It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this verse of the Qur'an: "Go forth, whether light or heavy" [Surah al-Tawbah: 41] , and said: "I see that we have been ordered to go forth in every condition, whether we are old or young." His sons said: "Father! You fought in jihad alongside the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) until he passed away, and then alongside Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both); now we will fight on your behalf." But he refused and set out on a sea voyage until he died. For seven days they could not find an island (on which to bury him). The narrator says: (When they found an island,) there had been no change in the condition of his body. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Najdah bin Nufay' that he said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "If you do not go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment" [Surah al-Tawbah: 39] . He said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called upon one of the Arab tribes to go forth for jihad, but they were sluggish, so rain was withheld from them, and that was their punishment." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), who narrates it as a statement traced back to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that on the day of the Conquest of Makkah his banner (liwa') was white. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the large banner (liwa') of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was white and his smaller flag (rayah) was black.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I was sitting in the Hijr when a man came to me and asked me about "By the chargers panting". I said to him: "It refers to the horses that raid the enemy in the path of Allah and then seek shelter at night, when the people prepare their food and kindle their fires." The man turned away from there and went to Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), who was sitting below the Zamzam water-station, and asked him about 'al-'Adiyat'. He said: "Did you ask anyone about it before me?" He said: "Yes, I asked Ibn Abbas, and he said it refers to the horses that raid in the path of Allah." He said: "Go and call him to me." The narrator says: When he (Ibn Abbas) came and stood before him, he said: "You give people fatwas without knowledge! By Allah, the first military expedition in Islam was Badr, and we had only two horses: one belonging to Sayyiduna Zubayr and one to Sayyiduna Miqdad bin al-Aswad. So how could they be 'the chargers panting'? Rather, 'the chargers panting' are (the camels hastening during Hajj) from Arafah to Muzdalifah and from Muzdalifah to Mina, and 'raising thereby clouds of dust' refers to the ground when they trample it with their pads and hooves." Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "So I withdrew from my view and returned to what Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had said." [Surah al-'Adiyat: 1-4] This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it; they used Abu Sakhr, that is, Humayd bin Ziyad, and Abu Mu'awiyah al-Bajali, that is, Ammar bin Abi Mu'awiyah al-Duhni, as evidence.

It is narrated from Mukhariq bin Sulaym that he said: On the day of the Battle of the Camel I was walking alongside Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him). Hanging from his saddle was a horn (vessel) in which he would urinate when he needed to. When the time for fighting drew near, he said: "O Mukhariq! Go to the banner of your people." I said: "I am not going to leave you while I am in this state today." He said: "No, O Mukhariq! Go to the banner of your people, for I saw that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) liked a man to fight under the banner of his own people." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seek out the weak for me, for you are provided for and helped only on account of your weak ones." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it with this wording; they recorded the hadith of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) in which he thought that he had superiority over those below him.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that on the day of Badr, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed as the battle cry (shi'ar) of the Muhajirun "Ya Abd al-Rahman", of the tribe of Aws "Ya Bani Abdillah", and of the tribe of Khazraj "Ya Bani Ubaydillah". This is a gharib (singular) hadith with a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it; regarding battle cries, they recorded the narration of al-Zuhri from Sayyiduna Kathir bin Abbas from his father about the day of Hunayn, in which the battle cries of the tribes are mentioned.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that four hundred households, or four hundred men, of the tribe of Azd Shanu'ah came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as a delegation, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Welcome to the people of Azd, the most beautiful of people in face, the purest in the fragrance of their mouths, the bravest in encounter and the most trustworthy in keeping a trust. Your battle cry (shi'ar) shall be 'Ya Mabrur'." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Muhallab bin Abi Sufrah that he was told by a man who heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "If the enemy attacks you by night, let your battle cry be: 'Ha Mim, la yunsarun' (Ha Mim, they will not be helped)."