Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 1856b
Arabic hadith text
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ لَمْ نُبَايِعْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى الْمَوْتِ إِنَّمَا بَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى أَنْ لاَ نَفِرَّ .
Translation
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Ibn Uyaynah narrated to us. (Another chain:) Ibn Numayr narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, who said: We did not pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, to fight to the death. We pledged that we would not flee.