رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 961
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- 6
Chapter 2
Chapter context: The Desirability of undertaking a Journey in a Group and appointing a Leader
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Original Arabic
وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: “خير الصحابة أربعة وخير السرايا أربعمائة وخير الجيوش أربعة آلاف ولن يغلب اثنا عشر ألفاً عن قلة" ((رواه أبو داود والترمذي وقال: حديث حسن))
Translation
English translation
Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The best number of companions is four; the best detachment is four hundred and the best army is four thousand; and twelve thousand men will not be defeated as a result of smallness of number." [At-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud].
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This is Hadith 961 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 8, The Book of Etiquette of Traveling, as in-book entry 6 under the chapter “The Desirability of undertaking a Journey in a Group and appointing a Leader.”
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