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muslim:1254b – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār And al-Lafẓ Ibn al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq

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.

مسلم:١٢٥٤b – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ خَرَجَ يَسْتَسْقِي بِالنَّاسِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ اسْتَسْقَى قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ

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

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tirmidhi:1676 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Wahbb. Jarīr Waʾabū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq

"I was next to Zaid bin Arqam when he was asked: 'How many battles did the Prophet ﷺ fight ?' He said: 'Nineteen.' So I said: 'How many battles did you take part in with him ?' he said: 'Seventeen.' I said: 'Which of them was the first?' He said: 'Dhat Al-Ushaira' or Al-'Usaira'. '"

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.

الترمذي:١٦٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ كَمْ غَزَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ غَزْوَةٍ قَالَ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ فَقُلْتُ كَمْ غَزَوْتَ أَنْتَ مَعَهُ قَالَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ قُلْتُ أَيَّتُهُنَّ كَانَ أَوَّلَ قَالَ ذَاتُ الْعُشَيْرَاءِ أَوِ الْعُسَيْرَاءِ

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

ahmad:19335 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq

[Machine] I met Zaid bin Arqam and asked him, "How many battles did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ participate in?" He replied, "Nineteen." I then asked him, "How many battles did you participate in with him?" He replied, "Seventeen battles." I asked further, "Which was the first battle the Prophet ﷺ fought?" He replied, "The Battle of 'Ushayrah."

أحمد:١٩٣٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ فَقُلْتُ كَمْ غَزَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ قُلْتُ كَمْ غَزَوْتَ أَنْتَ مَعَهُ؟ قَالَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَمَا أَوَّلُ غَزْوَةٍ غَزَا؟ قَالَ ذَاتُ الْعُشَيْرِ أَوِ الْعُشَيْرَةِ

bayhaqi:6407 – Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl> Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān b. Aḥmad b. al-Sammāk > Ḥanbal b. Isḥāq b. Ḥanbal > Abū ʿAbdullāh / Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq

[Machine] Abdullah ibn Yazid al-Ansari went out to seek rain from the people. He then prayed two rak'ahs and sought rain. On that day, I met Zaid ibn Arqam, and there was no one between him and me except one man. I asked him, "How many battles did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wage?" He said, "Nineteen battles." I asked, "How many battles did you participate in with him?" He said, "Seventeen battles." I asked, "Which was the first battle that he fought?" He said, "The Battle of Ushayrah or the Battle of Ushayra."

البيهقي:٦٤٠٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو عَمْرٍو عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ السَّمَّاكِ ثنا حَنْبَلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ يَعْنِي أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ خَرَجَ يَسْتَسْقِي بِالنَّاسِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ اسْتَسْقَى فَلَقِيتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ غَيْرُ رَجُلٍ أَوْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ رَجُلٌ قُلْتُ كَمْ غَزَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً قُلْتُ كَمْ غَزَوْتَ أَنْتَ مَعَهُ؟ قَالَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ قُلْتُ فَمَا أَوَّلُ غَزْوَةٍ غَزَاهَا؟ قَالَ ذَاتُ الْعُسَيْرَةِ أَوْ ذَاتِ الْعُشَيْرَةِ