Chapter 15(b)

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.

“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 o

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ لَا يُهْزَمُ جَيْشُ عَشَرَةِ آلَافٍ مِنْ قِلَّةٍ.

Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘An army of ten thousand cannot be defeated because of its size.’”

قَالَ لِيَ الْحَجَّاجُ وَ سَأَلَنِي عَنْ خُرُوجِ النَّبِيِّ ص إِلَى مَشَاهِدِهِ فَقُلْتُ شَهِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بَدْراً فِي ثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ وَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ- وَ شَهِدَ أُحُداً فِي سِتِّمِائَةٍ وَ شَهِدَ الْخَنْدَقَ فِي تِسْعِمِائَةٍ فَقَالَ عَمَّنْ قُلْتُ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع فَقَالَ ضَلَّ وَ اللَّهِ مَنْ سَلَكَ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِهِ‌[1]. بَابٌ‌

“Al-Hajjaj asked me about the Messenger of Allah’s mobilization for the wars in which he (a.s.), took part. I said, ‘The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, mobilized for Badr with three hundred and thirteen people. He mobilized for Uhud wit