Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3959
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ،. وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ بَدْرٍ ثَلاَثُمِائَةٍ وَبِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ، بِعِدَّةِ أَصْحَابِ طَالُوتَ الَّذِينَ جَاوَزُوا مَعَهُ النَّهَرَ، وَمَا جَاوَزَ مَعَهُ إِلاَّ مُؤْمِنٌ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abdullah ibn Abi Shayba narrated to me: Yahya narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Bara. Muhammad ibn Kathir also narrated to us: Sufyan informed us, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Bara (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: “We used to say that the companions at Badr numbered three hundred and thirteen, matching the number of Talut’s companions who crossed the river with him. None crossed with him except a believer.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This variant gives the Badr count exactly as 313 and compares it to Talut companions.