صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإمارة
The Book on Government
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ مُبَايَعَةِ الإِمَامِ الْجَيْشَ عِنْدَ إِرَادَةِ الْقِتَالِ وَبَيَانِ بَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ:
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
Hadith 1858
This hadith is listed as number 4817 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَي بْنُ يَحْيَي ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ مَعْقِلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، قَالَ : لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي يَوْمَ الشَّجَرَةِ وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُبَايِعُ النَّاسَ ، وَأَنَا رَافِعٌ غُصْنًا مِنْ أَغْصَانِهَا عَنْ رَأْسِهِ وَنَحْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ مِائَةً ، قَالَ : " لَمْ نُبَايِعْهُ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ ، وَلَكِنْ بَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى أَنْ لَا نَفِرَّ " .
It has been narrated on the authority of Ma'qil bin Yasar who aaid: I remember being present on the Day of the Tree, and the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) was taking the oath of the people and I was holding a twig of the tree over his head. We were fourteen hundred (in number). We did not take oath to the death, but to the effect that we would not run away from the battlefield.
