No. 4462

It has been narrated on the authority of Umm 'Atiyya, the Ansarite, who said: I took part with the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) in seven battles. I would stay behind in the camp of men, cook their food, treat the wounded and nurse the aick.

No. 4463

A similar tradition has been narrated on the authority of Hisham b. Hassan through a different chain of transmitters.

No. 4464

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Ishaq that 'Abdullah b. Yazid went (out of the city) with people for offering" Istisqa" ' prayer (for rainfall). He offered two rak'ahs. Then he prayed for rain. That day I met Zaid b. Arqam. There was only one man between me and him (at that time). I asked him: How many military expeditions did the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) undertake? He said: Nineteen expeditions. I asked him: On how many expeditions did you accompany him? He said: On seventeen expeditions. I asked: Which was the first expedition he led? He answered: Dhat-ul-, Usair or 'Ushair.

No. 4465

It has been narrated on the authority of Zaid b. Arqam that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) fought nineteen battles and after the Migration performed only one Pilgrimage called Hajjat-ul-Wada'.

No. 4466

It has been reported on the authority of Abu Zubair who heard Jabir b. Abdullah say: I fought in the company of the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) nineteen battles. Jabir said: I did not participate in the Battle of Badr and the Battle of Uhud. My father prevented me (from participating in these battles as my age was tender). After 'Abdullah (my father) was killed on the Day of Ubud, I never lagged behind the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and joined every battle (he fought).

No. 4467

It has been narrated on the authority of Buraida (who heard the tradition from his father) that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) conducted nineteen military campaigns and he (actually) fought in eight of them.

No. 4468

It has been narrated by Buraida who heard it from his father that he joined the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) in sixteen military campaigns

No. 4469

It has been narrated on the authority of Salama who said: I joined seven military expeditions led by the Messenger of Allaah himself (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), and nine expeditions which he sent out once under Abu Bakr and once under Usama b. Zaid.

No. 4470

The (foregoing) tradition has also been narrated on the authority of Hatim through the same chain of transmitters with the difference that according to this version both these types of expeditions were seven in number.