How many military expeditions did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ undertake? He said: Nineteen expeditions. I asked him: On how many expeditions did you accompany him? He said: On seventeen expeditions. I asked: Which was the first expedition he led? He answered: Dhat-ul-, Usair or 'Ushair.  

وَقَالَ لَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ غَيْرُ رَجُلٍ أَوْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ رَجُلٌ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ كَمْ غَزَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ فَقُلْتُ كَمْ غَزَوْتَ أَنْتَ مَعَهُ قَالَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَمَا أَوَّلُ غَزْوَةٍ غَزَاهَا قَالَ ذَاتُ الْعُسَيْرِ أَوِ الْعُشَيْرِ  

It has been narrated on the authority of Zaid b. Arqam that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fought nineteen battles and after the Migration performed only one Pilgrimage called Hajjat-ul-Wada'.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَزَا تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً وَحَجَّ بَعْدَ مَا هَاجَرَ حَجَّةً لَمْ يَحُجَّ غَيْرَهَا حَجَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ  

I fought in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ nineteen battles. Jabir said: I did not participate in the Battle of Badr and the Battle of Uhud. My father prevented me (from participating in these battles as my age was tender). After ʿAbdullah (my father) was killed on the Day of Uhud, I never lagged behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and joined every battle (he fought).  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً قَالَ جَابِرٌ لَمْ أَشْهَدْ بَدْرًا وَلاَ أُحُدًا مَنَعَنِي أَبِي فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ لَمْ أَتَخَلَّفْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةٍ قَطُّ  

It has been narrated on the authority of Buraida (who heard the tradition from his father) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ conducted nineteen military campaigns and he (actually) fought in eight of them.  

غَزَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً قَاتَلَ فِي ثَمَانٍ مِنْهُنَّ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مِنْهُنَّ وَقَالَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ  

It has been narrated by Buraida who heard it from his father that he joined the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in sixteen military campaigns  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً  

I joined seven military expeditions led by the Messenger of Allah himself ﷺ, and nine expeditions which he sent out once under Abu Bakr and once under Usama b. Zaid.  

سَمِعْتُ سَلَمَةَ يَقُولُ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ وَخَرَجْتُ فِيمَا يَبْعَثُ مِنَ الْبُعُوثِ تِسْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ مَرَّةً عَلَيْنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَمَرَّةً عَلَيْنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ  

The (foregoing) tradition has also been narrated on the authority of Hatim through the same chain of transmitters with the difference that according to this version both these types of expeditions were seven in number.  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي كِلْتَيْهِمَا سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ