[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best of companions are four, and the best of expeditions are four hundred, and the best of armies are four thousand, and twelve thousand will not be defeated due to their few numbers." This is an authentic chain of narration according to the conditions of the two sheikhs (referring to Al-Bukhari and Muslim). They did not exclude it due to any dispute among the narrators concerning it from Az-Zuhri.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ الصَّحَابَةِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَخَيْرُ السَّرَايَا أَرْبَعُ مِائَةٍ وَخَيْرُ الْجُيُوشِ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافٍ وَلَنْ يُغْلَبَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفًا مِنْ قِلَّةَ» هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ لِخِلَافٍ بَيْنَ النَّاقِلِينَ فِيهِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ لم يخرجاه لخلاف بين أصحاب الزهري فيه