It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Zubair who heard Jabir being questioned as to how many people were there on the Day of Hudaibiya He replied: We wore fourteen hundred. We swore fealty to him, and Umar was holding his hand while he was sitting Under the tree (to administer the oath). The tree was Samura (a wild tree found in desers). All of as took tha oath of fealty at his hands except Jadd b. Qais al-Ansari who hid himself under the belly of his camel.
Hadith In Arabic Text :
وحدثنا محمد بن حاتم، حدثنا حجاج، عن ابن جريج، أخبرني أبو الزبير، سمع جابرا، يسأل كم كانوا يوم الحديبية قال كنا أربع عشرة مائة فبايعناه وعمر آخذ بيده تحت الشجرة وهي سمرة فبايعناه غير جد ابن قيس الأنصاري اختبأ تحت بطن بعيره.
Chapter : The Book on Government – كتاب الإمارة