Hadith 30518

Chapter 18

باب 18

(18) باب اسْتِحْبَابِ مُبَايَعَةِ الإِمَامِ الْجَيْشَ عِنْدَ إِرَادَةِ الْقِتَالِ وَبَيَانِ بَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ

(18) Chapter: It is recommended for the army to swear allegiance to the ruler when intending to fight, and an account of Bay'at Ar-Ridwan beneath the tree (FR)
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وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ لَمْ نُبَايِعْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى الْمَوْتِ إِنَّمَا بَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى أَنْ لاَ نَفِرَّ .

It has been narrated (through a different chain of transmitters) on the authority of Jabir who said:
While swearing fealty to the Prophet (ﷺ) we did not take the oath to death but that we would not run away (from the battlefield). (FR)

Reference (FR): Sahih Muslim 1856 b (FR)

In-book reference (FR): Book 33, Hadith 105 (FR)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 20, Hadith 4577 (FR)