Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2847
حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ نَدَبَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم النَّاسَ ـ قَالَ صَدَقَةُ أَظُنُّهُ ـ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ فَانْتَدَبَ الزُّبَيْرُ، ثُمَّ نَدَبَ فَانْتَدَبَ الزُّبَيْرُ، ثُمَّ نَدَبَ النَّاسَ فَانْتَدَبَ الزُّبَيْرُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيًّا، وَإِنَّ حَوَارِيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ ".
Jabir bin Abdullah reported: The Prophet ﷺ called for volunteers—Ṣadaqa said, “I think this was on the day of the Trench”—and al-Zubayr volunteered. He called again, and al-Zubayr volunteered; then he called the people once more, and al-Zubayr volunteered. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Every prophet had a devoted disciple, and my devoted disciple is al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam.”
Translation notes
The narrator’s uncertainty about the occasion is retained.