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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
  1. Musaddad
  2. Khālid
  3. Ḥabīb b. Abū ʿAmrah
  4. ʿĀʾishah Bint Ṭalḥah
  5. 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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  1. Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
    عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
    عن
  2. trustworthy (thiqah)d. after 100 AH
    عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَثقة
    عن
  3. trustworthy (thiqah)d. 142 AH
    حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَثقة
    حدثنا
  4. trustworthy (thiqah), firm (thabt).d. 179 AH, or 182 AH, also said: 183 AH.
    خَالِدٌثقة ثبت.
    حدثنا
  5. trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 228 AH
    مُسَدَّدٌثقة حافظ
    حدثنا
  6. 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 AH
    الْبُخَارِيُّجبل 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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