Chain of narration · Isnād
Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.
Narrated by Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybafromMuhammad bin 'Abdullah bin Numayrfrom'Abdullah bin Idris bin Yazid al-AudifromHusayn bin 'Abdur Rahman al-SalmifromSalm bin Abi al-Ja'dfromJabir ibn 'Abdullah
Hadith text · Matn
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَابْنُ، نُمَيْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، - يَعْنِي الطَّحَّانَ - كِلاَهُمَا يَقُولُ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ لَوْ كُنَّا مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ لَكَفَانَا كُنَّا خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مِائَةً .
English translation
It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir who said:
If we had been a hundred thousand in number, it (the water) would have sufficed us, but actually we were fifteen hundred.
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 33, Hadith 110
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 20, Hadith 4582 (deprecated numbering scheme)