On the authority of Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. If they bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and face our qiblah, and eat of our slaughtered meat, and pray our prayer, then their blood and their wealth are forbidden to us except for what is due. They have the same rights as the Muslims and the same obligations as the Muslims." (1)

16 - Chapter: Mention of the Branches of Faith

5004 - Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak informed us, saying: Abu Amir narrated to us, saying: Sulayman — and he is Ibn Bilal — narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Dinar, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Faith has seventy-some branches, and modesty is a branch of faith." (3)

5005 - Ahmad ibn Sulayman informed us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, from Sufyan, who said: And Abu Nu'aym narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Suhayl, from Abdullah ibn Dinar, from Abu Salih--------------------------------------------
(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Hibban: he is Ibn Musa, and Abdullah: he is Ibn al-Mubarak. It is a repetition of hadith (3967) with its chain and text.
(2) In (r) and a copy above it in (m): "that the Prophet."
(3) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Abu Amir: he is Abd al-Malik ibn Amr al-Aqadi, and Abu Salih: he is Dhakwan al-Samman.
It was also narrated by al-Bukhari (9), Muslim (35): (57), Ibn Hibban (167) and (190) through multiple chains from Abu Amir al-Aqadi, with this chain of transmission. In al-Bukhari's narration: "sixty-some."
It will follow — in a more complete form and in abbreviated form — in the next two narrations.
His saying: "bid'" (some) — with kasrah on the ba', and it has been reported with fatha on it — it refers to a number between three and nine, and this is the correct view. The meaning is: seventy-some qualities or branches or the like.
"And "al-shu'bah" — with dammah on the shin — is a part of something, and the intended meaning is a quality, and it is a metaphor for abundance.