al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2489
✧ As for the statement of Abdullah b. Yazid al-Ansari
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ كَامِلِ بْنِ خَلَفٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو قِلَابَةَ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ثنا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يُونُسَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ
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
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Kāmil b. Khalaf al-Qāḍī
- Abū Qilābah
- And Hb b. Jarīr
- my father
- Yūnus Yuḥaddith
- al-Zuhrī
- ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh
- Ibn ʿAbbās
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The best companions are four, and the best raiding parties are four hundred, and the best armies are four thousand, and twelve thousand will never be defeated due to small numbers.' This is a sound chain according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs, but they did not include it because of a disagreement among the transmitters from al-Zuhri.
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