صحيح البخاري
Sahih Bukhari
كتاب المغازي
The Book of Al- Maghazi
بَابُ غَزْوَةُ مُوتَةَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الشَّأْمِ:
(45) Chapter. The Ghazwa of Mu’tah in the land of Sham.
Hadith 4261
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ , حَدَّثَنَا مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، قَالَ : أَمَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزْوَةِ مُؤْتَةَ زَيْدَ بْنَ حَارِثَةَ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنْ قُتِلَ زَيْدٌ فَجَعْفَرٌ ، وَإِنْ قُتِلَ جَعْفَرٌ فَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ " ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : كُنْتُ فِيهِمْ فِي تِلْكَ الْغَزْوَةِ ، فَالْتَمَسْنَا جَعْفَرَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ فِي الْقَتْلَى ، وَوَجَدْنَا مَا فِي جَسَدِهِ بِضْعًا وَتِسْعِينَ مِنْ طَعْنَةٍ وَرَمْيَةٍ .
`Abdullah bin `Umar said: "Allah's Apostle appointed Zaid bin Haritha as the commander of the army during the Ghazwa of Mu'tah and said, "If Zaid is martyred, Ja`far should take over his position, and if Ja`far is martyred, `Abdullah bin Rawaha should take over his position.' " `Abdulla-h bin `Umar further said, "I was present amongst them in that battle and we searched for Ja`far bin Abi Talib and found his body amongst the bodies of the martyred ones, and found over ninety wounds over his body, caused by stabs or shots (of arrows).
