Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 36:190

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 36:190

Book of the Military Expeditions (Maghazi)

كتاب المغازي

Hadith 36:190

Waki' narrated to us, he said: Sufyan and Isra'il narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Bara' ibn 'Azib, who said: The number of the companions of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was three hundred and some odd [men]. And they used to consider that they were the number of the companions of Talut on the day of Jalut, those who crossed the river with him; and none crossed the river with him except a believer.

حدثنا وكيع قال حدثنا سفيان وإسرائيل عن أبي إسحاق عن البراء بن عازب قال كان عدة أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ثلاثمائة وبضعة عشر وكانوا يرون أنهم عدة أصحاب طالوت يوم جالوت الذين جاوزوا معه النهر وما جاوز معه النهر إلا مؤمن