Musnad Ahmad 2718
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حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا عُقَيْلُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ
خَيْرُ الْأَصْحَابِ أَرْبَعَةٌ، وَخَيْرُ السَّرَايَا أَرْبَعُمِائَةٍ، وَخَيْرُ الْجُيُوشِ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافٍ، قَالَ: وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَنْ يُغْلَبَ قَوْمٌ عَنْ قِلَّةٍ يَبْلُغُونَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Yūnus
- Ḥibbān b. ʿAlī
- ʿUqayl b. Khālid
- al-Zuhrī
- ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah
- Ibn ʿAbbās
✧ The best companions are four, the best raiding parties are four hundred, and the best armies are four thousand. He said: And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A people will never be defeated due to small numbers if they reach twelve thousand.
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