الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الجهادBook of Jihad
باب ترتيب السَّرَايَا وَالْجُيُوشِ وَالْخَادِ الرَّأْيَاتِ وَالْوَانِهَاChapter on the Arrangement of Military Expeditions and Armies, Carrying Banners, and Their Colors
Hadith 4947
اُردوEn
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَيْرُ الصَّحَابَةِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَخَيْرُ السَّرَايَا أَرْبَعُ مِائَةٍ وَخَيْرُ الْجُيُوشِ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافٍ وَلَا يُغْلَبُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفًا مِنْ قِلَّةٍ
Narrated by Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The best companion is four, the best detachment is of four hundred individuals, the best army is of four thousand, and an army of twelve thousand will not be defeated merely due to small numbers.
