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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَزْدِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ وَأَبُو عَمَّارٍ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَيْرُ الصَّحَابَةِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَخَيْرُ السَّرَايَا أَرْبَعُ مِائَةٍ وَخَيْرُ الْجُيُوشِ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافٍ وَلَا يُغْلَبُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفًا مِنْ قِلَّةٍهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لَا يُسْنِدُهُ كَبِيرُ أَحَدٍ غَيْرُ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ وَإِنَّمَا رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُرْسَلًا وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ حِبَّانُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْعَنَزِيُّ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَرَوَاهُ اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُرْسَلًا

Narrated to us [Muhammad bin Yahya Al Azdi Al Bashri] and [Abu Ammar] and others, they said: narrated to us [Wahb bin Jarir] from [his father] from [Yunus bin Yazid] from [Az Zuhri] from [Ubaidullah bin Abdullah bin Utbah] from [Ibnu Abbas], he said: 'The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The best of companions are four, the best of expeditions are four hundred, the best of armies are four thousand, and an army of twelve thousand will not be defeated." This hadith is hasan gharib, and no scholar attributes this hadith except Jarir bin Hazim. However, this hadith is narrated from Az Zuhri from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as mursal. [Hibban bin Ali Al Anazi] narrated it from [Uqail], from [Az Zuhri], from [Ubaidullah], from [Ibnu Abbas], from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. [Al Laits bin Sa'd] also narrated it from ['Uqail] from [Az Zuhri], from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as mursal.'"