33/18. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1856f — Hudaibiyah Water
It is recommended for the army to swear allegiance to the ruler when intending to fight, and an account of Bay'at Ar-Ridwan beneath the tree
Hudaibiyah Water Hadith: The Companions of the Tree
Sahih Muslim : 1856f
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1856f
وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنُ، بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ، الشَّجَرَةِ فَقَالَ لَوْ كُنَّا مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ لَكَفَانَا كُنَّا أَلْفًا وَخَمْسَمِائَةٍ .
Salim b. Abu al-Ja'd Narrated from:
I asked Jabir b. 'Abdullah about the number of the Companions (of the Prophet who took the oath of fealty under) the tree. He said: If we were a hundred thousand, it (i. e. the water in the well at Hudaibiya) would have sufficed us, but actually we were one thousand and five hundred.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1856fIn-book reference : Book 33, Hadith 109USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 20, Hadith 4581
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1856f
This Hadith comes through Salim b. Abu al-Ja'd, who asked Jabir b. 'Abdullah about the number of the Companions of the Tree. Jabir answered with a striking statement about the water at Hudaibiyah: if they had been one hundred thousand, it would have sufficed them. Then he gave the actual number as one thousand and five hundred. For people searching for Hudaibiyah water Hadith, Companions of the Tree number, or Sahih Muslim 1856f, the report joins two details: the sufficiency of the water and the number of people. The explanation should stay with that. It does not need extra stories. The Hadith itself records a remembered event and a counted group.
What we learn from this hadith
- Jabir linked the Companions of the Tree with the water at Hudaibiyah.
- The report gives the number as one thousand and five hundred in this wording.
- The statement about the water shows how strongly Jabir remembered its sufficiency.
- Different reports may give numbers with slight variation, so each wording should be read carefully.
