Sahih al-Bukhari 2784
The superiority of Jihad
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حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تُرَى الْجِهَادَ أَفْضَلَ الْعَمَلِ أَفَلاَ نُجَاهِدُ قَالَ لَكِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الْجِهَادِ حَجٌّ مَبْرُورٌ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Musaddad
- Khālid
- Ḥabīb b. Abū ʿAmrah
- ʿĀʾishah Bint Ṭalḥah
- ʿĀʾishah
(That she said), "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! We consider Jihad as the best deed. Should we not fight in Allah's Cause?" He said, "The best Jihad (for women) is Hajj-Mabrur (i.e. Hajj which is done according to the Prophet's tradition and is accepted by Allah).
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Other narrations of this report
Sahih al-Bukhari 1861Musnad Ahmad 24497al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 4293
Narrators
- Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AHعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقاعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. after 100 AHعَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 142 AHحَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَثقةحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), firm (thabt).d. 179 AH, or 182 AH, also said: 183 AH.خَالِدٌثقة ثبت.حدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 228 AHمُسَدَّدٌثقة حافظحدثنا
- a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AHالْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث
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Commentaries
Fatḥ al-Bārī (Ibn Ḥajar)
ʿUmdat al-Qārī (Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī)
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