Abbas was holding the hand of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was taking our pledge. When we had finished, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have taken the pledge, and I have given my commitment in return."The narrator said, I asked Jabir that day, "How did you pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? Was it on death?"Jabir replied, "No, rather we pledged to him that we would not flee."I said to him, "What about the day of the Tree?"He answered, "I was holding the hand of Umar bin Khattab until we gave our pledge."I asked, "How many were you?"He said, "We were one thousand four hundred, and all of us pledged to him except Jadd bin Qays, who hid himself beneath the belly of a camel. We slaughtered seventy camels that day, one camel for every seven men."
حدثنا سليمان بن داود حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن أبي الزناد عن موسى بن عقبة عن أبي الزبير
كان العباس آخذا بيد رسول الله ﷺ ورسول الله ﷺ يواثقنا فلما فرغنا قال رسول الله ﷺ أخذت وأعطيت قال فسألت جابرا يومئذ كيف بايعتم رسول الله ﷺ أعلى الموت قال لا ولكن بايعناه على أن لا نفر قلت له أفرأيت يوم الشجرة قال كنت آخذا بيد عمر بن الخطاب حتى بايعناه قلت كم كنتم قال كنا أربع عشر مائة فبايعناه كلنا إلا الجد بن قيس اختبأ تحت بطن بعير ونحرنا يومئذ سبعين من البدن لكل سبعة جزور