Nor does this phrase, “the tray,” occur in the versions of al-Nasaʾi and al-Tabarani. And Allah knows best. *

3282—(During one of the campaigns, one of his fingers was bloodied, and he said:

“You are but a finger that has bled,
and what you have suffered is in Allah’s cause.”)

It was transmitted by al-Bukhari (2802), Muslim (5/181), al-Nasaʾi in al-ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah (620), Abu Yaʿla in his Musnad (1533), and from him by Ibn Hibban in his Sahih (6543). Likewise, Ibn al-Sunni transmitted it in his al-ʿAmal (505), and al-Tabarani in al-Muʿjam al-Kabir (2/186/1708), through Abu ʿAwanah, from al-Aswad ibn Qays, from Jundub ibn Sufyan, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was … The wording is al-Bukhari’s.

The narrators differed in their reports from al-Aswad ibn Qays—may Allah have mercy on him—regarding the circumstances in which this incident took place. Thus Abu ʿAwanah, as you see, said: “During one of the campaigns.”

Sufyan—that is, al-Thawri—said:

“While the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was walking, a stone struck him, and he stumbled, causing his finger to bleed.”

It was transmitted by al-Bukhari (6146), al-Nasaʾi (559), and al-Tabarani (1703). Ahmad (4/313) also transmitted it in abbreviated form.

Sufyan ibn ʿUyaynah said:

“I was with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in a cave, when his finger was injured, and he said: …” He then mentioned it.

It was transmitted by Muslim, al-Tirmidhi (3345)—who declared it authentic—al-Humaydi (776), and al-Tabarani (1705).