Hadith 117

Sahih Muslim

Book 33: The Book on Government

Chapter 18

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

باب اسْتِحْبَابِ مُبَايَعَةِ الإِمَامِ الْجَيْشَ عِنْدَ إِرَادَةِ الْقِتَالِ وَبَيَانِ بَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ

Sahih Muslim 1859c
وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الشَّجَرَةَ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهَا بَعْدُ فَلَمْ أَعْرِفْهَا.
The tradition has been narrated on the authority of Sa'id b. Musayyib who learnt it from his father. The latter said:

I had seen the tree. When I came to the spot afterwards, I could not recognise it.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

al-Musayyib bin Hazn b. Abi Wahb

المسيب بن حزن بن أبى وهب المخزومي

13 narrations

follower
2

Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib

سعيد بن المسيب بن حزن أبو محمد القرشي

636 narrations

follower
3

Qatada

قتادة

1,382 narrations

successor
4

Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj

شعبة بن الحجاج

2,461 narrations

successor
5

Shababa bin Sawar

شبابة بن سوار الفزاري

92 narrations

3rd Generation
6

Muhammad bin Rafa'i

محمد بن رافع

373 narrations

3rd Generation
7

Hajjaj bin Yusuf bin al-Sha'ir

حجاج بن يوسف الشاعر

60 narrations