Sahih Muslim Hadith 4812

What is Sahih Muslim Hadith 4812?

Sahih Muslim Hadith 4812 is a narration recorded in this collection under Chapter 34: The Book of Government. This page presents the source record and its available text, translations and grading label. Use the reference and chapter link below to read it in context; numbering and wording may differ between editions.

Collection: Sahih Muslim
Reference in Sirah: Hadith 4812
Chapter: 34: The Book of Government
Narrator in the source: It has been narrated on the authority of Salim bin Abu al-Ja'd who said
Compiler: Imam Muslim
Displayed grading: Sahih

Hadith 4812

Sahih

وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ أَصْحَابِ الشَّجَرَةِ، فَقَالَ: «لَوْ كُنَّا مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ لَكَفَانَا، كُنَّا أَلْفًا وَخَمْسَ مِائَةٍ.

I asked Jabir bin '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.

— It has been narrated on the authority of Salim bin Abu al-Ja'd who said

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Source information

Collection: Sahih Muslim. Compiler: Imam Muslim. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 4812.

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Source grading label: Sahih. A displayed label is source metadata, not an independent authentication by Sirah.

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