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bukhari:4266 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Ismāʿīl > Qays > Khālid b. al-Walīd

On the day of Mu'tah, nine swords were broken in my hand and only a Yemenite sword of mine remained in my hand.

البخاري:٤٢٦٦ – حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ يَقُولُ لَقَدْ دُقَّ فِي يَدِي يَوْمَ مُوتَةَ تِسْعَةُ أَسْيَافٍ وَصَبَرَتْ فِي يَدِي صَفِيحَةٌ لِي يَمَانِيَةٌ

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bukhari:4265 – Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Ismāʿīl > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim > Khālid b. al-Walīd

On the day (of the battle of) Mu'tah, nine swords were broken in my hand, and nothing was left in my hand except a Yemenite sword of mine.

البخاري:٤٢٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ يَقُولُ لَقَدِ انْقَطَعَتْ فِي يَدِي يَوْمَ مُوتَةَ تِسْعَةُ أَسْيَافٍ فَمَا بَقِيَ فِي يَدِي إِلاَّ صَفِيحَةٌ يَمَانِيَةٌ

hakim:4354 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Yūnus b. Bukayr > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim > Khālid b. al-Walīd

[Machine] I heard Khalid ibn al-Walid say, "I have swung in my hand on the day of Mu'tah nine swords, and only a Yemeni dagger remained in my hand."

الحاكم:٤٣٥٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدٍ يَقُولُ «لَقَدِ انْدَقَّ فِي يَدِي يَوْمَ مُؤْتَةَ تِسْعَةُ أَسْيَافٍ فَمَا بَقِيَ فِي يَدِي إِلَّا صَفِيحَةٌ يَمَانِيَةٌ»

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم

ذِكْرُ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْمَخْزُومِيِّ ؓ

ibnhibban:7089 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Muḥammad al-Jarjarāʾī > Sufyān > Ismāʿīl > Qays

[Machine] "Khalid bin Al-Walid had wielded in my hand on the day of Mu'tah nine swords, and there remained in my hand only a Yemeni metal plate."

ابن حبّان:٧٠٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ الْجَرْجَرَائِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسٍ قَالَ قَالَ

خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ لَقَدِ انْدَقَّ فِي يَدِي يَوْمَ مُؤْتَةَ تِسْعَةُ أَسْيَافٍ مَا بَقِيَتْ فِي يَدِي إِِلا صَفِيحَةٌ لِي يَمَانِيَةٌ