Hadith 4261

The Ghazwā of Mu'tah in the land of Sham.

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Darussalam · Volume 5

64 - THE BOOK OFAL-MAGHĀZĪ(1) (i.e., holy battle,or the deeds and virtues of Ghāzi)

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 4261 ¦ الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 143

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English translation

4261. 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar رضي الله عنهم said, "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ appointed Zaid bin Hārītha as the commander of the army during the Ghazwā of Mu'tah and said, 'If Zaid is martyred, Ja'far should take over his position, and if Ja'far is martyred, 'Abdullāh bin Rawāḥa should take over his position.'”‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar further said, “I was present amongst them in that battle and we searched for Ja‘far bin Abī Ṭālib and found his body amongst the bodies of the martyred ones, and found over ninety wounds over his body, caused by stabs or shots (of arrows).

Arabic text

4261 - أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: أَمَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزْوَةِ مُؤْتَةَ زَيْدَ بْنَ حَارِثَةَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنْ قُتِلَ زَيْدٌ فَجَعْفَرٌ، وَإِنْ قُتِلَ جَعْفَرٌ فَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ» قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: كُنْتُ فِيهِمْ فِي تِلْكَ الغَزْوَةِ، فَالْتَمَسْنَا جَعْفَرَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَوَجَدْنَاهُ فِي القَتْلَى، وَوَجَدْنَا مَا فِي جَسَدِهِ بِضْعًا وَتِسْعِينَ، مِنْ طَعْنَةٍ وَرَمْيَةٍ "

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