I saw us on the day of Hunayn, when both groups had turned away in flight, and there were not even a hundred men with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
لقد رأيتنا يوم حنين، وإن الفئتين لموليتان، وما مع رسول الله ﷺ مائة رجل.
Tirmidhi narrated it in his Jami (1689) and in Ilal al-Kabir (2/715) from Muhammad bin Umar bin Ali Muqaddami Basri, who said, my father told me, from Sufyan bin Husayn, from Ubaydullah bin Umar, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, and he related it. Tirmidhi said, "This is a hasan sahih gharib hadith. We do not know it from the hadith of Ubaydullah except through this route." End of quote. And in Ilal he said, "I asked Muhammad about this hadith, and he said, I do not know anyone who narrated this hadith from Ubaydullah bin Umar other than Sufyan bin Husayn." End of quote.I say, Sufyan bin Husayn is trustworthy in narrations other than from Zuhri. Its chain is hasan because of Umar bin Ali bin Ataa bin Muqaddam Muqaddami. Ibn Main said of him, "He used to practice tadlis, but there was no harm in him." Ibn Saad said, "He was trustworthy." Abu Hatim said, "His standing is truthfulness." He is among the narrators found in all six major collections. Hafiz also graded it hasan in Fath al-Bari (8/29), if this number is sound, then it should be understood as referring to those who joined the Prophet ﷺ when he called out.This is also indicated by what Bayhaqi narrated in Dalail (5/129) from the hadith of Jabir, as mentioned previously, with the addition that a man among them would try to turn his camel but would be unable to do so, so he would throw off his armor from his neck, take his sword and bow, and then head toward the voice, until a hundred of them had gathered around the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.As for what was narrated from Burayda bin Husayb , who said, the people scattered away from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Hunayn, and no one remained with him except a man called Zayd, who was holding the reins of the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ gray mule. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Woe to you, call the people." So Zayd called out, "O people, this is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ calling you." But no one came. He said, "Call the Ansar." So he called out, "O company of Ansar, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is calling you." But no one came. He said, "Woe to you, single out Aws and Khazraj." So he said, "O company of Aws and Khazraj, this is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ calling you." But no one came. He said, "Woe to you, single out the Muhajirun, for I have a pledge of allegiance upon their necks." He said, Burayda told me that a thousand of them came forward, having thrown aside their shields, until they reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and advanced forward on foot, until Allah granted them victory.Its narrators are trustworthy, but its text contains oddity and irregularity. Ibn Abu Shayba narrated it in his Musannaf (38145), and Bazzar (4440), and Ruyani in his Musnad (no. 31), all of them through the route of Yusuf bin Suhayb, from Abdullah bin Burayda, from his father Burayda, who said, and he related it. Its chain is sahih. Haythami said, "Bazzar narrated it, and its narrators are trustworthy." Majma al-Zawaid (6/181).I say, however, his statement, "no one remained with him except a man called Zayd," is shazz (irregular), and likewise this hadith contradicts what is established in Sahih, that the companions, when they heard the voice of Abbas, turned back toward the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the way a cow turns back toward its calves.Likewise, what is narrated from Abdullah bin Masud is not sound, where he said, I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Hunayn. He said, the people turned away from him, and eighty men from the Muhajirun and Ansar remained firm with him. We retreated on our feet about eighty paces, but we did not turn our backs on them, and they are the ones upon whom Allah
sent down tranquility. He said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on his mule, moving forward, when his mule swerved with him and he leaned away from the saddle. I said to him, "Rise, may Allah raise you." He said, "Hand me a handful of dust." So he struck their faces with it, and their eyes were filled with dust. Then he said, "Where are the Muhajirun and the Ansar?" I said, "Here they are." He said, "Call out to them." So I called out to them, and they came with their swords in their right hands, like shooting stars, and the polytheists turned their backs in flight.Ahmad narrated it (4336), and Tabarani in Kabir (10351), and Bazzar in Kashf Astar (1829), and Hakim (2/117), all of them from the hadith of Affan bin Muslim, who said, Abdul-Wahid bin Ziyad told us, Harith bin Husayra told us, Qasim bin Abdul-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Masud told us, from his father, who said, Abdullah bin Masud said, and he related it.Hakim said, "This is a hadith sahih in chain." Dhahabi challenged this, saying, "Harith and Abdul-Wahid both have munkar narrations, and this is one of them. Moreover, it contains a break in transmission," meaning that Abdul-Rahman bin Masud did not hear from his father.