ , فَهِيَ إِحْدَى الْمُعْجِزَات لِرَسُولِ اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَكَأَنَّ السَّائِل فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيث عَلِمَ أَصْل الْحَدِيث , وَالْمُعْجِزَة فِي تَكْثِير الْمَاء وَغَيْر ذَلِكَ مِمَّا جَرَى فِيهَا , وَلَمْ يَعْلَم عَدَدهمْ , فَقَالَ جَابِر : كُنَّا أَلْفًا وَخَم…
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