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ahmad:14313Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir

We were one thousand and four hundred on the Day of Al-Hudaibiya. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4840)

أحمد:١٤٣١٣حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا قَالَ

كُنَّا يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَ مِائَةٍ فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ خَيْرُ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
bukhari:4154ʿAlī > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

On the day of Al-Hudaibiya, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us' "You are the best people on the earth!" We were 1400 then. If I could see now, I would have shown you the place of the Tree (beneath which we gave the Pledge of Allegiance)." Salim said, "Our number was 1400."

البخاري:٤١٥٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ عَمْرٌو سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ

لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ أَنْتُمْ خَيْرُ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ وَكُنَّا أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أُبْصِرُ الْيَوْمَ لأَرَيْتُكُمْ مَكَانَ الشَّجَرَةِ

تَابَعَهُ الأَعْمَشُ سَمِعَ سَالِمًا سَمِعَ جَابِرًا أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ

bukhari:4840Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir

We were one thousand and four hundred on the Day of Al-Hudaibiya.

البخاري:٤٨٤٠حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ

muslim:1856eSaʿīd b. ʿAmr al-Ashʿathī And Sūwayd b. Saʿīd Waʾisḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah Wa-al-Lafẓ Lisaʿīd > Saʿīd Waʾisḥāq > al-Ākharān > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir

We were one thousand and four hundred on the Day of Hudaibiya when the Prophet ﷺ said to us: Today you are the best people on the earth. And Jabir said: If I had the eyesight, I could show you the place of the tree.

مسلم:١٨٥٦هحَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الأَشْعَثِيُّ وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ وَاللَّفْظُ لِسَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَعِيدٌ وَإِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ كُنَّا يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ فَقَالَ

لَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ خَيْرُ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ وَقَالَ جَابِرٌ لَوْ كُنْتُ أُبْصِرُ لأَرَيْتُكُمْ مَوْضِعَ الشَّجَرَةِ

muslim:1856hʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Isḥāq > ʿUthmān > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Lijābir Kam Kuntum Yawmaʾidh

I asked Jabir: How many were you on the Day of Hudaibiya? He said: One thousand and four hundred.

مسلم:١٨٥٦حوَحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ حَدَّثَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِجَابِرٍ كَمْ كُنْتُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ

أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ

ahmad:14330Naṣr b. Bāb > Ḥajjāj > al-Dhayyāl b. Ḥarmalah > Saʾalt Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī Kam Kuntum Yawm al-Shajarah

I asked Jabir: How many were you on the Day of Hudaibiya? He said: One thousand and four hundred. (Using translation from Muslim 1856h)

أحمد:١٤٣٣٠حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ بَابٍ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ عَنِ الذَّيَّالِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ كَمْ كُنْتُمْ يَوْمَ الشَّجَرَةِ؟ قَالَ

كُنَّا أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَ مِائَةٍ

suyuti:165-57bJābir > Kunnā
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٦٥-٥٧ب

" عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: كُنَّا يَوْمَ الْحُديْبِيَةِ أَلْفًا وَأرْبَعَ مِائَةٍ، فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ خَيْرُ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ ".

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