It has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Abu Aufa who said:The Companions of the Tree (i e. those who swore fealty under the tree) were one thousand and three hundred, and the people of Aslam tribe were one-eighth of the Muhajirs
Tushen bai rubuta wata daraja ga wannan ruwaya ba.
A ƙarƙashin kowace ruwaya akwai fassarar tarin bayanan kansa, an nuna ta yadda take. Ba ta ambaci sunan mai fassara ba, ba a tabbatar da haƙƙoƙinta ba, kuma babu wanda ya kwatanta ta da Larabcin; wasu ruwayoyin ba su da ita. Larabcin shi ne rubutun. Tarin bayanan ba shi da fassarar wannan littafi a wannan harshe, don haka ana nuna Turancin.
Rubutun Larabci, lambobi, sunayen littattafai da darajoji ana nuna su daidai yadda suke a cikin wani buɗaɗɗen tarin bayanai (hadith-api). Sabīl bai tabbatar da daidaitonsa ko haƙƙoƙinsa ba tukuna, kuma ba a fara bitar malamai a kansa ba. Kafin lokacin, ku kwatanta ruwaya da bugaggen littafi kafin ku dogara da ita.