Ibn `Umar informed me that on the day (of Mu'tah) he stood beside Ja`far who was dead (i.e. killed in the battle), and he counted fifty wounds in his body, caused by stabs or strokes, and none of those wounds was in his back.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 4260 In-book : Book 64, Hadith 294 USC-MSA web (English) : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 560 (deprecated)
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