al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4960
✧ Bakr b. Wa'il
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قَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ بِسْطَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَسْلَمَةُ بْنُ مُحَارِبٍ، عَنْ شَيْخٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ قَالَ:
إِنَّ الْحَكَمَ بْنَ عَمْرٍو الْغِفَارِيَّ كَتَبَ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ ؓ مِنْ خُرَاسَانَ: إِنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ - يَعْنِي - قَدْ تَكَاثَرُوا عَلَيْهِ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ: أَنِ اجْعَلْ بَكْرَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ يَلُونَهُمْ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الْعَدُوَّ لَا يَظْهَرُ عَلَى بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Yaʿlá
- Umayyah b. Bisṭām
- Muʿtamir
- Maslamah b. Muḥārib
- Shaykh Min Ahl al-Kūfah
✧ Al-Hakam b. 'Amr al-Ghifari wrote to Mu'awiyah ؓ from Khurasan: 'The polytheists - meaning - have become numerous against him.' So he wrote to him: 'Appoint Bakr b. Wa'il to be in charge of them, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The enemy will not prevail over Bakr b. Wa'il.'
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