GROUPINGS H 973 "The best company is four, the best reconnaissance party is four hundred and the best army is four thousand; and an army of twelve thousand will not be vanquished for want of numbers." R 973 Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi with a chain up to ibn Abbas who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
961- وعن ابن عبّاسٍ رضي الله عنهما ، عن النبيِّ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ، قَالَ : "خَيْرُ الصَّحَابَةِ أرْبَعَةٌ ، وَخَيْرُ السَّرَايَا أرْبَعُمِئَةٍ ، وَخَيْرُ الجُيُوشِ أرْبَعَةُ آلاَفٍ ، وَلَنْ يُغْلَبَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ ألْفاً مِنْ قِلةٍ" رواه أَبُو داود والترمذي، وقال : "حديث حسن" .