Musnad Ahmad 26174

Translation

✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not send Zaid bin Harithah in any army except that he appointed him as their leader, and if he remained behind, he would appoint him as his deputy.

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• Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī

  جيد قوي على شرط الصحيح وهو غريب جدا

  in مسند أحمد, p. 26762

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   يحدث أن
2. 2
   ʿAbdullāh al-Bahī mawlá Muṣʿab b. al-Zubayr

   truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes (yukhṭiʾ)d. between 101 and 110 AH
   الْبَهِيَّصدوق يخطئ
   سمعت
3. 3
   Wāʾil b. Dāwūd

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 141 and 150 AH
   وَائِلٌثقة
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd

   Trustworthy (thiqah), with a good memory (yaḥfaẓ).d. 203 AH, or 204 AH, or 205 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍثقة يحفظ
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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