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1555. Ibn 'Abbās narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The best companions are four, the best Sarāyā (military unit) is four hundred, the best army is four thousand, and twelve thousand will not be beaten due to being too few." (Ḍa'if)
This Hadīth is Ḥasan Gharīb, it was not narrated with a chain by anyone important besides Jarīr bin Hāzim, and this Hadīth was only reported from Az-Zuhrī, from the Prophet ﷺ in Mursal form. Ḥibbān bin 'Alī Al-'Anazī reported it from 'Uqail, from Az-Zuhrī, from 'Ubaidullāh, from Ibn 'Abbās, from the Prophet ﷺ, and Al-Laith bin Sa'd reported it from Sa'd, from 'Uqail, from Az-Zuhrī, from the Prophet ﷺ in Mursal form.
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Commentary
There are needs and problems of long journeys, therefore, two or three persons feel it difficult to travel a long way on foot or on horseback. If many people are traveling together, it makes the journey easy. Similarly a small company of four hundred in a troop is just a precise and strong company. Any army of twelve thousand troops is a complete army.
