Hadith 5833

Chapter 44

باب 44

(44) باب غَزْوَةُ مُوتَةَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الشَّأْمِ

(44) Chapter: The expedition of Mu`tah to the land of Syria
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ، يَقُولُ لَقَدِ انْقَطَعَتْ فِي يَدِي يَوْمَ مُوتَةَ تِسْعَةُ أَسْيَافٍ، فَمَا بَقِيَ فِي يَدِي إِلاَّ صَفِيحَةٌ يَمَانِيَةٌ.

Narrated Khalid bin Al-Walid:
On the day (of the battle of) Mu'tah, nine swords were broken in my hand, and nothing was left in my hand except a Yemenite sword of mine.

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 4265

In-book reference: Book 64, Hadith 299

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 564