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سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ خَيْرُ الرُّفَقَاءِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَ خَيْرُ السَّرَايَا أَرْبَعُمِائَةٍ وَ خَيْرُ الْعَسَاكِرِ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافٍ وَ لَا يُغْلَبُ عَشْرُ آلَافٍ مِنْ قِلَّةٍ.
English translationMuhammad Sarwar
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Mehran ibn Muhammad from ‘Amr ibn abu Nasr who has said the following: “I heard abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘The best company is that which has four members. The best group for armed expeditions is that which consists of four hundred people. The best army is that which consists of four thousand soldiers. Any army that consists of ten thousand soldiers does not lose the fight because of its number (is not) small of soldiers.”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.
Commentary1 available source
الشارح لم يُعِد نصّ الحديث هنا؛ رُبط الشرح بترتيبه داخل الباب.
لا يوجد شرح متاح لهذا الحديث.
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1- مجهولAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/383)