18. Just War (Jihād)

1. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2477Abu Dawud silent

   جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ سَفَرًا فَزَوِّدْنِي قَالَ «زَوَّدَكَ اللَّهُ التَّقْوَى» قَالَ زِدْنِي قَالَ «وَغَفَرَ ذَنْبَكَ» قَالَ زِدْنِي بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي قَالَ «وَيَسَّرَ لَكَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ» حسكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

   ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “Messenger of Allah, I intend to travel, so provide for me.” He said, “May Allah provide you with piety.” He said, “Give me more.” He said, “And forgive your sin.” He said, “Give me more, may my father and mother be your ransom.” He said, “And ease for you good wherever you are.” Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the Talkhis.

2. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2478No grade recorded

   كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا وَدَّعَ جَيْشًا قَالَ «أَسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينَكُمْ وَأَمَانَتَكُمْ وَخَوَاتِيمَ أَعْمَالِكُمْ»

   ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bade farewell to an army, he would say: “I entrust to Allah your religion, your trust, and the final outcomes of your deeds.”

3. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2479Sahih

   «لَأَنْ أُشَيِّعَ مُجَاهِدًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَأَكْفِهِ عَلَى رَحْلِهِ غُدْوَةً أَوْ رَوْحَةً أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا»

   ✧ “That I should escort a fighter in the path of Allah and help him onto his mount in the morning or evening is dearer to me than the world and all that is in it.”

4. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2480Sahih

   مَشَى مَعَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ حِينَ وَجَّهَهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ «انْطَلِقُوا عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنْهُمْ» قَدِ احْتَجَّ الْبُخَارِيُّ بِثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ وَعِكْرِمَةَ وَاحْتَجَّ مُسْلِمٌ بِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ «وَ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ walked with them to Baqi‘ al-Gharqad when he dispatched them, then said, “Depart in the name of Allah. O Allah, help them.” Al-Bukhari cited Thawr b. Yazid and ‘Ikrima as authorities, and Muslim cited Muhammad b. Ishaq. “And

5. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2481Sahih

   جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُرِيدُ سَفَرًا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوْصِنِي قَالَ «أُوصِيكَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالتَّكْبِيرِ عَلَى كُلِّ شَرَفٍ» فَلَمَّا مَضَى قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ ازْوِ لَهُ الْأَرْضَ وَهَوِّنْ عَلَيْهِ السَّفَرَ»

   ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ intending to travel and said, “Messenger of Allah, advise me.” He said, “I advise you to fear Allah and to say Allahu akbar upon every rise.” When he had gone, he said, “O Allah, fold up the earth for him and make the journey easy for him.”

6. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2482No grade recorded

   أَنَّهُ كَانَ رِدْفًا لِعَلِيٍّ فَلَمَّا وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الرِّكَابِ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَى عَلَى ظَهْرِ الدَّابَّةِ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ثَلَاثًا وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ثَلَاثًا {سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ} [الزخرف 13] الْآيَةُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي قَدْ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ثُمَّ مَالَ إِلَى أَحَدِ شِقَّيْهِ فَضَحِكَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا يُضْحِكُكَ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ رِدْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَصَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا صَنَعْتُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَعْجَبُ إِلَى الْعَبْدِ إِذَا قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ إِنِّي قَدْ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ قَالَ عَبْدِي عَرَفَ أَنَّ لَهُ رَبًّا يَغْفِرُ وَيُعَاقِبُ

   ✧ He was riding behind ‘Ali. When he placed his foot in the stirrup, he said, “In the name of Allah.” When he was settled on the back of the mount, he said, “Praise be to Allah” three times and “Allahu akbar” three times, and {Glory be to the One Who subjected this to us, for we could never have subdued it} [al-Zukhruf 13] to the end of the verse. Then he said, “There is no god but You. Glory be to You. Indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me my sins, for none forgives sins but You.” Then he inclined to one side and laughed. I said, “Commander of the Faithful, what makes you laugh?” He said, “I was riding behind the Prophet ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did exactly as I did, so I asked him as you asked me, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Allah marvels at the servant when he says, “There is no god but You. Indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me my sins, for none forgives sins but You.” He says, “My servant knows that he has a Lord who forgives and punishes.”’”

7. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2483Sahih

   رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا أُتِيَ بِدَابَّةٍ

   ✧ I saw ‘Ali being brought a mount.

8. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2484No grade recorded

   إِنِّي لَآخِذٌ بِخِطَامِ النَّاقَةِ لَازِمُهَا حَتَّى اسْتَوَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الْأَهْلِ اللَّهُمَّ اصْحَبْنَا بِصُحْبَةِ وَاقْلِبْنَا بِذِمَّةٍ اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي قُفْلَ الْأَرْضِ وَهَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا السَّفَرَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ» قَالَ أَبُو زُرْعَةَ وَكَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ رَجُلًا عَرَبِيًّا لَوْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقُولَ وَعْثَاءَ السَّفَرِ لَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اقْلِبْنَا بِذِمَّةٍ اللَّهُمَّ ازْوِ لَنَا الْأَرْضَ وَسَيِّرْنَا فِيهَا

   ✧ I kept holding the camel's nose-rein, staying with it until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was settled upon it, then he said: "O Allah, You are the Companion in the journey and the Deputy in the family. O Allah, accompany us with good companionship and return us with a safeguard. O Allah, grant me the closure of the earth, and make the journey easy for us. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardships of travel and the gloom of return." Abu Zur'ah said: Abu Hurayrah was an Arab man; if he wanted to say 'hardships of travel,' he would have said: O Allah, return us with a safeguard. O Allah, roll up the earth for us and make us traverse it.

9. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2485Sahih

   أَرْدَفَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ خَلْفَهُ فَأَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ حَدِيثًا لَا أُحَدِّثُ بِهِ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ قَالَ وَكَانَ أَحَبَّ مَا اسْتَتَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِحَاجَتِهِ هَدَفًا أَوْ حَايِشًا نَخْلٍ فَدَخَلَ حَائِطًا لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَإِذَا جَمَلٌ فَلَمَّا رَأَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَنَّ إِلَيْهِ وَزَرَفَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَمَسَحَ ذَفَرَتَهُ فَسَكَنَ فَقَالَ مَنْ رَبُّ هَذَا الْجَمَلِ لِمَنْ هَذَا الْجَمَلُ؟ قَالَ فَجَاءَ فَتًى مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ هُوَ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ «أَلَا تَتَّقِي اللَّهَ فِي هَذِهِ الْبَهِيمَةِ الَّتِي مَلَّكَكَ اللَّهُ إِيَّاهَا فَإِنَّهُ شَكَا لِي أَنَّكَ تُجِيعُهُ وَتُدْئِبُهُ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once seated me behind him, and he confided to me a statement that I will not tell any of the people. He said: The most beloved thing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to screen himself with for his need was a target or a wall of palm trees. So he entered a garden belonging to a man of the Ansar, and there was a camel. When it saw the Prophet ﷺ, it yearned toward him and its eyes shed tears. The Prophet ﷺ came to it and wiped its cheek, and it became calm. He said: 'Who is the owner of this camel? To whom does this camel belong?' A young man from the Ansar came and said: 'It is mine, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Do you not fear Allah regarding this beast that Allah has put in your possession? It complained to me that you starve it and overwork it.'

10. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2486Sahih

    «ارْكَبُوا هَذِهِ الدَّوَابَّ سَالِمَةً وَابْتَدِعُوهَا سَالِمَةً وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوهَا كَرَاسِيَّ»

    ✧ Ride these mounts while they are sound, and leave them sound; and do not take them as chairs.

11. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2487Sahih

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا غَزَا أَوْ سَافَرَ فَأَدْرَكَهُ اللَّيْلُ قَالَ «يَا أَرْضُ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكِ اللَّهُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شِرِّكِ وَشَرِّ مَا فِيكِ وَشَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ فِيكِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا دَبَّ عَلَيْكِ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ أَسَدٍ وَأَسْوَدَ وَحَيَّةٍ وَعَقْرَبٍ وَمِنْ شَرِّ سَاكِنِ الْبَلَدِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ وَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went on a military expedition or traveled and night overtook him, he said: 'O earth, my Lord and your Lord is Allah. I seek refuge in Allah from your evil and the evil of what is in you and the evil of what He created in you and from the evil of what crawls upon you. I seek refuge in Allah from the evil of every lion, black serpent, snake, scorpion, and from the evil of the dweller of the land, and from the evil of a parent and what he begot.'

12. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2488Sahih

    أَنَّ صُهَيْبًا صَاحِبَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمْ يَرَ قَرْيَةً يُرِيدُ دُخُولَهَا إِلَّا قَالَ حِينَ يَرَاهَا «اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَظْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَقْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَمَا أَضْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الرِّيَاحِ وَمَا ذَرَيْنَ فَإِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ وَخَيْرَ أَهْلِهَا وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ أَهْلِهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا»

    ✧ Suhayb, the companion of the Prophet ﷺ, related to him that the Prophet ﷺ never saw a town he intended to enter without saying when he saw it: 'O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and what they shade, Lord of the seven earths and what they carry, Lord of the devils and what they mislead, Lord of the winds and what they scatter, we ask You for the good of this town and the good of its people, and we seek refuge in You from its evil and the evil of its people and the evil of what is in it.'

13. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2489No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ الصَّحَابَةِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَخَيْرُ السَّرَايَا أَرْبَعُ مِائَةٍ وَخَيْرُ الْجُيُوشِ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافٍ وَلَنْ يُغْلَبَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفًا مِنْ قِلَّةَ» هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ لِخِلَافٍ بَيْنَ النَّاقِلِينَ فِيهِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ لم يخرجاه لخلاف بين أصحاب الزهري فيه

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The best companions are four, and the best raiding parties are four hundred, and the best armies are four thousand, and twelve thousand will never be defeated due to small numbers.' This is a sound chain according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs, but they did not include it because of a disagreement among the transmitters from al-Zuhri.

14. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2490Sahih

    «خَيْرُ الْأَصْحَابِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرُهُمْ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَخَيْرُ الْجِيرَانِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرُهُمْ لِجَارِهِ»

    ✧ The best of companions in the sight of Allah is the best of them to his companion, and the best of neighbors in the sight of Allah is the best of them to his neighbor.

15. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2491Sahih

    شَكَا نَاسٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمَشْيَ فَدَعَا بِهِمْ وَقَالَ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالنَّسلَانِ» فَنَسَلْنَا فَوَجَدْنَاهُ أَخَفَّ عَلَيْنَا

    ✧ Some people complained to the Prophet ﷺ about walking, so he called them and said: 'You should use the nasalan gait.' So we went at a quick pace, and we found it lighter for us.

16. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2492No grade recorded

    كَانَ النَّبِي ﷺ «لَا يَنْزِلُ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا وَدَّعَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ would not alight at a place without bidding it farewell with two rak'ahs.

17. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2493Sahih

    «لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي الْوَحْدَةِ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَنْ يَسِيرَ الرَّاكِبُ بِلَيْلٍ وَحْدَهُ أَبَدًا»

    ✧ If people knew what I know about being alone, no rider would ever travel alone by night.

18. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2494Sahih

    خَرَجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ فَتَبِعَهُ رَجُلَانِ وَرَجُلٌ يَتْلُوهُمَا يَقُولُ ارْجِعَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُمَا فَرَدَّهُمَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ شَيْطَانَانِ فَاقْرَأْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ السَّلَامَ وَأَعْلِمْهُ أَنَّا فِي جَمْعِ صَدَقَاتِنَا لَوْ كَانَتْ تَصْلُحُ لَهُ لَبَعَثْنَا بِهَا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَدَّثَهُ «فَنَهَى عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ عَنِ الْخَلْوَةِ»

    ✧ A man set out from Khaybar, and two men followed him, and another man came after them saying: 'Return!' until he caught up with them and sent them back. Then he said: 'These two are devils. Convey peace to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and inform him that we are in the midst of collecting our alms; if they were suitable for him, we would have sent them to him.' When he arrived to the Prophet ﷺ and told him, he then forbade isolation.

19. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2495Sahih

    لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ صَحِبْتَ؟» فَقَالَ مَا صَحِبْتُ أَحَدًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ رَكْبٌ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: 'Whom did you accompany?' He said: 'I accompanied no one.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'A single rider is a devil, two riders are two devils, and three are a group.'

20. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2496Sahih

    «الْوَاحِدُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالِاثْنَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ رَكْبٌ»

    ✧ One is a devil, two are two devils, and three are a riding party.

21. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2497Sahih

    «نَهَى عَنِ الشُّرْبِ مِنْ فِي السِّقَاءِ وَعَنْ رُكُوبِ الْجَلَّالَةِ وَالْمُجَثَّمَةِ»

    ✧ He forbade drinking from the mouth of a waterskin, and riding a jalāla (an animal that eats dung), and a mujaththama (an animal tied up and used as a target).

22. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2498No grade recorded

    «نَهَى يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ عَنْ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ الْأَهْلِيَّةِ وَعَنِ الْجَلَّالَةَ وَعَنْ رُكُوبِهَا وَأَكْلِ لُحُومِهَا»

    ✧ On the day of Khaybar he forbade the flesh of domestic donkeys, and the jalāla (animal that eats dung), and riding it and eating its flesh.

23. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2499Sahih

    لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا مَالَ الْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ} [الأنعام 152] وَ {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ الْيَتَامَى ظُلْمًا} [النساء 10] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {سَعِيرًا} [النساء 10] قَالَ انْطَلَقَ مَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ يَتِيمٌ فَعَزَلَ طَعَامَهُ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابَهُ مِنْ شَرَابِهِ يَفْصِلُ الشَّيْءَ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ فَيُحْبَسُ لَهُ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَهُ أَوْ يَفْسَدَ فَيَرْمِي بِهِ فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْيَتَامَى قُلْ إِصْلَاحٌ لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ وَإِنْ تُخَالِطُوهُمْ فَإِخْوَانُكُمْ} [البقرة 220] إِلَى {عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ} [البقرة 220] فَخَلَطُوا طَعَامَهُمْ بِطَعَامِهِمْ وَشَرَابَهُمْ بِشَرَابِهِمْ

    ✧ When Allah ﷻ sent down {And do not approach the property of the orphan except in the way that is best} [al-An'ām 152] and {Indeed, those who devour the property of orphans unjustly} [al-Nisā' 10] up to His saying {a blazing fire} [al-Nisā' 10], he said: Those who had an orphan with them went and separated his food from their food and his drink from their drink, setting aside a portion of his food so it was kept for him until he ate it or it spoiled and they threw it away. That became hard on them, so they mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Allah ﷻ sent down {They ask you about orphans. Say: Setting things right for them is best. And if you mix with them, they are your brothers} [al-Baqarah 220] up to {Mighty, Wise} [al-Baqarah 220]. So they mixed their food with their food and their drink with their drink.

24. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2500No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَأْكُلُ وَمَا نَشْبَعُ قَالَ «فَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَفْتَرِقُونَ عَنْ طَعَامِكُمْ اجْتَمِعُوا عَلَيْهِ وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ يُبَارَكْ لَكُمْ»

    ✧ A man said: O Messenger of Allah, we eat but we are not satisfied. He said: "Perhaps you eat separately from your food. Gather together over it and mention the name of Allah, and you will be blessed."

25. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2501No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَجُلًا هَاجَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي هَاجَرْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَدْ هَجَرْتَ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ وَلَكِنَّهُ الْجِهَادُ هَلْ لَكَ أَحَدٌ بِالْيَمَنِ؟» قَالَ أَبَوَايَ قَالَ «أَذِنَا لَكَ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَارْجِعْ فَاسْتَأْذِنْهُمَا فَإِنْ أَذِنَا لَكَ فَجَاهِدْ وَإِلَّا فَبِرَّهُمَا»

    ✧ A man emigrated to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from Yemen and said: O Messenger of Allah, I have emigrated. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "You have abandoned shirk (polytheism), but it is jihād (struggle). Do you have anyone in Yemen?" He said: My parents. He said: "Did they give you permission?" He said: No. He said: "Return and ask their permission. If they permit you, then fight; otherwise, be dutiful to them."

26. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2502Sahih

    أَنَّ جَاهِمَةَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَغْزُوَ فَجِئْتُ أَسْتَشِيرُكَ قَالَ «أَلَكَ وَالِدَةٌ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَالْزَمْهَا فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهَا»

    ✧ Jāhimah came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: I intended to go on a military expedition, so I came to seek your advice. He said: "Do you have a mother?" He said: Yes. He said: "Go and keep her company, for Paradise is at her feet."

27. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2503Sahih

    أَنَّ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ {انْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا} [التوبة 41] فَقَالَ أَرَى أَنْ تُسْتَنْفَرُوا شُيُوخًا وَشُبَّانًا فَقَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا لَقَدْ غَزَوْتَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَتَّى مَاتَ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَنَحْنُ نَغْزُو عَنْكَ فَأَبَى فَرَكِبَ الْبَحْرَ حَتَّى مَاتَ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا جَزِيرَةً يِدْفِنُوهُ إِلَّا بَعْدَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ قَالَ فَمَا تَغَيَّرَ

    ✧ Abū Ṭalḥah recited the Qur'an: {Go forth, light and heavy} [al-Tawbah 41], and said: I think that both old men and young men should be called out. They said: O our father, you have fought with the Prophet ﷺ until he died, and with Abū Bakr and ʿUmar, so we will fight on your behalf. He refused and rode the sea until he died. They did not find an island to bury him on until after seven days. He said: And he did not change.

28. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2504Sahih

    عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ {إِلَّا تَنْفِرُوا} [التوبة 39] يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا قَالَ «اسْتَنْفَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَيًّا مِنْ أَحْيَاءِ الْعَرَبِ فَتَثَاقَلُوا فَأُمْسِكَ عَنْهُمُ الْمَطَرُ وَكَانَ عَذَابُهُمْ»

    ✧ Regarding the saying of Allah ﷻ {If you do not go forth} [al-Tawbah 39], He will punish you with a painful punishment. He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called upon a tribe of the Arab tribes to go forth, but they were reluctant, so rain was withheld from them, and that was their punishment."

29. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2505No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ «لِوَاؤُهُ يَوْمَ دَخَلَ مَكَّةَ أَبْيَضَ»

    ✧ His banner on the day he entered Makkah was white.

30. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2506Weak

    كَانَ «لِوَاءُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبْيَضَ وَرَايَتُهُ سَوْدَاءَ» يزيد ضعيف

    ✧ The banner of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was white and his standard was black. Yazīd is weak.

31. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2507Weak

    أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا فِي الْحِجْرِ جَالِسٌ أَتَانِي رَجُلٌ فَسَأَلَنِي عَنِ {الْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا} [العاديات 1] فَقُلْتُ لَهُ «الْخَيْلُ حِينَ تُغِيرُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ تَأْوِي إِلَى اللَّيْلِ فَيَصْنَعُونَ طَعَامَهُمْ وَيُوقِدُونَ نَارَهُمْ» فَانْفَتَلَ عَنِّي فَذَهَبَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَهُوَ تَحْتَ سِقَايَةِ زَمْزَمَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْعَادِيَاتِ فَقَالَ هَلْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْهَا أَحَدًا قَبْلِي؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ سَأَلْتُ عَنْهَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ هِيَ الْخَيْلُ حِينَ تُغِيرُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَادْعُهُ لِي قَالَ فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ قَالَ تُفْتِي النَّاسَ بِلَا عِلْمٍ لَكَ وَاللَّهِ إِنْ كَانَتْ أَوَّلَ غَزْوَةٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَبَدْرٌ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَنَا إِلَّا فَرَسَانِ فَرَسٌ لِلزُّبَيْرِ وَفَرَسٌ لِلْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ الْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا؟ إِنَّمَا {الْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا} [العاديات 1] مِنْ عَرَفَةَ إِلَى الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ وَمِنَ الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ إِلَى مِنًى {فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِ نَقْعًا} [العاديات 4] حِينَ تَطَؤُهَا بِأَخْفَافِهَا وَحَوَافِرِهَا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَنَزَعْتُ عَنْ قُولِي وَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى الَّذِي قَالَ عَلِيٌّ

    ✧ He narrated to him: While I was sitting in the Ḥijr, a man came to me and asked me about {the charging steeds, panting} [al-ʿĀdiyāt 1]. I said to him: "The horses when they raid in the path of Allah, then they return to the night, and they prepare their food and kindle their fire." He turned away from me and went to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib, who was under the drinking place of Zamzam, and asked him about the charging steeds. He said: Did you ask anyone about it before me? He said: Yes, I asked Ibn ʿAbbās about it. He said: They are the horses when they raid in the path of Allah. He said: Go and call him for me. When he stood at his head, he said: You give fatwā to the people without knowledge. By Allah, the first military expedition in Islam was Badr, and we had only two horses with us: a horse belonging to al-Zubayr and a horse belonging to al-Miqdād b. al-Aswad. So how can it be the charging steeds, panting? {The charging steeds, panting} [al-ʿĀdiyāt 1] are only from ʿArafah to al-Muzdalifah and from al-Muzdalifah to Minā, {then they raise dust thereby} [al-ʿĀdiyāt 4] when they trample it with their feet and hooves. Ibn ʿAbbās said: So I withdrew from my statement and returned to what ʿAlī said.

32. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2508Sahih

    كُنْتُ أُسَايِرُ عَمَّارًا يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ وَمَعَهُ قَرْنٌ مُسْتَمَطَّةٌ بِسَرْجِهِ يَبُولُ فِيهِ إِذَا بَالَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ الْقِتَالُ قَالَ يَا مُخَارِقُ إِيتِ رَايَةَ قَوْمِكَ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَنَا بِغَازٍ وَأَنَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْحَالِ قَالَ بَلْ يَا مُخَارِقُ إِيتِ رَايَةَ قَوْمِكَ فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يَسْتَحِبُّ أَنْ يُقَاتِلَ الرَّجُلُ تَحْتَ رَايَةِ قَوْمِهِ»

    ✧ I was walking alongside ‘Ammār on the Day of the Camel, and with him was a horn attached to his saddle into which he urinated when he needed to urinate. When the fighting was about to begin, he said, “O Mukhāriq, go to the banner of your people.” I said, “I am not going to fight while I am today in this condition.” He said, “Rather, O Mukhāriq, go to the banner of your people, for I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prefer that a man fight under the banner of his people.”

33. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2509Sahih

    «ابْغُونِي فِي الضُّعَفَاءِ فَإِنَّمَا تُرْزَقُونَ وَتُنْصَرُونَ بِضُعَفَائِكُمْ»

    ✧ “Seek me among the weak, for you are only provided for and given victory because of your weak.”

34. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2510No grade recorded

    جَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شِعَارَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَالْأَوْسِ بَنِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَالْخَزْرَجِ بَنِي عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made the battle cry of the Emigrants on the Day of Badr ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, the Aws “Banī ‘Abd Allāh,” and the Khazraj “Banī ‘Ubayd Allāh.”

35. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2511No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ وَفَدَ عَلَى النَّبِي ﷺ أَرْبَعُ مِائَةِ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعَةُ مِائَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَزْدِ شَنُوءَةَ فَقَالَ «مَرْحَبًا بِالْأَزْدِ أَحْسَنُ النَّاسِ وُجُوهًا وَأَطْيَبُهُ أَفْوَاهًا وَأَشْجَعُهُ لِقَاءً وَآمَنُهُ أَمَانَةً شِعَارُكُمْ يَا مَبْرُورُ»

    ✧ I heard Ibn ‘Abbās say: Four hundred households—or four hundred men—from Azd Shanū’ah came as a delegation to the Prophet ﷺ. He said, “Welcome to the Azd—the most handsome of people in face, the sweetest in mouth, the bravest in meeting, and the most trustworthy in trust. Your battle cry is ‘O Mabrūr!’”

36. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2512Sahih

    إِنْ بُيِّتُّمْ فَلْيَكُنْ شِعَارُكُمْ حم لَا يُنْصَرُونَ

    ✧ If you are attacked at night, let your battle cry be “Ḥā Mīm, they will not be helped.”

37. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2513No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ وَهُوَ يَخَافُ أَنْ يُبَيِّتَهَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فَقَالَ إِنْ «بُيِّتُّمْ فَإِنْ دَعَوْتُكُمْ حم لَا يُنْصَرُونَ»

    ✧ And he said while he feared that Abū Sufyān would attack him at night: “If you are attacked at night and I call you, then ‘Ḥā Mīm, they will not be helped.’”

38. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2514No grade recorded

    إِنَّكُمْ تَلْقَوْنَ عَدُوَّكُمْ غَدًا فَلْيَكُنْ شِعَارُكُمْ حم لَا يُنْصَرُونَ

    ✧ You will meet your enemy tomorrow, so let your battle cry be “Ḥā Mīm, they will not be helped.”

39. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2515No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّكُمْ تَلْقَوْنَ غَدًا فَلْيَكُنْ شِعَارُكُمْ حم لَا يُنْصَرُونَ»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: “You will meet tomorrow, so let your battle cry be ‘Ḥā Mīm, they will not be helped.’”

40. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2516Sahih

    غَزَوْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ زَمَنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ شِعَارُنَا يَعْنِي أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «أَمِتْ أَمِتْ» صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ «وَلَهُ شَاهِدٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم

    ✧ I went on a military expedition with Abū Bakr during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and our battle cry—meaning that of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ—was “Die! Die!” It is authentic according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs, but they did not include it. It has a sound witness according to the condition of Muslim. According to the conditions of al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

41. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2517Sahih

    كَانَ شِعَارُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «أَمِتْ أَمِتْ» على شرط مسلم

    ✧ The battle cry of the Prophet ﷺ was “Die! Die!” According to the condition of Muslim.

42. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2518No grade recorded

    سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا يُنَادِي فِي شِعَارِهِ يَا حَرَامُ يَا حَرَامُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا حَلَالُ يَا حَلَالُ» صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ عَلَى الْإِرْسَالِ «وَإِذَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي لَمْ يُسَمِّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard a man calling out in his battle cry, “O Ḥarām! O Ḥarām!” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “O Ḥalāl! O Ḥalāl!” It is authentic according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs as a mursal report. The man whom Muḥammad b. Kathīr did not name, from al-Thawrī, is ‘Abd Allāh b. Mughaffal al-Muzanī. According to the conditions of al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

43. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2519Sahih

    أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي دَارِمٍ الْحَافِظُ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ ثنا مِنْجَابُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْقُرَشِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُعلى شرط البخاري ومسلم

    ✧ Abū Bakr b. Abī Dārim al-Ḥāfiẓ informed me: al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Ja‘far al-Qurashī narrated to us: Minjāb b. al-Ḥārith al-Qurashī narrated to us: Abū ‘Āmir al-Asadī narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Abū Isḥāq, from ‘Abd Allāh b. Mughaffal, from the Prophet ﷺ, the like of it. According to the conditions of al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

44. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2520Sahih

    أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ خَرَجَ فِي مَجْلِسٍ وَهُوَ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُمْ يَذْكُرُونَ سَرِيَّةً مِنَ السَّرَايَا هَلَكَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ هُمْ عُمَّالُ اللَّهِ هَلَكُوا فِي سَبِيلِهِ وَقَدْ وَجَبَ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ قَائِلٌ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ لَهُمْ مَا احْتَسَبُوا فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا عُمَرَ مُقْبِلًا مُتَوَكِّئًا عَلَى عَصَاهُ سَكَتُوا فَأَقْبَلَ عُمَرُ حَتَّى سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَتَحَدَّثُونَ؟ قَالُوا كُنَّا نَذْكُرُ هَذِهِ السَّرِيَّةَ الَّتِي هَلَكَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ قَائِلٌ مِنَّا هُمْ عُمَّالُ اللَّهِ هَلَكُوا فِي سَبِيلِهِ وَقَدْ وَجَبَ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ قَائِلٌ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ لَهُمْ مَا احْتَسَبُوا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ «اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ إِنَّ مِنَ النَّاسِ نَاسًا يُقَاتِلُونَ وَإِنَّ هَمَّهُمُ الْقِتَالُ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَإِنَّ مِنَ النَّاسِ نَاسًا يُقَاتِلُونَ رِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً وَإِنَّ مِنَ النَّاسِ نَاسًا يُقَاتِلُونَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ فَأُولَئِكَ الشُّهَدَاءُ وَكُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ يُبْعَثُ عَلَى الَّذِي يَمُوتُ عَلَيْهِ وَاللَّهِ مَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا مَفْعُولٌ بِهَا لَيْسَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي قَدْ بَيَّنَ لَنَا أَنَّهُ قَدْ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ ﷺ»

    ✧ That 'Umar b. al-Khattab came out to a gathering while he was in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and they were mentioning an expedition of the expeditions that had perished in the cause of Allah. One speaker among them said, 'They are the workers of Allah; they perished in His cause, and their reward has become incumbent upon Him.' Another speaker said, 'Allah knows best about them; theirs is what they reckoned.' When they saw 'Umar approaching, leaning on his staff, they fell silent. 'Umar approached until he greeted them, then said, 'What were you discussing?' They said, 'We were mentioning this expedition that perished in the cause of Allah. One of us says, "They are the workers of Allah; they perished in His cause, and their reward has become incumbent upon Him." Another says, "Allah knows best about them; theirs is what they reckoned."' 'Umar said, 'Allah knows best. Among people are those who fight while their only concern is fighting, so they cannot do anything but that. Among people are those who fight for show and reputation. Among people are those who fight seeking the face of Allah. Those are the martyrs. Every one of them will be resurrected upon that which he died upon. By Allah, no soul knows what will be done with it. This man is not the one who has made clear to us that he has been forgiven his past and future sins ﷺ.'

45. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2521Sahih

    وَأُخْرَى فَتَقُولُونُهَا لِمَنْ قُتِلَ فِي مَغَازِيكُمْ أَوْ مَاتَ قُتِلَ فُلَانٌ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ أَوْ مَاتَ فُلَانٌ شَهِيدًا وَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَوْقَرَ عَجُزَ دَابَّتِهِ أَوْ قَالَ رَاحِلَتِهِ ذَهَبًا أَوْ وَرِقًا يَلْتَمِسُ التِّجَارَةَ فَلَا تَقُولُوا ذَاكُمْ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ مَاتَ فَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»

    ✧ And another [saying] you say about one who is killed in your campaigns or dies: 'So-and-so was killed and he is a martyr,' or 'So-and-so died a martyr,' though perhaps he had loaded the hindquarters of his beast—or he said his mount—with gold or silver seeking trade. So do not say that, but say as the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Whoever is killed in the cause of Allah or dies, he is in Paradise.'

46. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2522Sahih

    «مَنْ غَزَا وَهُوَ لَا يَنْوِي فِي غَزَاتِهِ إِلَّا عِقَالًا فَلَهُ مَا نَوَى»

    ✧ "Whoever goes on an expedition intending in his expedition nothing but a rope fetter, his is what he intended."

47. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2523No grade recorded

    كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَبْعَثُنِي فِي سَرَايَاهُ فَبَعَثَنِي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ يَرْكَبُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَرْحِلْ فَقَالَ مَا أَنَا بِخَارِجٍ مَعَكَ قُلْتُ لِمَ؟ قَالَ حَتَّى تَجْعَلَ لِي ثَلَاثَةَ دَنَانِيرَ قُلْتُ الْآنَ حِينَ وَدَّعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ؟ مَا أَنَا بِرَاجِعٍ إِلَيْهِ أَرْحِلْ وَلَكَ ثَلَاثَةُ دَنَانِيرَ فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ مِنْ غَزَاتِي ذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَعْطِهَا إِيَّاهُ فَإِنَّهَا حَظُّهُ مِنْ غَزَاتِهِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to send me in his expeditions. One day he sent me, and there was a man who would ride. I said to him, 'Saddle up.' He said, 'I will not go out with you.' I said, 'Why?' He said, 'Until you give me three dinars.' I said, 'Now, after I have bid farewell to the Prophet ﷺ? I will not return to him. Saddle up, and you have three dinars.' When I returned from my expedition, I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Give them to him, for it is his share of his expedition.'

48. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2524Sahih

    لَهُ أَخُو أَهْلِ الشَّامِ أَيُّهَا الشَّيْخُ حَدِّثَنَا حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ يُقْضَى فِيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ رَجُلٌ اسْتُشْهِدَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا» قَالَ فَمَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهِ؟ قَالَ قَاتَلْتُ فِيكَ حَتَّى قُتِلْتُ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ وَلَكِنْ قَاتَلْتَ لِيُقَالَ هُوَ جَرِيءٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِهِ فَسُحِبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ وَرَجُلٌ تَعَلَّمَ الْعِلْمَ وَعَلَّمَهُ وَقَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَعَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ مَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ تَعَلَّمْتُ فِيكَ الْعِلْمَ وَعَلَّمْتُهُ وَقَرَأْتُ فِيكَ الْقُرْآنَ فَيَقُولُ كَذَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّكَ تَعَلَّمْتَ الْعِلْمَ لِيُقَالَ هُوَ عَالِمٌ وَقَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ لِيُقَالَ هُوَ قَارِئٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِهِ فَسُحِبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ وَرَجُلٌ وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَعْطَاهُ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الْمَالِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ مَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ تُحِبُّ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْفَقْتُ فِيهِ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّكَ فَعَلْتَ لِيُقَالَ هُوَ جَوَادٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِهِ فَسُحِبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ

    ✧ A brother of the people of Syria said to him, 'O shaykh, tell us a hadith you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The first of people to be judged on the Day of Resurrection is a man who was martyred. He will be brought, and He will make him recognize His blessings, and he will recognize them." He will say, "What did you do therein?" He will say, "I fought for You until I was killed." He will say, "You lie, but you fought so that it would be said, 'He is brave,' and it was said." Then he will be ordered, and he will be dragged on his face until he is thrown into the Fire. And a man who learned knowledge and taught it, and recited the Qur'an. He will be brought, and He will make him recognize His blessings upon him, and he will recognize them. He will say, "What did you do therein?" He will say, "I learned knowledge for You and taught it, and I recited the Qur'an for You." He will say, "You lie, but you learned knowledge so that it would be said, 'He is a scholar,' and you recited the Qur'an so that it would be said, 'He is a reciter,' and it was said." Then he will be ordered, and he will be dragged on his face until he is thrown into the Fire. And a man to whom Allah gave ample wealth and gave him of all kinds of property. He will be brought, and He will make him recognize His blessings, and he will recognize them. He will say, "What did you do therein?" He will say, "I have not left any way in which You love that wealth be spent without spending in it." He will say, "You lie, but you did it so that it would be said, 'He is generous,' and it was said." Then he will be ordered, and he will be dragged on his face until he is thrown into the Fire.'

49. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2525Sahih

    إِيَّاكُمْ وَهَذِهِ الشَّهَادَاتِ أَنْ تَقُولَ قُتِلَ فُلَانٌ شَهِيدًا فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يُقَاتِلُ حَمِيَّةً وَيُقَاتِلُ فِي طَلَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَيُقَاتِلُ وَهُوَ جَرِيءُ الصَّدْرِ وَلَكِنْ سَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَلَى مَا تَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا حَتَّى قَامَ فَحَمِدَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ إِخْوَانَكُمْ قَدْ لَقُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَاقْتَطَعُوهُمْ فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا بَلِّغْ قَوْمَنَا أَنَّا قَدْ رَضِينَا وَرَضِيَ عَنَّا رَبُّنَا فَأَنَا رَسُولُهُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ إِنَّهُمْ قَدْ رَضُوا وَرَضِيَ عَنْهُمْ

    ✧ "Beware of these testimonies that you say, 'So-and-so was killed a martyr,' for a man fights out of tribal zeal, fights seeking worldly gain, and fights while being bold-hearted. But I will tell you something for which you may testify: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an expedition one day, and it was only a little while before he stood, praised and extolled Allah, then said, 'Your brothers have met the polytheists and cut them off, so none of them remained. They said, "Our Lord, convey to our people that we are pleased, and our Lord is pleased with us." I am their messenger to you: they are pleased, and He is pleased with them.'"

50. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2526No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ نَاسٌ فَقُتِلُوا فَقَالُوا فُلَانٌ اسْتُشْهِدَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُقَاتِلُ لِلدُّنْيَا وَيُقَاتِلُ لِيُعْرَفَ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَمُوتُ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ ثُمَّ تَلَا {وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الصِّدِّيقُونَ وَالشُّهَدَاءُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ}

    ✧ Some people went out and were killed, and they said, 'So-and-so was martyred.' 'Abdullah said, 'A man may fight for worldly gain and fight to be known, and a man may die on his bed while he is a martyr.' Then he recited: {And those who believe in Allah and His messengers—it is they who are the truthful and the martyrs in the sight of their Lord} [al-Hadid 19].

51. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2527Sahih

    رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَقِفُ الْمَوْقِفَ أُرِيدُ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ وَأُرِيدُ أَنْ يُرَىَ مَوْطِنِي فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ {فَمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ أَحَدًا} [الكهف 110]

    ✧ A man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I stand in the station desiring the face of Allah and desiring that my position be seen.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not reply to him at all until there descended: {So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord, let him work righteous deeds and not associate anyone in the worship of his Lord} [al-Kahf 110].

52. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2528Sahih

    أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ يُؤْتَى بِالرَّجُلِ أَوْ قَالَ بِأَحَدِهِمْ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ عَلَّمْتَنِي الْكِتَابَ فَقَرَأْتُهُ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ رَجَاءَ ثَوَابِكَ فَيُقَالَ كَذَبْتَ إِنَّمَا كُنْتَ تُصَلِّي لِيُقَالَ قَارِئٌ مُصَلٍّ وَقَدْ قِيلَ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى النَّارِ ثُمَّ يُؤْتَى بِآخَرَ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ رَزَقْتَنِي مَالًا فَوصَلْتُ بِهِ الرَّحِمَ وَتَصَدَّقْتُ بِهِ عَلَى الْمَسَاكِينِ وَحَمَلْتُ ابْنَ السَّبِيلِ رَجَاءَ ثَوَابِكَ وَجَنَّتِكَ فَيُقَالُ كَذَبْتَ إِنَّمَا كُنْتَ تَتَصَدَّقُ وَتَصِلُ لِيُقَالَ إِنَّكَ سَمْحٌ جَوَادٌ وَقَدْ قِيلَ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى النَّارِ ثُمَّ يُجَاءُ بِالثَّالِثِ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ خَرَجْتُ فِي سَبِيلِكَ فَقَاتَلْتُ فِيكَ حَتَّى قُتِلْتُ مُقْبِلًا غَيْرَ مُدْبِرٍ رَجَاءَ ثَوَابِكَ وَجَنَّتِكَ فَيُقَالُ كَذَبْتَ إِنَّمَا كُنْتَ تُقَاتِلُ لِيُقَالَ إِنَّكَ جَرِيءٌ شُجَاعٌ وَقَدْ قِيلَ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى النَّارِ

    ✧ The first of people to enter the Fire on the Day of Resurrection are three persons. A man—or he said one of them—will be brought, and he will say, 'Lord, You taught me the Book, and I recited it through the hours of night and day hoping for Your reward.' It will be said, 'You lie; you only prayed so that it would be said, "A reciter, a devotee," and it was said. Take him to the Fire.' Then another will be brought, and he will say, 'Lord, You provided me wealth, and I maintained ties of kinship with it, gave charity from it to the poor, and helped the wayfarer, hoping for Your reward and Your Paradise.' It will be said, 'You lie; you only gave charity and maintained ties so that it would be said, "You are generous and magnanimous," and it was said. Take him to the Fire.' Then the third will be brought, and he will say, 'Lord, I went out in Your cause and fought for You until I was killed, advancing, not retreating, hoping for Your reward and Your Paradise.' It will be said, 'You lie; you only fought so that it would be said, "You are brave and courageous," and it was said. Take him to the Fire.'

53. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2529No grade recorded

    يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْجِهَادِ وَالْغَزْوِ فَقَالَ «يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو إِنْ قَاتَلْتَ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا بَعَثَكَ اللَّهُ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا وَإِنْ قَاتَلْتَ مُرَائِيًا مُكَاثِرًا بَعَثَكَ اللَّهُ مُرَائِيًا مُكَاثِرًا يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو عَلَى أَيِّ حَالٍ قَاتَلْتَ أَوْ قُتِلْتَ بَعَثَكَ اللَّهُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ»

    ✧ A man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me about jihad and military expeditions.' He said, "O 'Abdullah b. 'Amr, if you fight patiently, seeking reward, Allah will resurrect you patient, seeking reward. If you fight for show and to boast, Allah will resurrect you for show and to boast. O 'Abdullah b. 'Amr, in whatever state you fight or are killed, Allah will resurrect you in that state."

54. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2530Sahih

    أَذِنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْغَزْوِ وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَيْسَ لِي خَادِمٌ فَأَلْتَمِسُ أَجِيرًا يَكْفِينِي وَأُجْرِي لَهُ سَهْمَهُ فَوَجَدْتُ رَجُلًا فَلَمَّا دَنَا الرَّحِيلُ أَتَانِي فَقَالَ مَا أَدْرِي مَا السُّهْمَانِ وَمَا يَبْلُغُ سَهْمِي فَسَمِّ لِي شَيْئًا كَانَ السَّهْمُ أَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فَسَمَّيْتُ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةَ دَنَانِيرَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْ غَنِيمَةً أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُجْرِيَ لَهُ سَهْمَهُ فَذَكَرْتُ الدَّنَانِيرَ فَجِئْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ أَمْرَهُ فَقَالَ مَا أَجِدُ لَهُ فِي غَزْوَتِهِ هَذِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا دَنَانِيرَهُ الَّتِي سَمَّى

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave permission to go on an expedition, and I was an old man with no servant. I sought a hired man to suffice me, and I would give him his share. I found a man. When departure drew near, he came to me and said, 'I do not know what the shares are, nor how much my share will amount to. Specify something for me, whether the share comes or not.' I specified for him three dinars. When the spoils arrived, I wanted to give him his share, but I remembered the dinars. I came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned his matter to him. He said, 'I find for him in this expedition of his in this world nothing but his dinars that he specified.'

55. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2531Sahih

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَجِبَ رَبُّنَا ﷻ مِنْ رَجُلٍ غَزَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَانْهَزَمَ أَصْحَابُهُ فَعَلِمَ مَا عَلَيْهِ وَرَجَعَ حَتَّى أُهْرِيقَ دَمُهُ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي رَجَعَ رَغْبَةً فِيمَا عِنْدِي وَشَفَقَةً مِمَّا عِنْدِي حَتَّى أُهْرِيقَ دَمُهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Our Lord ﷻ marvels at a man who went out on an expedition in the cause of Allah, and his companions fled, but he knew what was upon him and returned until his blood was shed. Allah, Blessed and Exalted, says to His angels, 'Look at My servant; he returned out of desire for what is with Me and fear of what is with Me until his blood was shed.'

56. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2532Sahih

    «ثَلَاثَةٌ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللَّهُ وَثَلَاثَةٌ يُبْغِضُهُمُ اللَّهُ؛ أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللَّهُ فَرَجُلٌ أَتَى قَوْمًا فَسَأَلَهُمْ بِاللَّهِ وَلَمْ يَسْأَلْهُمْ بِقَرَابَةٍ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ فَتَخَلَّفَ رَجُلٌ بِأَعْقَابِهِمْ فَأَعْطَاهُ سِرًّا لَا يَعْلَمُ بِعَطِيَّتِهِ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَالَّذِي أَعْطَاهُ وَقَوْمٌ سَارُوا لَيْلَهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ النَّوْمُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِمَّا يَعْدِلُ نَزَلُوا فَوَضَعُوا رُءُوسَهُمْ فَقَامَ يَتَمَلَّقُنِي وَيَتْلُوا آيَاتِي وَرَجُلٌ كَانَ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَلَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ فَهُزِمُوا فَأَقْبَلَ بِصَدْرِهِ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ أَوْ يُفْتَحَ لَهُ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ الَّذِينَ يُبْغِضُهُمُ اللَّهُ الشَّيْخُ الزَّانِي وَالْفَقِيرُ الْمُخْتَالُ وَالْغَنِيُّ الظَّلُومُ»

    ✧ Three whom Allah loves and three whom Allah hates. As for those whom Allah loves: a man who came to a people and asked them by Allah, not by kinship between them and him, so a man lagged behind at their heels and gave him secretly, no one knowing of his gift except Allah and the one who gave it; and a group who marched through their night until, when sleep became dearer to them than anything of equal weight, they alighted and laid down their heads, and one arose, seeking to draw near to Me and reciting My verses; and a man who was in a raiding party and met the enemy and they were routed, so he advanced with his chest until he was killed or victory was granted to him. And the three whom Allah hates: the adulterous old man, the arrogant poor person, and the oppressive rich person.

57. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2533Sahih

    أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ أُقَيْشٍ كَانَ لَهُ رَبٌّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَكَرِهَ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ حَتَّى يَأْخُذَهُ فَجَاءَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ بَنُو عَمَّتِي؟ فَقَالُوا بِأُحُدٍ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ فُلَانٌ؟ قَالُوا بِأُحُدٍ قَالَ أَيْنَ فُلَانٌ؟ قَالُوا بِأُحُدٍ فَلَبِسَ لَأْمَتَهُ وَرَكِبَ فَرَسَهُ ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهَ قَبْلَهُمْ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ قَالُوا إِلَيْكَ عَنَّا يَا عَمْرُو قَالَ إِنِّي آمَنْتُ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى جُرِحَ فَحُمِلَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ جَرِيحًا فَجَاءَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ فَقَالَ لِأُخْتِهِ سَلِيهِ حَمِيَّةً لِقَوْمِكَ أَوْ غَضَبًا لَهُمْ أَمْ غَضَبًا لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَقَالَ «بَلْ غَضَبًا لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَمَاتَ فَدَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا صَلَّى لِلَّهِ صَلَاةً»

    Amr ibn Uqaysh had given usurious loans in pre-Islamic period; so he disliked to embrace Islam until he took them. He came on the day of Uhud and asked: Where are my cousins? They (the people) replied: At Uhud. He asked: Where is so-and-so? They said: At Uhud. He asked: Where is so-and-so? They said: At Uhud. He then put on his coat of mail and rode his horse; he then proceeded towards them. When the Muslims saw him, they said: Keep away, Amir. He said: I have become a believer. He fought until he was wounded. He was then taken to his family wounded. Sa'd ibn Mu'adh came to his sister: Ask him (whether he fought) out of partisanship, out of anger for them, or out of anger for Allah. He said: Out of anger of Allah and His Apostle. He then died and entered Paradise. He did not offer any prayer for Allah. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2537)

58. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2534Sahih

    ثِنْتَانِ لَا تُرَدَّانِ أَوْ قَالَ قَلَّ مَا تُرَدَّانِ الدُّعَاءُ عِنْدَ النِّدَاءِ أَوْ عِنْدَ الْبَأْسِ حِينَ يُلْحِمُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا

    ✧ Two are not rejected—or he said rarely are they rejected: the supplication at the call to prayer, or at the time of battle when they are locked in combat with one another.

59. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2535No grade recorded

    «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالدُّلْجَةِ فَإِنَّ الْأَرْضَ تُطْوَى بِاللَّيْلِ»

    ✧ Keep to traveling by night, for the earth is folded up at night.

60. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2536No grade recorded

    «مَنْ أَدْخَلَ فَرَسًا بَيْنَ فَرَسَيْنِ وَلَا يَأْمَنُ أَنْ يُسْبَقَ فَلَيْسَ بِقِمَارٍ وَمَنْ أَدْخَلَ فَرَسًا بَيْنَ فَرَسَيْنِ وَقَدْ أَمِنَ أَنْ يُسْبَقَ فَهُوَ قِمَارٌ»

    ✧ Whoever enters a horse between two horses without being safe from being outrun, it is not gambling; and whoever enters a horse between two horses while being safe from being outrun, it is gambling.

61. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2537Sahih

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, the like of it.

62. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2538Sahih

    ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرَ مِنْكُمْ} [النساء 59] عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ بَعَثَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي السَّرِيَّةِ أَخْبَرَنِيهِ يَعْلَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

    ✧ Ibn Jurayj said: {O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you} [an-Nisa 59]. Abdullah b. Qays b. Adi—the Prophet ﷺ sent him on a raiding party. Ya'la b. Muslim informed me of it, from Sa'id b. Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas.

63. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2539Sahih

    بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً فَسَلَّحْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ سَيْفًا فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَامَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَعَجَزْتُمْ إِذَا بَعَثْتُ رَجُلًا فَلَمْ يَمْضِ لِأَمْرِي أَنْ تَجْعَلُوا مَكَانَهُ مَنْ يَمْضِي لِأَمْرِي»

    The Prophet ﷺ sent a detachment. I gave a sword to a man from among them. When he came back, he said: Would that you saw us how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rebuked us, saying: When I sent out a man who does not fulfil my command, are you unable to appoint in his place one who will fulfil my command. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2627)

64. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2540Sahih

    كَانَ النَّاسُ إِذَا نَزَلُوا مَنْزِلًا تَفَرَّقُوا فِي الشِّعَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ تَفَرُّقِكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الشِّعَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَلَمْ يَنْزِلُوا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا انْضَمَّ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ حَتَّى يُقَالَ لَوْ بُسِطَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَوْبٌ لَعَمَّهُمْ

    ✧ When people alighted at a place, they dispersed into the ravines and valleys. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Your dispersing in these ravines and valleys is only from Satan.' So after that they did not alight at a place except that they drew close to one another, so that it would be said, 'If a garment were spread over them, it would cover them all.'

65. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2541Sahih

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنِ الْمَسِيرِ فَيُزْجِي الضَّعِيفَ وَيُرْدِفُ وَيَدْعُو لَهُمْ» صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lag behind the march, and he would urge on the weak, take someone up behind him, and supplicate for them. Sahih according to the condition of Muslim, but they did not include it.

66. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2542Sahih

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِ وَكَانَ عَيْنًا لِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ فَمَرَّ بِمَجْلِسِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ فَذَهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِنَّهُ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ مُسْلِمٌ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ مِنْكُمْ رِجَالًا نَكِلُهُمْ إِلَى إِيمَانَهِمْ مِنْهُمْ فُرَاتُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered his execution, and he was a spy for Abu Sufyan. He passed by the gathering of the Ansar and said, 'I am a Muslim.' So they took him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'He claims that he is a Muslim.' He said, 'Among you are men whom we entrust to their faith; among them is Furat b. Hayyan.'

67. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2543Sahih

    كَانَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «يَكْرَهُونَ الصَّوْتَ عِنْدَ الْقِتَالِ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم

    The Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, disliked shouting while fighting. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2656)

68. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2544No grade recorded

    كَانَ يَكْرَهُ الصَّوْتَ عِنْدَ الْقِتَالِ»

    ✧ He used to dislike shouting at the time of fighting.

69. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2545Sahih

    لَمَّا لَقِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ «نَزَلَ عَنْ بَغْلَتِهِ فَتَرَجَّلَ» صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ «وَلَمْ يَصِحَّ أَنَّهُ ﷺ تَرَجَّلَ وَحَارَبَ رَاجِلًا إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم

    ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ met the polytheists on the day of Hunayn, he dismounted from his mule and went on foot. Sahih according to the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not include it. And it is not authentically established that he ﷺ dismounted and fought on foot except from this report, according to the condition of al-Bukhari and Muslim.

70. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2546Sahih

    شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا لَمْ يُقَاتِلْ مِنْ أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ أَخَّرَ الْقِتَالَ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ وَتَهُبَّ الرِّيَاحُ»

    ✧ I witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: if he did not fight at the beginning of the day, he would delay the fighting until the sun declined and the winds blew.

71. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2547Sahih

    أَنَّ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ كَانَ يَرْمِي يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَلْفَهُ وَكَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ رَامِيًا وَكَانَ إِذَا رَمَى يَرْفَعُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ شَخْصَهُ لَيَنْظُرَ أَيْنَ يَقَعُ سَهْمُهُ وَكَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَرْفَعُ صَدْرَهُ وَيَقُولُ هَكَذَا بِأَبِي أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَا يُصِيبُكَ سَهْمٌ نَحْرِي دُونَ نَحْرِكَ وَكَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَوَدُّ نَفْسَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَا أَجْلَدُ قَوْمِي فَمُرْنِي بِمَا شِئْتَ

    ✧ Abu Talha was shooting on the day of Uhud in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was behind him. Abu Talha was an archer, and when he shot, the Prophet ﷺ would raise his person to see where his arrow fell. Abu Talha would raise his chest and say, "Like this, may my father and mother be your ransom, O Messenger of Allah, let no arrow strike you; my neck is before your neck." Abu Talha would offer himself before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, saying, "O Messenger of Allah, I am the most sturdy of my people, so command me with whatever you wish."

72. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2548Sahih

    قَالَ لِي أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ وَأَنَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ ابْنِهِ عَلِيٍّ آخِذٌ بِأَيْدِيهِمَا يَا عَبْدَ الْإِلَهِ مَنِ الرَّجُلُ مِنْكُمُ الْمُعَلَّمُ بِرِيشَةِ نَعَامَةٍ فِي صَدْرِهِ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ ذَاكَ حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ قَالَ ذَاكَ الَّذِي فَعَلَ بِنَا الْأَفَاعِيلَ

    ✧ Umayyah ibn Khalaf said to me while I was between him and his son, holding their hands: "O servant of God, who is the man among you marked with an ostrich feather on his chest?" He said: I said, "That is Hamzah ibn Abd al-Muttalib." He said, "That is the one who did such deeds against us."

73. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2549No grade recorded

    ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ فَوَلَّى عَنْهُ النَّاسُ وَبَقِيتُ مَعَهُ فِي ثَمَانِينَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ فَكُنَّا عَلَى أَقْدَامِنَا نَحْوًا مِنْ ثَمَانِينَ قُدُمًا وَلَمْ نُوَلِّهِمُ الدُّبُرَ وَهُمُ الَّذِينَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةَ قَالَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ يَمْضِي قُدُمًا فَحَادَتْ بَغْلَتُهُ فَمَالَ عَنِ السُّرُجِ فَسُدَّ نَحْرُهُ فَقُلْتُ ارْتَفَعَ رَفَعَكَ اللَّهُ قَالَ «نَاوِلْنِي كَفًّا مِنْ تُرَابٍ» فَنَاوَلْتُهُ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ وجُوهَهُمْ فَامْتَلَأَ أَعْيُنُهُمْ تُرَابًا قَالَ «أَيْنَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ؟» قُلْتُ هُمْ هُنَا قَالَ «اهْتِفْ بِهِمْ» فَجَاءُوا وَسُيُوفُهُمْ فِي أَيْمَانِهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا الشُّهُبُ وَوَلَّى الْمُشْرِكُونَ أَدْبَارَهُمْ

    ✧ Ibn Mas'ud said: I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Hunayn, and the people turned away from him, but I remained with him among eighty men of the Muhajirun and Ansar. We stood firm for about eighty feet and did not turn our backs. They were the ones upon whom Allah sent down tranquility. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on his mule, moving forward, and his mule swerved, so he leaned from the saddle and his chest was exposed. I said, "Rise, may Allah raise you." He said, "Hand me a handful of dust." I handed it to him, and he threw it in their faces, and their eyes filled with dust. He said, "Where are the Muhajirun and Ansar?" I said, "They are here." He said, "Call them." So they came, their swords in their right hands like flames, and the polytheists turned their backs.

74. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2550Sahih

    «مَنْ قَالَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا غُفِرَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فَارًّا مِنَ الزَّحْفِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever says, 'I seek forgiveness from Allah, the One whom there is no deity worthy of worship except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence, and I repent to Him,' three times, his sins will be forgiven even if he was fleeing from the battlefield."

75. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2551Sahih

    وَافَيْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ فَارِسَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا عَلَى تَابُوتٍ مِنْ تَوَابِيتِ الصَّيَارِفَةِ وَفَصَلَ عَنْهَا عَظْمًا وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الْغَزْوَ فَقُلْتُ لَقَدْ أَعْذَرَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ فَقَالَ ائْتِ عَلَى سُورَةِ الْبُحُوثِ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {انْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا} [التوبة 41] يَعْنِي سُورَةَ التَّوْبَةِ «هَذَا صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح

    ✧ I came to al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad, the horseman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, sitting on a chest from the chests of the money-changers, having removed a bone from it, intending to go on a military expedition. I said, "Allah has excused you." He said, "Recite Surah al-Buhuth (meaning Surah al-Tawbah): Allah ﷻ said, {Go forth, light and heavy} [al-Tawbah 41]."

76. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2552Sahih

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَنْفَرَ حَيًّا مِنَ الْعَرَبِ فَتَثَاقَلُوا فَنَزَلَتْ {إِلَّا تَنْفِرُوا يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا} [التوبة 39] قَالَ كَانَ عَذَابُهُمْ حَبْسَ الْمَطَرِ عَنْهُمْ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called a tribe of Arabs to go forth, but they were sluggish, so it was revealed: {If you do not go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment} [al-Tawbah 39]. He said: Their punishment was that rain was withheld from them.

77. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2553Sahih

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ فَمَرَّ بِأُنَاسٍ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ فَاتَّبَعَهُ عَبْدٌ لِامْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُمْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «فُلَانٌ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «مَا شَأْنُكَ؟» قَالَ أُجَاهِدُ مَعَكَ قَالَ «أَذِنَتْ لَكَ سَيِّدَتُكَ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهَا فَأَخْبِرْهَا فَإِنَّ مَثَلَكَ مَثَلُ عَبْدٍ لَا يُصَلِّي إِنْ مُتَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهَا وَاقْرَأْ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامَ» فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهَا فَأَخْبَرَهَا الْخَبَرَ فَقَالَتْ آللَّهِ هُوَ أَمَرَ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَتِ ارْجِعْ فَجَاهِدْ مَعَهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on one of his expeditions and passed by some people of Muzaynah. A slave of a woman among them followed him. When he was on part of the road, he greeted him, and he said, "So-and-so?" He said, "Yes." He said, "What is your business?" He said, "I will fight alongside you." He said, "Has your mistress given you permission?" He said, "No." He said, "Return to her and inform her, for your likeness is the likeness of a slave who does not pray. If you die before returning to her, and convey peace to her." So he returned to her and told her the news. She said, "By Allah, did he command you to convey peace to me?" He said, "Yes." She said, "Return and fight alongside him."

78. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2554Sahih

    «يُغْفَرُ لِلشَّهِيدِ كُلُّ ذَنْبٍ إِلَّا الدَّيْنُ»

    ✧ Every sin of the martyr is forgiven except debt.

79. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2555No grade recorded

    «إِنَّ » أَوَّلَ مَا يُهَرَاقُ مِنْ دَمِ الشَّهِيدِ يُغْفَرُ لَهُ ذُنُوبُهُ

    ✧ When the first blood of the martyr is shed, his sins are forgiven for him.

80. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2556Weak

    «مَنْ لَقِيَ فَصَبَرَ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ أَوْ يَغْلِبَ لَمْ يُفْتَنْ فِي قَبْرِهِ»

    ✧ Whoever meets the enemy and remains steadfast until he is killed or prevails will not be tried in his grave.

81. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2557Weak

    سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ فَقَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَمْزَةَ حِينَ فَاءَ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْقِتَالِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ رَأَيْتُهُ عِنْدَ تِلْكَ الشَّجَرَاتِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ أَنَا أَسَدُ اللَّهِ وَأَسَدُ رَسُولِهِ اللَّهُمَّ أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِمَّا جَاءَ بِهِ هَؤُلَاءِ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ وَاعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ مِمَّا صَنَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ بِانْهِزَامِهِمْ فَحَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى جَنْبَهُ بَكَى وَلَمَّا رَأَى مَا مُثِّلَ بِهِ شَهَقَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَا كَفَنٌ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَرَمَى بِثَوْبٍ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ آخَرُ فَرَمَى بِثَوْبٍ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا جَابِرُ هَذَا الثَّوْبُ لِأَبِيكَ وَهَذَا لِعَمِّي حَمْزَةُ ثُمَّ جِيءَ بِحَمْزَةَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُجَاءُ بِالشُّهَدَاءِ فَتُوضَعُ إِلَى جَانِبِ حَمْزَةَ فَيُصَلِّي ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ وَيَتْرُكُ حَمْزَةَ حَتَّى صَلَّى عَلَى الشُّهَدَاءِ كُلِّهِمْ قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ وَأَنَا مُثْقَلٌ قَدْ تَرَكَ أَبِي عَلَيَّ دَيْنًا وَعِيَالًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ عِنْدَ اللَّيْلِ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا جَابِرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَحْيَى أَبَاكَ وَكَلَّمَهُ كَلَامًا» قُلْتُ وَكَلَّمَهُ كَلَامًا؟ قَالَ قَالَ لَهُ تَمَنَّ فَقَالَ أَتَمَنَّى أَنْ تَرُدَّ رُوحِي وَتُنْشِئَ خَلْقِي كَمَا كَانَ وَتُرْجِعَنِي إِلَى نَبِيِّكَ فَأُقَاتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَأُقْتَلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى قَالَ أَنِّي قَضَيْتُ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ قَالَ وَقَالَ ﷺ «سَيِّدُ الشُّهَدَاءِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَمْزَةُ» صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ أبو حماد هو المفضل بن صدقة قال النسائي متروك

    ✧ I heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ missed Hamzah when the people returned from the fighting. A man said, "I saw him near those trees, saying: I am the lion of Allah and the lion of His Messenger. O Allah, I declare myself innocent before You of what these have brought — Abu Sufyan and his companions — and I apologize to You for what these have done by their defeat." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went towards him, and when he saw his side, he wept; and when he saw what had been done to him, he sobbed. Then he said, "Is there not a shroud?" A man of the Ansar stood and threw a garment over him, then another stood and threw a garment over him. He said, "O Jabir, this garment is for your father, and this is for my uncle Hamzah." Then Hamzah was brought, and he prayed over him. Then the martyrs were brought and placed beside Hamzah, and he prayed over them, and they were raised, but Hamzah was left until he had prayed over all the martyrs. He said: I returned while I was burdened, for my father had left upon me a debt and dependents. When it was night, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for me and said, "O Jabir, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, has revived your father and spoken to him with words." I said, "And He spoke to him with words?" He said, "He said to him: Make a wish. He said: I wish that You return my soul and create my form as it was and return me to Your Prophet so that I may fight in the way of Allah and be killed another time. He said: I have decreed that they shall not return." He said: And he ﷺ said, "The master of the martyrs before Allah on the Day of Resurrection is Hamzah."

82. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2558No grade recorded

    كُفِّنَ حَمْزَةُ فِي نَمِرَةٍ كَانُوا إِذَا مَدُّوهَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ خَرَجَتْ رِجْلَاهُ وَإِذَا مَدُّوهَا عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ خَرَجَ رَأْسُهُ فَأَمَرَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَمُدُّوهَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَيَجْعَلُوا عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ مِنَ الْإِذْخِرِ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْلَا أَنْ تَجْزَعَ صَفِيَّةُ لَتَرَكْنَا حَمْزَةَ فَلَمْ نَدْفِنْهُ حَتَّى يُحْشَرَ حَمْزَةُ مِنْ بُطُونِ الطَّيْرِ وَالسِّبَاعِ»

    ✧ Hamzah was shrouded in a striped cloak. When they stretched it over his head, his feet showed; and when they stretched it over his feet, his head showed. So the Prophet ﷺ commanded them to stretch it over his head and put idhkhir (a fragrant grass) over his feet. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Were it not that Safiyyah would grieve, we would have left Hamzah unburied until he is gathered from the bellies of birds and beasts."

83. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2559Weak

    افْتَتَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَكَّةَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى الطَّائِفِ فَحَاصَرَهُمْ ثَمَانِيَةً أَوْ سَبْعَةً ثُمَّ أَوْغَلَ غَدْوَةً أَوْ رَوْحَةً ثُمَّ نَزَلَ ثُمَّ هَجَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي لَكُمْ فَرَطٌ وَإِنِّي أُوصِيكُمْ بِعِتْرَتِي خَيْرًا مَوْعِدُكُمُ الْحَوْضُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتُقِيمُنَّ الصَّلَاةَ وَلَتُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ أَوْ لَأَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ رَجُلًا مِنِّي أَوْ كَنَفْسِي فَلَيَضْرِبُنَّ أَعْنَاقَ مُقَاتِلِيهِمْ وَلَيَسْبِيُنُّ ذَرَارِيَّهُمْ» قَالَ فَرَأَى النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَوْ عُمَرَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ «هَذَا هَذَا» حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ طلحة ليس بعمدة

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ conquered Makkah, then departed to al-Ta'if and besieged them for eight or seven days, then went forth in the morning or evening, then dismounted, then rested. Then he said, "O people, I am your forerunner, and I enjoin you to treat my family well. Your appointment is at the Pond. By Him in Whose hand is my soul, you will establish prayer and give zakah, or I will send upon you a man from me or like myself who will strike the necks of their fighters and take their offspring captive." He said: The people thought he meant Abu Bakr or Umar, but he took Ali by the hand and said, "This one, this one."

84. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2560Sahih

    فَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَلَهُ عَدْلُ مُحَرَّرٍ وَمَنْ بَلَغَ بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَلَهُ دَرَجَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» فَبَلَغْتُ فِي يَوْمٍ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ سَهْمًا

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever shoots an arrow in the path of Allah, he will have the reward of freeing a slave, and whoever reaches (the enemy) with an arrow in the path of Allah, he will have a degree in Paradise.' And I reached (the enemy) with sixteen arrows in one day.

85. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2561Sahih

    «كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالطَّائِفِ فِي غَزْوَةِ حُنَيْنٍ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ الْجِعْرَانَةَ قَسَمَ فِضَّةً بَيْنَ النَّاسِ»

    ✧ "We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Ta'if during the battle of Hunayn. When we reached Ji'ranah, he distributed silver among the people."

86. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2562Sahih

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَتَى هَوَازِنَ فِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا فَقُتِلَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الطَّائِفِ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ مِثْلَ مَنْ قُتِلَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى فَرَمَى بِهَا وًجُوهَنَا فَانْهَزَمْنَا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Hawazin with twelve thousand (men). On the day of Hunayn, as many people of al-Ta'if were killed as were killed on the day of Badr. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took a handful of pebbles and threw them in our faces, and we were defeated.

87. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2563No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ غَزَوَاتِهِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ نُسْلِمَ فَقُلْنَا إِنَّا نَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَشْهَدَ قَوْمُنَا مَشْهَدًا فَقَالَ «أَأَسْلَمْتُمَا؟» قُلْنَا لَا قَالَ «فَإِنَّا لَا نَسْتَعِينُ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ» فَأَسْلَمْنَا وَشَهِدْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَتَلْتُ رَجُلًا وَضَرَبَنِي الرَّجُلُ ضَرْبَةً فَتَزَوَّجْتُ ابْنَتَهُ فَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ لَا عَدِمْتُ رَجُلًا وَشَّحَكَ هَذَا الْوِشَاحَ فَقُلْتُ لَا عَدِمْتِ رَجُلًا عَجَّلَ أَبَاكِ إِلَى النَّارِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out on one of his expeditions. I and another man came to him before we had accepted Islam, and we said, 'We feel ashamed that our people should witness a scene without us.' He said, 'Have you two accepted Islam?' We said, 'No.' He said, 'We do not seek help from the polytheists against the polytheists.' So we accepted Islam and witnessed (the battle) with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I killed a man, and that man struck me a blow. Then I married his daughter, and she used to say, 'May you not lack a man who has fastened this sash upon you!' I would say, 'May you not lack a man who hastened your father to the Fire!'

88. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2564Abu Dawud silent

    خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا خَلَّفَ ثَنِيَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ إِذَا كَتِيبَةٌ قَالَ «مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ؟» قَالُوا بَنُو قَيْنُقَاعَ وَهُوَ رَهْطُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ قَالَ «وَأَسْلَمُوا؟» قَالُوا لَا بَلْ هُمْ عَلَى دِينِهِمْ قَالَ «قُلْ لَهُمْ فَلْيَرْجِعُوا فَإِنَّا لَا نَسْتَعِينُ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out until, when he left behind Thaniyyat al-Wada', there was a squadron. He said, 'Who are these?' They said, 'Banu Qaynuqa', and they are the kinsfolk of Abdullah b. Salam.' He said, 'Have they accepted Islam?' They said, 'No, rather they are upon their religion.' He said, 'Tell them to return, for we do not seek help from the polytheists.'

89. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2565Sahih

    أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَزَا غَزْوَةً كَانَ عَلَى مُقَدِّمَتِهِ فِيهَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَمَرَّ رَبَاحٌ وَأَصْحَابُهُ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَقْتُولَةٍ مِمَّا أَصَابَ الْمُقَدِّمَةُ فَوَقَفُوا عَلَيْهَا يَتَعَجَّبُونَ مِنْ خَلْقِهَا حَتَّى لَحِقَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَفَرَّجُوا لَهُ حَتَّى نَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ «هَا مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ تُقَاتِلُ» ثُمَّ نَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ لِأَحَدِهِمْ «الْحَقْ بِخَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ فَلَا يُقْتُلَنَّ ذُرِّيَّةً وَلَا عَسِيفًا» وَهَكَذَا رَوَاهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ «فَصَارَ الْحَدِيثُ صَحِيحًا عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» رواه ابن جريج وغيره عن أبي الزناد على شرط البخاري ومسلم

    ✧ He informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fought a battle in which Khalid b. al-Walid was at the head of his vanguard. Rabah and his companions passed by a slain woman from those the vanguard had struck. They stopped at her, marveling at her appearance, until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ caught up with them. They parted for him until he looked at her and said, 'Ha! This one was not fighting.' Then he looked at the faces of the people and said to one of them, 'Catch up with Khalid b. al-Walid and tell him: Do not kill any offspring or hired servant.' And thus it was narrated by al-Mughirah b. Abd al-Rahman and Ibn Jurayj from Abu al-Zinad: 'The hadith has become authentic according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs, but they did not include it.' Ibn Jurayj and others narrated it from Abu al-Zinad according to the conditions of al-Bukhari and Muslim.

90. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2566No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ فَقَاتَلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَأَمْضَى بِهِمُ الْقَتْلُ إِلَى الذُّرِّيَّةِ فَلَمَّا جَاءُوا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا حَمَلَكُمْ عَلَى قَتْلِ الذُّرِّيَّةِ؟» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا كَانُوا أَوْلَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَ «وَهَلْ خِيَارُكُمْ إِلَّا أَوْلَادُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ؟ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ تُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a secret troop on the day of Khaybar to fight the polytheists. They continued fighting until they reached a village. When they arrived, the Prophet ﷺ asked them, "What led you to kill the villagers?" They replied, "O Messenger of Allah, they were the children of the polytheists." He said, "And were your children any better than the children of the polytheists? By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, every child is born on the fitrah (natural inclination towards monotheism) until his tongue speaks for him."

91. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2567Sahih

    كُنَّا فِي غَزْوَةٍ لَنَا

    ✧ We were in a battle of ours.

92. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2568Sahih

    عُرِضْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ قُرَيْظَةَ فَشَكُّوا فِيَّ «فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَيَّ هَلْ أَنْبَتُّ؟ فَنَظَرُوا إِلَيَّ فَلَمْ يَجِدُونِي أَنْبَتُّ فَخَلَّى عَنِّي وَأَلْحَقَنِي بِالسَّبْيِ» حَدِيثٌ رَوَاهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَكَأَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يَتَأَمَّلَا مُتَابَعَةَ مُجَاهِدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ عَلَى رِوَايَتِهِ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ الْقُرَظِيِّعلى شرط البخاري ومسلم

    ✧ I was presented to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Qurayzah, and they were uncertain about me. The Prophet ﷺ ordered that they look at me to see if I had grown pubic hair. They looked at me and did not find that I had, so he let me go and sent me with the captives. This is a hadith narrated by a group of the leading scholars of the Muslims from Abd al-Malik b. Umayr, but the two (al-Bukhari and Muslim) did not include it. It seems they did not consider the corroboration of Mujahid b. Jubayr for Abd al-Malik in his narration from Atiyyah al-Qurazi, according to the conditions of al-Bukhari and Muslim.

93. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2569Sahih

    أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «جَرَّدُوهُ يَوْمَ قُرَيْظَةَ فَلَمْ يَرَوُا الْمُوسَى جَرَتْ عَلَى شَعْرِهِ يَعْنِي عَانَتِهِ فَتَرَكُوهُ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ» فَصَارَ الْحَدِيثُ بِمُتَابَعَةِ مُجَاهِدٍ «صَحِيحًا عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم

    ✧ He informed him that the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ examined him on the day of Qurayzah and did not see that the razor had passed over his hair, meaning his pubic hair, so they spared him from execution. Thus, with the corroboration of Mujahid, the hadith became authentic according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs, but they did not include it, according to the conditions of al-Bukhari and Muslim.

94. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2570Sahih

    أَنْ يَقْتُلَ مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ مَنْ جَرَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمُوسَى وَأَنْ تُقْسَمَ أَمْوَالُهُمْ وَذَرَارِيُّهُمْ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَقَدْ حَكَمَ الْيَوْمَ فِيهِمْ بِحُكْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي حَكَمَ بِهِ مِنْ فَوْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ» صحيح

    ✧ That he should kill every one of them upon whom the razor had passed, and that their properties and progeny should be divided. He mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, 'He has judged among them today with the judgment of Allah, which He judged from above the heavens.' Authentic.

95. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2571Sahih

    بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ غَالِبٍ اللَّيْثِيَّ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ وَكُنْتُ فِيهِمْ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَشُنُّوا الْغَارَةَ عَلَى بَنِي الْمُلَوِّحِ بِالْكَدِيدِ فَخَرَجْنَا حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِالْكَدِيدِ لَقِينَا الْحَارِثَ بْنَ الْبَرْصَاءِ اللَّيْثِيُّ فَأَخَذْنَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا جِئْتُ أُرِيدُ الْإِسْلَامَ وَإِنَّمَا خَرَجْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْنَا «إِنْ تَكُنْ مُسْلِمًا لَمْ يَضُرَّكْ رِبَاطُنَا يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً وَإِنْ تَكُنْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ نَسْتَوْثِقُ مِنْكَ فَشَدَدْنَاهُ وِثَاقًا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abdullah b. Ghalib al-Laythi on a military expedition, and I was among them. He ordered them to launch a raid on Banu al-Mulawwih at al-Kadid. We went out until, when we were at al-Kadid, we met al-Harith b. al-Barsa' al-Laythi. We seized him, and he said, 'I have only come seeking Islam, and I came out to go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' We said, 'If you are a Muslim, our holding you for a day and a night will not harm you, and if you are otherwise, we will secure you.' So we bound him firmly.

96. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2572Sahih

    أَرَادَ الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ أَنْ يَسْتَعْمِلَ مَسْرُوقًا فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَارَةُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ أَتَسْتَعْمِلُ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَقَايَا قَتَلَةِ عُثْمَانَ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَسْرُوقٌ

    ✧ Al-Dahhak b. Qays wanted to appoint Masruq as a governor. Umarah b. Uqbah said to him, 'Will you appoint a man from the remnants of the killers of Uthman?' Masruq said to him...

97. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2573Sahih

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «جَعَلَ فِدَاءَ أَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ أَرْبَعَ مِائَةٍ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ set the ransom for the people of the Jahiliyyah on the day of Badr at four hundred.

98. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2574Sahih

    أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَبِيعَ أَخَوَيْنِ مِنَ السَّبْيِ فَبِعْتُهُمَا ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِبَيْعِهِمَا فَقَالَ «فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَهُمَا؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَارْتَجِعْهُمَا ثُمَّ بِعْهُمَا وَلَا تُفَرِّقْ بَيْنَهُمَا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to sell two brothers from the captives, so I sold them. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him of their sale, and he said, "Did you separate them?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Take them back, then sell them, and do not separate them."

99. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2575Sahih

    أَنَّهُ «فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ جَارِيَةٍ وَوَلَدِهَا فَنَهَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَرَدَّ الْبَيْعَ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم

    ✧ He separated a mother from her child, so the Prophet ﷺ forbade that and prohibited the sale, according to the condition set by Bukhari and Muslim.

100. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2576Sahih

     خَرَجَ عَبْدَانِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ قَبْلَ الصُّلْحِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ مَوَالِيهِمْ قَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَاللَّهِ مَا خَرَجُوا إِلَيْكَ رَغْبَةً فِي دِينِكَ وَإِنَّمَا خَرَجُوا هَرَبًا مِنَ الرِّقِّ فَقَالَ نَاسٌ صَدَقُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رُدَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا أَرَاكُمْ تَنْتَهُونَ يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ حَتَّى يَبْعَثَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ مَنْ يَضْرِبُ رِقَابَكُمْ عَلَى هَذَا» وَأَبَى أَنْ يَرُدَّهُمُ فَقَالَ «هُمْ عُتَقَاءُ اللَّهِ»

     ✧ Two slaves went out to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Hudaybiyyah before the peace treaty, and their masters wrote to him saying, "O Muhammad, by Allah, they did not go out to you out of desire for your religion; they only went out fleeing from slavery." Some people said, "They spoke the truth, O Messenger of Allah; return them to them." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ became angry and said, "I see that you, O Quraysh, will not stop until Allah sends against you someone who will strike your necks over this." And he refused to return them, saying, "They are Allah's freedmen."

101. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2577Sahih

     «مَا نَقَضَ قَوْمٌ الْعَهْدَ قَطُّ إِلَّا كَانَ الْقَتْلُ بَيْنَهُمْ وَلَا ظَهَرَتِ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي قَوْمٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا سَلَّطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتَ وَلَا مَنَعَ قَوْمٌ الزَّكَاةَ إِلَّا حَبَسَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمُ الْقَطْرَ»

     ✧ No people ever break a covenant except that killing occurs among them, and no immorality ever appears among a people except that Allah inflicts death upon them, and no people ever withhold zakat except that Allah withholds rain from them.

102. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2578Sahih

     قُلْتُ هَلْ كُنْتُمْ تُخَمِّسُونَ الطَّعَامَ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ «أَصَبْنَا طَعَامًا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَجِيءُ فَيَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ بِمِقْدَارِ مَا يَكْفِيهِ ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ»

     ✧ I said, "Did you used to take a fifth of the food during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "We obtained food on the day of Khaybar, and a man would come and take from it as much as sufficed him, then leave."

103. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2579Sahih

     «رِيحُ الْجَنَّةِ لَيُوجَدُ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ مِائَةِ عَامٍ وَمَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَقْتُلُ نَفْسًا مُعَاهَدَةً إِلَّا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَرَائِحَتَهَا أَنْ يَجِدَهَا»

     ✧ The fragrance of Paradise can be found from a distance of a hundred years' journey, and no servant kills a person under a covenant except that Allah forbids Paradise and its fragrance to him, that he should find it.

104. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2580Sahih

     «مَنْ قَتَلَ قَتِيلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ لَمْ يَرَحْ رِيحَ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ رِيحَهَا لَيُوجَدُ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا»

     "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever kills a person from among Ahl Adh-Dhimmah, he will not smell the fragrance of Paradise, and its fragrance may be detected from a distance of forty years." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4750)

105. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2581Sahih

     «أَلَا مَنْ قَتَلَ مُعَاهَدًا لَهُ ذِمَّةُ اللَّهِ وَذِمَّةُ رَسُولِهِ فَقَدْ خَفَرَ ذِمَّةَ اللَّهِ وَلَا يَرَحْ رِيحَ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ رِيحَهَا لَيُوجَدُ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًا»

     ✧ Indeed, whoever kills a person under a covenant who has the protection of Allah and the protection of His Messenger has violated the protection of Allah, and he will not smell the fragrance of Paradise, and its fragrance can be found from a distance of seventy autumns.

106. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2582Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تُوُفِّيَ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ فَذَكَرُوا لِرَسُولِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ» فَتَغَيَّرَ وُجُوهُ النَّاسِ لِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ غَلَّ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ» فَفَتَّشْنَا مَتَاعَهُ فَوَجَدْنَا خَرَزًا مِنْ خَرَزِ الْيَهُودِ لَا يُسَاوِي دِرْهَمَيْنِ

     ✧ A man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ died on the day of Hunayn, and they mentioned him to the Messenger ﷺ, who said, "Pray over your companion." The faces of the people changed at that, so he said, "Your companion stole from the spoils in the path of Allah." We searched his belongings and found beads from the beads of the Jews, not worth two dirhams.

107. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2583Sahih

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَصَابَ غَنِيمَةً أَمَرَ بِلَالًا فَنَادَى فِي النَّاسِ فَيَجِيئُونَ بِغَنَائِمِهِمْ فَيُخَمِّسُهَا وَيَقْسِمُهَا فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِزِمَامٍ مِنْ شَعْرٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا فِيمَا كُنَّا أَصَبْنَاهُ مِنَ الْغَنِيمَةِ قَالَ «أَسَمِعْتُ بِلَالًا نَادَى ثَلَاثًا؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَمَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَجِيءَ بِهِ؟» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَاعْتَذَرَ قَالَ «كُنْ أَنْتَ تَجِيءُ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَنْ أَقْبَلَهُ عَنْكَ»

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took spoils, he would order Bilal to call out among the people, and they would bring their spoils, and he would take a fifth and divide it. Then a man came after that with a hair rope and said, "O Messenger of Allah, this was among the spoils we obtained." He said, "Did you hear Bilal call out three times?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Then what prevented you from bringing it?" He said, "O Messenger of Allah," and he made an excuse. He said, "You will come with it on the Day of Resurrection, and I will never accept it from you."

108. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2584Sahih

     دَخَلَ مَسْلَمَةُ أَرْضَ الرُّومِ فَأُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ غَلَّ فَسَأَلَ سَالِمًا عَنْهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِيَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا وَجَدْتُمُ الرَّجُلَ قَدْ غَلَّ فَأَحْرِقُوا مَتَاعَهُ وَاضْرِبُوهُ» قَالَ فَوَجَدْنَا فِي مَتَاعِهِ مُصْحَفًا فَسُئِلَ سَالِمٌ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ «بِعْهُ وَتَصَدَّقْ بِثَمَنِهِ»

     ✧ Maslamah entered the land of the Romans, and a man who had stolen from the spoils was brought to him. He asked Salim about him, and Salim said, "I heard my father narrate from Umar b. al-Khattab from the Prophet ﷺ: 'If you find a man who has stolen from the spoils, burn his belongings and beat him.'" He said, "We found a mushaf among his belongings, so Salim was asked about it, and he said, 'Sell it and give its price in charity.'"

109. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2376Sahih

     لَمَّا أَخْرَجَ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ أَخْرَجُوا نَبِيَّهَمْ لَيَهْلِكُنَّ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ {أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَاتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلِمُوا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِيرٌ} [الحج 39] وَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقْرَؤُهَا «أَذِنَ» قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ فَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّهَا قِتَالٌ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «وَهِيَ أَوَّلُ آيَةٍ نَزَلَتْ فِي الْقِتَالِ»

     ✧ When the people of Makkah expelled the Prophet ﷺ, Abu Bakr al-Ṣiddīq said, “Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. They have expelled their Prophet—they will surely perish.” He said: Then was revealed: {Permission [to fight] is given to those who are fought, because they have been wronged, and indeed Allah is Able to give them victory} [al-Ḥajj: 39]. Ibn ʿAbbās used to recite it as “udhina.” Abu Bakr al-Ṣiddīq said, “Then I knew that it would be fighting.” Ibn ʿAbbās said, “It is the first verse revealed concerning fighting.”

110. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2377Sahih

     أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ وَأَصْحَابًا لَهُ أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ كُنَّا فِي عِزٍّ وَنَحْنُ مُشْرِكُونَ فَلَمَّا آمَنَّا صِرْنَا أَذِلَّةً فَقَالَ «إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ بِالْعَفْوِ فَلَا تُقَاتِلُوا الْقَوْمَ» فَلَمَّا حَوَّلَهُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ أَمَرَهُ بِالْقِتَالِ فَكَفُّوا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ النَّاسَ} [النساء 77]

     ✧ ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf and some companions of his came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Prophet of Allah, we were in honor while we were polytheists, but when we believed we became humiliated.” He said, “I have been commanded to pardon, so do not fight the people.” When He transferred him to Madinah, He commanded him to fight, but they refrained. Then Allah, Blessed and Exalted, revealed: {Have you not seen those who were told, “Restrain your hands and establish prayer and give zakāh”? Then when fighting was prescribed for them, at once a party of them feared people} [al-Nisāʾ: 77].

111. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2378Sahih

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ تَبُوكَ فَقَالَ «مَا فِي النَّاسِ مِثْلُ رَجُلٍ آخِذٌ بِعِنَانٍ فَيُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَيَجْتَنِبُ شُرُورَ النَّاسِ وَمِثْلُ رَجُلٍ بَادٍ فِي غَنَمِهِ يُقْرِي ضَيْفَهُ وَيُؤَدِّي حَقَّهُ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَقَالَهَا؟ قَالَ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا فَكَبَّرْتُ وَحَمِدْتُ وَشَكَرْتُ

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave a sermon on the day of Tabūk and said, “There is none among the people like a man who takes hold of the reins [of his horse] and strives in the path of Allah, avoiding the evils of people, and like a man in the desert with his sheep, who entertains his guest and fulfills his right.” He said: I said, “Did he say it?” He said, “He said it three times,” so I said takbīr, praised Allah, and gave thanks.

112. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2379Sahih

     «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ النَّاسِ مَنْزِلَةً؟» قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «رَجُلٌ آخِذٌ بِعِنَانِ فَرَسِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ أَوْ يَمُوتَ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِالَّذِي يَلِيهِ؟ رَجُلٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي شِعْبٍ يُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَيَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ»

     ✧ “Shall I not inform you of the best of people in station?” They said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “A man holding the rein of his horse in the path of Allah until he is killed or dies. Shall I not inform you of the one who follows him? A man secluded in a mountain pass, who establishes prayer, gives zakāh, and bears witness that there is no god but Allah.”

113. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2380Sahih

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَامَ عَامَ تَبُوكَ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ وَهُوَ مُضِيفٌ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى نَخْلَةٍ فَقَالَ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ النَّاسِ وَشَرِّ النَّاسِ؟ إِنَّ مِنْ خَيْرِ النَّاسِ رَجُلٌ عَمِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَلَى ظَهْرِ فَرَسِهِ أَوْ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَعِيرِهِ أَوْ عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ الْمَوْتُ وَإِنَّ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّاسِ رَجُلٌ فَاجِرٌ جَرِيءٌ يَقْرَأُ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ لَا يَرْعَوِي إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ»

     "in the year of Tabuk, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed the people, while leaning against his mount. He said: 'Shall I not tell you of the best of the people and the worst of the people? Among the best of the people is a man who strives in the cause of Allah on the back of his horse, or on the back of his camel, or on his own two feet, until death comes to him. And among the worst of the people, is an immoral man (Fajir) who reads the Book of Allah but he does not refrain from doing anything bad because of it.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3106)

114. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2381Sahih

     «يَوْمٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ فَلْيَنْظُرْ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ لِنَفْسِهِ»

     ✧ “A day in the path of Allah is better than a thousand days elsewhere. So let every person look to himself.”

115. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2382Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشِعْبٍ فِيهِ عُيَيْنَةُ مِنْ مَاءٍ عَذْبٍ فَأَعْجَبَهُ طِيبُهُ وَحُسْنُهُ فَقَالَ لَوِ اعْتَزَلْتُ النَّاسَ وَأَقَمْتُ فِي هَذَا الشِّعْبِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا أَفْعَلُ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْمِرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ مَقَامَ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ فِي أَهْلِهِ سِتِّينَ عَامًا أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمُ الْجَنَّةَ اغْزُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ»

     ✧ A man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ passed by a mountain pass in which there was a spring of sweet water. Its pleasantness and beauty impressed him, and he said, “If only I were to seclude myself from people and stay in this mountain pass.” Then he said, “I will not do so until I consult the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” He mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said, “Do not do it, for the station of one of you in the path of Allah is better than his prayer in his house for sixty years. Would you not love that Allah forgive you and admit you to Paradise? Raid in the path of Allah. Whoever fights in the path of Allah for the time between two milkings of a camel, Paradise becomes due for him.”

116. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2383Sahih

     «مَقَامُ الرَّجُلِ فِي الصَّفِّ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَفْضَلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ عُبَادَةِ رَجُلٍ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً»

     ✧ A man's standing in the battle line in the path of Allah is better in the sight of Allah than a man's worship for sixty years.

117. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2384No grade recorded

     قَعَدْنَا نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْنَا «لَوْ نَعْلَمُ أَيَّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَمِلْنَاهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمُ} » إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ «فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ» هَكَذَا قَالَ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ بِمَكَّةَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ هَكَذَا قَالَ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ هَكَذَا قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ هَكَذَا

     ✧ A group of us from the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down and said, "If only we knew which deeds are most beloved to Allah, we would do them." Then Allah ﷻ revealed: {Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth exalts Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise} until the end of the surah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited it to us. This is how al-Awza'i said it, and Yahya b. Abi Kathir recited it to us in Makkah. Muhammad b. Kathir said, and al-Awza'i recited it to us in this way. Abu al-Walid said, and Ibn Kathir recited it to us in this way. Abu al-Hasan b. 'Uqbah said, and Abu al-Walid recited it to us in this way.

118. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2385No grade recorded

     كُنَّا قُعُودًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْنَا لَوْ نَعْلَمُ أَيَّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللَّهِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ and said, "If only we knew which deeds are most beloved to Allah." Then he mentioned the hadith in a similar manner.

119. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2386Sahih

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْنَا لَوْ عَلِمْنَا أَيَّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللَّهِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَهَذَا لَا يُقَالُ حَدِيثُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ فَإِنَّ الْهِقْلَ بْنَ زِيَادٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ مَحِلَّهُ الْإِيقَانُ وَالثَّبْتُ فَإِنَّهُ شَكَّ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ وَمِنَ الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى صِحَّةِ إِسْنَادِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَزَارِيَّ أَحْفَظُ أَصْحَابِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ رَوَاهُ بِزِيَادَةِ أَلْفَاظٍ فِيهِ بِالْإِسْنَادِ الْأَوَّلِعلى شرط البخاري ومسلم

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "If only we knew which deeds are most beloved to Allah." Then he mentioned the hadith. This is not to be called the hadith of al-Walid b. Muslim, for al-Hiql b. Ziyad, although his status is trustworthy and reliable, he doubted its chain. And from the evidence for the soundness of Abu Salamah's chain is that Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Fazari, the most retentive of al-Awza'i's companions, narrated it with additional wording in it by the first chain, according to the conditions of al-Bukhari and Muslim.

120. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2387No grade recorded

     اجْتَمَعْنَا فَتَذَاكَرْنَا أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَيَسْأَلُهُ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ؟ ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقْنَا وَهِبْنَا أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ أَحَدٌ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَمَعَنَا فَجَعَلَ يُومِي بَعْضُنَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ «فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا {سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ} » إِلَى أخِرِ السُّورَةِ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ مَحْبُوبٌ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا يَعْنِي سُورَةَ الصَّفِ

     ✧ We gathered and discussed among ourselves which of us should go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ask him which deeds are most beloved to Allah. Then we dispersed, and we were in awe that any one of us should go to him. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for us and gathered us, and some of us began gesturing to others. He recited to us: {Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth exalts Allah} until the end of the surah. Abu Salamah said: 'Abdullah b. Salam recited it to us to its end. Yahya b. Abi Kathir said: Abu Salamah recited it to us from its beginning to its end. Mahbub said: Abu Ishaq recited it to us from its beginning to its end, meaning Surah al-Saff.

121. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2388Sahih

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ تَحْتَ ظِلَالِ السُّيُوفِ» فَقَالَ شَابٌّ رَثُّ الْهَيْئَةِ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَكَسَرَ جَفْنَ سَيْفِهِ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فِي الْقِتَالِ «»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Paradise is beneath the shadows of swords.' A young man of shabby appearance said, 'Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said, 'Yes.' Then he broke the scabbard of his sword with him, then said to his companions, 'Peace be upon you,' and entered the fight.

122. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2389Sahih

     لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَتَعْلَمُ أَوَّلَ زُمْرَةٍ تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي؟» قَالَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ يَأْتُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ وَيَسْتَفْتِحُونَ فَيَقُولُ لَهُمُ الْخَزَنَةُ أَوَ قَدْ حُوسِبْتُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ نُحَاسَبُ وَإِنَّمَا كَانَتْ أَسْيَافُنَا عَلَى عَوَاتِقِنَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى مِتْنَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَيُفْتَحُ لَهُمْ فَيَقِيلُونَ فِيهِ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَهَا النَّاسُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'Do you know the first group from my Ummah to enter Paradise?' He said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'The emigrants will come on the Day of Resurrection to the gate of Paradise and seek to open it. The keepers will say to them, "Have you been brought to account?" They will say, "For what would we be brought to account? Our swords were upon our shoulders in the path of Allah until we died upon that."' He said, 'So it will be opened for them, and they will rest therein for forty years before the people enter it.'

123. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2390Sahih

     سُئِلَ أَيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْمَلُ إِيمَانًا؟ قَالَ «الَّذِي يُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَرَجُلٌ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ فِي شِعْبٍ مِنَ الشِّعَبِ فَقَدْ كَفَى النَّاسَ شَرَّهُ»

     ✧ He was asked, 'Which of the believers is most complete in faith?' He said, 'The one who strives in the path of Allah with his self and his wealth, and a man who worships Allah in one of the mountain passes and has spared the people his evil.'

124. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2391Sahih

     عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْجَنْبِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا فَضَالَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَنَا زَعِيمٌ وَالزَّعِيمُ الْحَمِيلُ لِمَنْ آمَنَ وَأَسْلَمَ وَجَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِبَيْتٍ فِي رَبَضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَبِبَيْتٍ فِي وَسَطِ الْجَنَّةِ وَأَنَا زَعِيمٌ لِمَنْ آمَنَ بِبَيْتٍ فِي وَسَطِ الْجَنَّةِ وَأَنَا زَعِيمٌ لِمَنْ آمَنَ وَأَسْلَمَ وَهَاجَرَ بِبَيْتٍ فِي رَبَضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَبِبَيْتٍ فِي وَسَطِ الْجَنَّةِ وَبِبَيْتٍ فِي أَعْلَى الْجَنَّةِ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمْ يَدَعْ لِلْخَيْرِ مَطْلَبًا وَلَا مِنَ الشَّرِّ مَهْرَبًا يَمُوتُ حَيْثُ شَاءَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ»

     ✧ From 'Amr b. Malik al-Janbi that he heard Abu Fadalah b. 'Ubayd say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'I am the guarantor, and the guarantor is the one who bears responsibility, for the one who believes and submits and strives in the path of Allah, of a house in the outskirts of Paradise and a house in the middle of Paradise. And I am the guarantor for the one who believes of a house in the middle of Paradise. And I am the guarantor for the one who believes and submits and emigrates of a house in the outskirts of Paradise and a house in the middle of Paradise and a house in the highest part of Paradise. Whoever does that and leaves no avenue of good untaken and no escape from evil unheeded, he may die wherever he wishes to die.'

125. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2392Sahih

     «لَا تَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يُقَاتِلُونَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى مَنْ نَاوَأَهُمْ حَتَّى يُقَاتِلَ آخِرُهُمُ الْمَسِيحَ الدَّجَّالَ»

     The Prophet ﷺ said: A section of my community will continue to fight for the right and overcome their opponents till the last of them fights with the Antichrist. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2484)

126. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2393Sahih

     إِنَّ أَوَّلَ ثُلَّةٍ تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ الْفُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ الَّذِينَ تُتَّقَى بِهِمُ الْمَكَارِهُ إِذَا أُمِرُوا سَمِعُوا وَأَطَاعُوا وَإِنْ كَانَتْ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ حَاجَةٌ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ لَمْ تُقْضَ لَهُ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ وَهِيَ فِي صَدْرِهِ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَدْعُو يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الْجَنَّةَ فَتَأْتِي بِزُخْرُفِهَا وَرِيِّهَا فَيَقُولُ «أَيْنَ عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَقُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِي وَأُوذُوا فِي سَبِيلِي وَجَاهَدُوا فِي سَبِيلِي ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ» فَيَدْخُلُونَهَا بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ وَلَا عَذَابٍ فَتَأْتِي الْمَلَائِكَةُ فَيَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا نَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ لَكَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ آثَرْتَهُمْ عَلَيْنَا؟ فَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى «هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلُوا فِي سَبِيلِي وَأُوذُوا فِي سَبِيلِي فَتَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ كُلِّ بَابٍ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا صَبَرْتُمْ فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ»

     ✧ The first group to enter Paradise are the poor emigrants, through whom misfortunes are warded off. When they are commanded, they hear and obey. If one of them had a need to the ruler, it would not be fulfilled for him until he dies with it still in his breast. And Allah, Exalted is He, will call Paradise on the Day of Resurrection, and it will come with its adornments and beauty. Then He will say, 'Where are My servants who fought in My path, were killed in My path, were harmed in My path, and strove in My path? Enter Paradise.' So they will enter it without reckoning or punishment. Then the angels will come and say, 'Our Lord, we glorify You night and day and sanctify You. Who are these whom You have preferred over us?' The Lord, Blessed and Exalted, will say, 'These are those who fought in My path and were harmed in My path.' Then the angels will enter upon them from every gate: 'Peace be upon you for what you patiently endured. Excellent is the final home.'

127. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2394Sahih

     «لَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ فِي النَّارِ اجْتِمَاعًا يَضُرُّ أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ مُسْلِمٌ قَتَلَ كَافِرًا ثُمَّ سَدَّدَ الْمُسْلِمُ وَقَارَبَ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ فِي جَوْفِ عَبْدٍ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَدُخَانُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ فِي قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ الْإِيمَانُ وَالشُّحُّ»

     ✧ They will not gather together in Hell in a gathering that harms one of them the other: a Muslim who killed a disbeliever, then the Muslim remained steadfast and did right. And they will not gather together in the belly of a servant: dust in the path of Allah and the smoke of Hell. And they will not gather together in the heart of a servant: faith and miserliness.

128. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2395No grade recorded

     «لَا يَجْتَمِعُ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَدُخَانُ جَهَنَّمَ فِي جَوْفِ عَبْدٍ أَبَدًا وَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ شُحٌّ وَإِيمَانٌ فِي قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ أَبَدًا»

     ✧ Dust in the path of Allah and the smoke of Hell will never gather together in the belly of a servant. And miserliness and faith will never gather together in the heart of a servant.

129. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2396No grade recorded

     «لَا يَجْتَمِعُ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَدُخَانُ جَهَنَّمَ فِي وَجْهِ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَبَدًا»

     ✧ “The dust in the way of Allah and the smoke of Hell will never come together on the face of a Muslim man.”

130. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2397Sahih

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ بَعَثْتَ هَذِهِ السَّرِيَّةَ وَإِنَّ زَوْجِي خَرَجَ فِيهَا وَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَصُومُ بِصِيَامِهِ وَأُصَلِّي بِصَلَاتِهِ وَأَتَعَبَّدُ بِعِبَادَتِهِ فَدُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ أَبْلُغُ بِهِ عَمَلَهُ قَالَ «تُصَلِّينَ فَلَا تَقْعُدِينَ وَتَصُومِينَ فَلَا تُفْطِرِينَ وَتَذْكُرِينَ فَلَا تَفْتُرِينَ» قَالَتْ وَأُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «وَلَوْ طِقْتِ ذَلِكَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا بَلَغْتِ الْعَشِيرَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched a military detachment, and a woman came to him and said: “O Messenger of Allah, you sent out this detachment, and my husband went out with it. I used to keep the same fasts as him, perform the same prayers as him, and engage in worship as he did. So guide me to a deed by which I may attain the like of his deed.” He said: “You would have to pray continuously without sitting, fast continuously without breaking your fast, and remember Allah without flagging.” She said: “And can I bear that, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Even if you could bear that—by the One in whose hand is my soul—you would not attain a tenth of his deed.”

131. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2398Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ائْذَنْ لِي فِي السِّيَاحَةِ قَالَ «إِنَّ سِيَاحَةَ أُمَّتِي الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ»

     ✧ A man said: “O Messenger of Allah, grant me permission to travel about as a wandering ascetic.” He said: “The wandering asceticism of my community is striving in the way of Allah.”

132. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2399Sahih

     «قَفْلَةٌ كَغَزْوَةَ»

     ✧ “A return from a military expedition is like another expedition.”

133. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2400Sahih

     «ثَلَاثَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ ضَامِنٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ؛ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ غَازِيًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَتَوَفَّاهُ فَيُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ أَوْ يَرُدَّهُ بِمَا نَالَ مِنْ أَجْرٍ أَوْ غَنِيمَةٍ وَرَجُلٌ رَاحَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَتَوَفَّاهُ فَيُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ أَوْ يَرُدَّهُ بِمَا نَالَ مِنْ أَجْرٍ أَوْ غَنِيمَةٍ وَرَجُلٍ دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ بِالسَّلَامِ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ»

     ✧ “Three are each guaranteed by Allah: a man who goes out as a warrior in the way of Allah—he is guaranteed by Allah until He takes his soul and admits him to Paradise, or returns him with whatever reward or booty he has attained; a man who goes to the mosque—he is guaranteed by Allah until He takes his soul and admits him to Paradise, or returns him with whatever reward or booty he has attained; and a man who enters his house with peace—he is guaranteed by Allah.”

134. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2401Sahih

     أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِسَرِيِّةٍ تَخْرُجُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَخْرُجُ اللَّيْلَةَ أَمْ حَتَّى نُصْبِحَ؟ فَقَالَ «أَوَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَبِيتُوا فِي خَرِيفٍ مِنْ خِرَافِ الْجَنَّةِ؟» وَالْخَرِيفُ الْحَدِيقَةُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered a military detachment to set out. They said: “O Messenger of Allah, shall we go out tonight or wait until morning?” He said: “Would you not love to spend the night in a garden of the gardens of Paradise?” The word “kharīf” means orchard.

135. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2402Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِنَا فَقَالَ حِينَ انْتَهَى إِلَى الصَّفِّ اللَّهُمَّ آتِنِي أَفْضَلَ مَا تُؤْتِي عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ فَلَمَّا قَضَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ «مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ آنِفًا؟» فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِذًا يُعْقَرُ جَوَادُكَ وَتُسْتَشْهَدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ»

     ✧ A man came to the prayer while the Prophet ﷺ was leading us in prayer. When he reached the row he said: “O Allah, grant me the best of what You grant Your righteous servants.” When the Prophet ﷺ finished the prayer, he said: “Who spoke just now?” The man said: “I did, O Messenger of Allah.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “Then your horse will be hamstrung and you will be martyred in the way of Allah.”

136. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2403Sahih

     «الشُّهَدَاءُ عَلَى بَارِقٍ نَهْرٍ بِبَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فِي قُبَّةٍ خَضْرَاءَ يَخْرُجُ عَلَيْهِمْ رِزْقُهُمْ بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا»

     ✧ “The martyrs are beside a shining river at the gate of Paradise, in a green dome. Their provision comes to them morning and evening.”

137. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2404Sahih

     «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْجِهَادِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ بَابٌ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ يُذْهِبُ اللَّهُ بِهِ الْهَمَّ وَالْغَمَّ» وَزَادَ فِيهِ غَيْرُهُ «وَجَاهِدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الْقَرِيبَ وَالْبَعِيدَ وَأَقِيمُوا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فِي الْقَرِيبِ وَالْبَعِيدِ وَلَا تَأْخُذْكُمْ فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةُ لَائِمٍ»

     ✧ “You must strive in the way of Allah, for it is a gate of the gates of Paradise by which Allah removes anxiety and grief.” Another added to it: “And strive in the way of Allah against the near and the far, and establish the limits of Allah upon the near and the far, and let no blame of any blamer deter you in the cause of Allah.”

138. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2405Sahih

     يُؤْتَى بِالرَّجُلِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ كَيْفَ وَجَدْتَ مَنْزِلَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ خَيْرَ مَنْزِلٍ فَيَقُولُ سَلْ وَتَمَنَّ فَيَقُولُ مَا أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَمَنَّى؟ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَرُدَّنِيَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَأُقْتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِكِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ لِمَا رَأَى مِنْ فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ قَالَ وَيُؤْتَى بِالرَّجُلِ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ كَيْفَ وَجَدْتَ مَنْزِلَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ شَرَّ مَنْزِلٍ فَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ ﷻ فَتَفْتَدِي مِنْهُ بِطِلَاعِ الْأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا؟ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ فَيَقُولُ «كَذَبْتَ قَدْ سَأَلْتُكَ دُونَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمْ تَفْعَلْ»

     ✧ A man from the people of Paradise will be brought, and Allah will say to him: “O son of Adam, how have you found your dwelling?” He will say: “O Lord, the best dwelling.” Then Allah will say: “Ask and wish.” He will say: “What should I ask and wish for? I ask You to return me to the world so that I may be killed in Your way ten times”—because of the excellence of martyrdom he had seen. He said: And a man from the people of the Fire will be brought, and Allah will say: “O son of Adam, how have you found your dwelling?” He will say: “O Lord, the worst dwelling.” Then the Lord, glorified and exalted be He, will say: “Would you ransom yourself from it with the earth’s fill of gold?” He will say: “Yes.” Then Allah will say: “You have lied. I asked you for less than that, and you did not do it.”

139. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2406No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالرَّوْحَاءِ إِذْ هَبَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَعْرَابِيٌّ مِنْ سَرِفَ فَقَالَ مَنِ الْقَوْمُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُونَ؟ قِيلَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ بَذَّةً هَيْئَتُكُمْ قَلِيلًا سِلَاحُكُمْ؟ قَالُوا نَنْتَظِرُ إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ إِمَّا أَنْ نُقْتَلَ فَالْجَنَّةُ وَإِمَّا أَنْ نَغْلِبَ فَيَجْمَعَ اللَّهُ لَنَا الظَّفَرَ وَالْجَنَّةَ قَالَ أَيْنَ نَبِيُّكُمْ؟ قَالُوا هَا هُوَ ذَا فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ لَيْسَتْ لِي مَصْلَحَةٌ آخُذُ مَصْلَحَتِي ثُمَّ أَلْحَقُ قَالَ «اذْهَبْ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ فَخُذْ مَصْلَحَتَكَ» فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَؤُمُّ بَدْرًا وَخَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ ثُمَّ لَحِقَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِبَدْرٍ وَهُوَ يَصُفُّ النَّاسَ لِلْقِتَالِ فِي تَعْبِئَتِهِمْ فَدَخَلَ فِي الصَّفِّ مَعَهُمْ فَاقْتَتَلَ النَّاسُ فَكَانَ فِيمَنِ اسْتَشْهَدَهُ اللَّهُ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ أَنْ هَزَمَ اللَّهُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَأَظْفَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَمَرَّ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «هَا يَا عُمَرُ إِنَّكَ تُحِبُّ الْحَدِيثَ وَإِنَّ لِلشُّهَدَاءِ سَادَةً وَأَشْرَافًا وَمُلُوكًا وَإِنَّ هَذَا يَا عُمَرُ مِنْهُمْ»

     ✧ While the Prophet ﷺ was at al-Rawḥāʾ, a bedouin from Sarif descended upon them and said: “Who are the people, and where are you heading?” They said: “To Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” He said: “Why do I see you with shabby appearance and little weaponry?” They said: “We await one of the two best outcomes: either we are killed and attain Paradise, or we prevail and Allah combines for us victory and Paradise.” He said: “Where is your Prophet?” They said: “Here he is.” So he said to him: “O Prophet of Allah, I have some business; I will take care of my business and then catch up.” He said: “Go to your family and take care of your business.” So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out heading for Badr, and the man went to his family until he finished his errand, then he caught up with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at Badr while he was arranging the people for battle in their ranks. He entered the ranks with them, and the people fought, and he was among those whom Allah granted martyrdom. After Allah defeated the polytheists and gave victory to the believers, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ walked among the martyrs with ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb at his side and said: “Here, O ʿUmar, you love to narrate accounts. Indeed the martyrs have masters, nobles, and kings, and this one, O ʿUmar, is among them.”

140. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2407Sahih

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا ذُكِرَ أَصْحَابُ أُحُدٍ وَاللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي غُودِرْتُ مَعَ أَصْحَابِي بِحِصْنِ الْجَبَلِ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “When the companions of Uḥud are mentioned—by Allah, I wish I had been left with my companions at the mountain fortress.”

141. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2408Sahih

     كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ فَقَالَ لِي «إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْبَأْتُكَ بِرَأْسِ الْأَمْرِ وَعَمُودِهِ وَذُرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَمَّا «رَأْسُ الْأَمْرِ فَالْإِسْلَامُ وَأَمَّا عَمُودُهُ فَالصَّلَاةُ وَأَمَّا ذِرْوَةُ سَنَامِهِ فَالْجِهَادُ»

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the expedition of Tabuk. He said to me, 'If you wish, I will tell you of the head of the matter, its pillar, and the peak of its hump.' He said: I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'As for the head of the matter, it is Islam; as for its pillar, it is prayer; and as for the peak of its hump, it is jihad.'

142. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2409Sahih

     قَالَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ أَلَا تَأْتِي نَدْعُو اللَّهَ فَخَلَوْا فِي نَاحِيَةٍ فَدَعَا سَعْدٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ إِذَا لَقِينَا الْقَوْمَ غَدًا فَلَقِّنِي رَجُلًا شَدِيدًا بَأْسُهُ شَدِيدًا حَرْدُهُ فَأُقَاتِلُهُ فِيكَ وَيُقَاتِلُنِي ثُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي عَلَيْهِ الظَّفَرَ حَتَّى أَقْتُلَهُ وَآخُذَ سَلَبَهُ فَقَامَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَحْشٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي غَدًا رَجُلًا شَدِيدًا حَرْدُهُ شَدِيدًا بَأْسُهُ أُقَاتِلُهُ فِيكَ وَيُقَاتِلُنَي ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُنِي فَيَجْدَعُ أَنْفِي وَأُذُنِي فَإِذَا لَقِيتُكَ غَدًا قُلْتَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ فِيمَ جُدِعَ أَنْفُكَ وَأُذُنُكَ؟ فَأَقُولُ فِيكَ وَفِي رَسُولِكَ فَيَقُولُ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ يَا بُنَيَّ كَانَتْ «دَعْوَةُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ خَيْرًا مِنْ دَعْوَتِي لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ آخِرَ النَّهَارِ وَإِنَّ أُذُنَهُ وَأَنْفَهُ لَمُعَلَّقَانِ فِي خَيْطٍ»

     ✧ On the day of Uhud he said, 'Will you not come so that we may supplicate Allah?' So they went off to a corner. Sa'd supplicated and said, 'O Lord, when we meet the enemy tomorrow, grant me a man of fierce might and fierce anger, so that I may fight him for Your sake and he fights me. Then grant me victory over him until I kill him and take his spoils.' Then Abdullah b. Jahsh stood up and said, 'O Allah, grant me tomorrow a man of fierce anger and fierce might; I fight him for Your sake and he fights me. Then he seizes me and cuts off my nose and ear. Then when I meet You tomorrow, You will say, "O Abdullah, for what were your nose and ear cut off?" and I will say, "For You and Your Messenger," and You will say, "You have spoken truth."' Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas said, 'O my son, the supplication of Abdullah b. Jahsh was better than my supplication. I saw him at the end of the day, and his ear and nose were hung on a thread.'

143. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2410No grade recorded

     «مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ فَقَدْ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الْقَتْلَ مِنْ عِنْدِ نَفْسِهِ صَادِقًا ثُمَّ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ فَلَهُ أَجْرُ شَهِيدٍ»

     ✧ Whoever fights in the path of Allah, a Muslim man, for the time between two milkings of a she-camel, Paradise becomes incumbent for him. And whoever asks Allah for death from his own self, sincerely, then dies or is killed, he has the reward of a martyr.

144. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2411Sahih

     أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الْقَتْلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ صَادِقًا ثُمَّ مَاتَ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ أَجْرَ شَهِيدٍ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم

     ✧ The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever asks Allah for death in the path of Allah sincerely, then dies, Allah gives him the reward of a martyr.' [On the condition of al-Bukhari and Muslim]

145. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2412Sahih

     «مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ بِصِدْقٍ بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ»

     ✧ Whoever asks Allah for martyrdom with sincerity, Allah will cause him to reach the stations of the martyrs, even if he dies on his bed.

146. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2413Sahih

     «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لَا تَتَمَنَّوْا لِقَاءَ الْعَدُوِّ وَسَلُوا اللَّهَ الْعَافِيَةَ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُ فَاصْبِرُوا وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ تَحْتَ ظِلَالِ السُّيُوفِ»

     ✧ O people, do not wish to meet the enemy, and ask Allah for well-being. But when you meet them, be patient, and know that Paradise is under the shade of the swords.

147. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2414Sahih

     «مَا مِنْ غَازِيَةٍ تَغْزُو فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُصِيبُونَ غَنِيمَةً إِلَّا تَعَجَّلُوا ثُلُثَيْ أَجْرِهِمْ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ وَيَبْقَى لَهُمُ الثُّلُثُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُصِيبُوا غَنِيمَةً تَمَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ»

     ✧ There is no raiding party that raids in the path of Allah and obtains spoils except that they hasten two-thirds of their reward from the Hereafter, and one-third remains for them. But if they do not obtain spoils, their reward is completed for them.

148. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2415Sahih

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ وَالصِّيَامَ وَالذِّكْرَ يُضَاعَفُ عَلَى النَّفَقَةِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِسَبْعِ مِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed prayer, fasting, and remembrance are multiplied over spending in the path of Allah by seven hundred times.'

149. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2416No grade recorded

     «مَنْ فَصَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَمَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ أَوْ وَقَصَهُ فَرَسُهُ أَوْ بَعِيرُهُ أَوْ لَدَغَتْهُ هَامَةٌ أَوْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ بِأَيِّ حَتْفٍ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَإِنَّهُ شَهِيدٌ وَإِنَّ لَهُ الْجَنَّةَ»

     ✧ Whoever sets out in the path of Allah and dies or is killed, he is a martyr; or his horse or camel throws him and breaks his neck, or a venomous creature bites him, or he dies on his bed by any death Allah wills, then he is a martyr, and indeed for him is Paradise.

150. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2417Sahih

     «كُلُّ مَيِّتٍ يُخْتَمُ عَلَى عَمَلِهِ إِلَّا الْمُرَابِطَ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْمُو لَهُ عَمَلُهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيُؤَمَّنُ مِنْ فَتَّانِ الْقَبْرِ»

     ✧ Every deceased person's deeds are sealed, except for the one stationed in the path of Allah (murabit). Indeed his deeds grow for him until the Day of Resurrection, and he is secured from the trial of the grave.

151. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2418Sahih

     «مَنْ مَاتَ وَلَمْ يَغْزُ وَلَمْ يُحَدِّثْ نَفْسَهُ بِالْغَزْوِ مَاتَ عَلَى شُعْبَةٍ مِنْ نِفَاقٍ»

     ✧ Whoever dies and has not fought and has not spoken to himself about fighting, dies upon a branch of hypocrisy.

152. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2419No grade recorded

     «مَنْ مَاتَ وَلَمْ يَغْزُ وَلَيْسَ فِي نَفْسِهِ الْغَزْوُ مَاتَ عَلَى شُعْبَةٍ مِنْ نِفَاقٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever dies without taking part in Jihad and does not have the intention to participate, dies a death of hypocrisy."

153. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2420No grade recorded

     «مَنْ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ بِغَيْرِ أَثَرٍ مِنَ الْجِهَادِ لَقِيَهُ وَفِيهِ ثُلْمَةٌ»

     ✧ Whoever meets Allah without any trace of jihad meets Him with a defect in him.

154. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2421Sahih

     سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ الْخَصَاصِيَةِ يَقُولُ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأُبَايِعَهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَاشْتَرَطَ عَلَيَّ «تَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَتُصَلِّيَ الْخَمْسَ وَتَصُومَ رَمَضَانَ وَتُؤَدِّي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَحُجَّ الْبَيْتَ وَتُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَمَّا اثْنَتَانِ فَلَا أُطِيقُهُمَا أَمَّا الزَّكَاةُ فَمَالِي إِلَّا عَشْرُ ذَوْدٍ هُنَّ رُسُلُ أَهْلِي وَحَمُولَتُهُمْ وَأَمَّا الْجِهَادُ فَيَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ وَلَّى فَقَدْ بَاءَ بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَأَخَافُ إِذَا حَضَرَنِي قِتَالٌ كَرِهْتُ الْمَوْتَ وَخَشَعَتْ نَفْسِي قَالَ فَقَبَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ ثُمَّ حَرَّكَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَا صَدَقَةَ وَلَا جِهَادَ فَبِمَ تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ؟» قَالَ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُبَايِعُكَ فَبَايَعَنِي عَلَيْهِنَّ كُلِّهِنَّ

     ✧ I heard Ibn al-Khaṣāṣiyah say: I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to pledge allegiance to him upon Islam, and he stipulated upon me: “You testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, and you perform the five prayers, fast Ramadan, give the zakah, perform the Hajj to the House, and wage jihad in the path of Allah.” He said: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, as for two of them, I cannot endure them. As for the zakah, I have no property except ten camels; they are my family's mounts and their carriers. As for jihad, they claim that whoever turns back has incurred wrath from Allah, so I fear if fighting is present with me, I would hate death and my soul would lose courage.” He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ withdrew his hand, then moved it, then said: “No charity and no jihad, so with what will you enter Paradise?” He said: Then I said, “O Messenger of Allah, I pledge allegiance to you,” so he accepted my pledge upon all of them.

155. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2422No grade recorded

     «مَنْ رَابَطَ يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُ صِيَامِ شَهْرٍ وَقِيَامِهِ وَمَنْ مَاتَ مُرَابِطًا جَرَى لَهُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ الْأَجْرِ وَأَجْرَى عَلَيْهِ الرِّزْقَ وَأُومِنَ مِنَ الْفَتَّانَ»

     ✧ “Whoever keeps guard for a day and a night in the path of Allah, he will have the reward of fasting a month and standing in prayer during it. Whoever dies as a guard, the like of that reward will continue for him, provision will be granted to him, and he will be safe from the trial (of the grave).”

156. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2423Sahih

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَحْوَهُصحيح

     ✧ On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, similar to it. Sahih.

157. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2424No grade recorded

     «أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِلَيْلَةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ؟ حَارِسٌ حَرَسَ فِي أَرْضِ خَوْفٍ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ لَا يَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ»

     ✧ “Shall I tell you of a night better than the Night of Decree? A guard who keeps watch in a land of fear, perhaps he may not return to his family.”

158. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2425Sahih

     ثنا ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ فَسَاقَهُ بِإِسْنَادٍ مَوْقُوفًاعلى شرط البخاري

     ✧ Thawr bin Yazid was praised for narrating a hadith with a chain of narration that is connected but has a break, on the condition of Al-Bukhari.

159. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2426Sahih

     «حَرَسُ لَيْلَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ لَيْلَةٍ يُقَامُ لَيْلُهَا وَيُصَامُ نَهَارُهَا»

     ✧ “Guarding for one night in the path of Allah is better than a thousand nights in which its night is spent in prayer and its day is spent in fasting.”

160. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2427Sahih

     «جَاهِدُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ»

     ✧ “Strive against the polytheists with your wealth, your lives, and your tongues.”

161. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2428Sahih

     كُنْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَغَشِيَتْهُ السَّكِينَةُ فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَمَا وَجَدْتُ ثِقَلِ شَيْءٍ أَثْقَلَ مِنْ فَخِذِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَخِذِي ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ «اكْتُبْ» فَكَتَبْتُ فِي كَتِفٍ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ} [النساء 95] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فَقَامَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا أَعْمَى لَمَّا سَمِعَ فَضِيلَةَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْجِهَادَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَلَمَّا قَضَى كَلَامَهُ غَشِيَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ السَّكِينَةُ فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَوَجَدْتُ مِنْ ثِقَلِهَا فِي الْمَرَّةِ الثَّانِيَةِ كَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «اقْرَأْ يَا زَيْدُ» فَقَرَأْتُ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء 95] فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95] الْآيَةُ كُلُّهَا قَالَ زَيْدٌ أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهَا فَأَلْحَقْتُهَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى مُلْحَقِهَا عِنْدَ صَدْعٍ فِي كَتِفٍ

     ✧ I was beside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when tranquility descended upon him, and the thigh of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell upon my thigh. I have not found the weight of anything heavier than the thigh of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ upon my thigh. Then it was relieved from him and he said: “Write.” So I wrote on a shoulder blade: {Not equal are those believers who sit [at home] – other than those who are disabled – and those who strive in the cause of Allah} [al-Nisa' 95] to the end of the verse. Then Ibn Umm Maktūm, who was a blind man, stood up when he heard the virtue of the strivers and said: “O Messenger of Allah, what about those believers who are unable to wage jihad?” When he finished his words, tranquility descended upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ again and his thigh fell upon my thigh, and I felt the same heaviness as the first time. Then it was relieved from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: “Recite, O Zayd.” So I recited: {Not equal are those believers who sit [at home]} [al-Nisa' 95]. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: {other than those who are disabled} [al-Nisa' 95], the whole verse. Zayd said: Allah sent it down alone, and I appended it. By the One in whose hand is my soul, it is as if I am looking at its attachment at a crack in the shoulder blade.

162. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2429Sahih

     «لِيَخْرُجْ مِنْ كُلِّ رَجُلَيْنِ رَجُلٌ» ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْقَاعِدِ «أَيُّكُمْ خَلَفَ الْخَارِجَ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ بِخَيْرٍ كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ نِصْفِ أَجْرِ الْخَارِجِ»

     ✧ “Let one man go out from every two men.” Then he said to the one remaining: “Whichever of you stays behind and looks after the family and property of the one who goes out with good, he will have the like of half the reward of the one who goes out.”

163. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2430No grade recorded

     «ثَلَاثَةُ أَعْيُنٍ لَا تَمَسَّهَا النَّارُ عَيْنٌ فُقِئَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَعَيْنٌ حَرَسَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَعَيْنٌ بَكَتْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ»

     ✧ “Three eyes will not be touched by the Fire: an eye blinded in the path of Allah, an eye that kept watch in the path of Allah, and an eye that wept from fear of Allah.”

164. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2431No grade recorded

     حُرِّمَ عَلَى عَيْنَيْنِ أَنْ تَنَالَهُمَا النَّارُ عَيْنٌ بَكَتْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ وَعَيْنٌ بَاتَتْ تَحْرُسُ الْإِسْلَامَ وَأَهْلُهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُفْرِ

     ✧ The Fire is forbidden to two eyes: an eye that wept from fear of Allah, and an eye that spent the night guarding Islam and its people from the people of disbelief.

165. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2432Sahih

     عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْجَنْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي رَيْحَانَةَ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَأَوْفَيْنَا عَلَى شَرَفٍ فَأَصَابَنَا بَرْدٌ شَدِيدٌ حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُنَا يَحْفِرُ الْحَفِيرَ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ فِيهِ وَيُغَطِّي عَلَيْهِ بِحَجَفَتِهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَلِكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَالَ «أَلَا رَجُلٌ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ أَدْعُو اللَّهَ لَهُ بِدُعَاءٍ يُصِيبُ بِهِ فَضْلًا» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَدَعَا لَهُ قَالَ أَبُو رَيْحَانَةَ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا فَدَعَا لِي بِدُعَاءٍ هُوَ دُونَ مَا دَعَا بِهِ لِلْأَنْصَارِيِّ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «حُرِّمَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى عَيْنٍ دَمَعَتْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ حُرِّمَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى عَيْنٍ سَهِرَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ» قَالَ وَنَسِيتُ الثَّالِثَةَ قَالَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ وَسَمِعْتُ بَعْدُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «حُرِّمَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى عَيْنٍ غَضَّتْ عَنْ مَحَارِمِ اللَّهِ أَوْ عَيْنٍ فُقِئَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ»

     ✧ From Abu 'Ali al-Janbi, from Abu Rayhana, who said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on an expedition, and we reached a high place. Severe cold afflicted us, until one of us would dig a pit, then enter it and cover himself with his shield. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw that from the people, he said: “Is there not a man who will guard us tonight? I will supplicate Allah for him with a supplication by which he will attain excellence.” A man from the Ansar stood up and said: “I will, O Messenger of Allah.” So he supplicated for him. Abu Rayhana said: Then I said: “I will,” and he supplicated for me with a supplication lesser than what he did for the Ansari. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The Fire is forbidden to an eye that shed tears from fear of Allah. The Fire is forbidden to an eye that stayed awake in the path of Allah.” He said: And I forgot the third. Abu Shurayh said: I later heard that he said: “The Fire is forbidden to an eye that lowered its gaze from what Allah has forbidden, or an eye blinded in the path of Allah.”

166. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2433Sahih

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَهْلَ بْنَ الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ يَذْكُرُ أَنَّهُمْ سَارُوا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنِ فَأَطْنَبُوا السَّيْرَ حَتَّى كَانَ عَشِيَّةً فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَارِسٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي انْطَلَقْتُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ حَتَّى طَلَعْتُ جَبَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِذَا أَنَا بِهَوَازِنَ عَلَى بَكْرَةِ أَبِيهِمْ بِظُعُنِهِمْ وَنَعَمِهِمْ وَشَائِهِمْ فَاجْتَمَعُوا إِلَى حُنَيْنٍ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ تِلْكَ غَنِيمَةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ غَدًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟» فَقَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ الْغَنَوِيُّ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ «ارْكَبْ» فَرَكِبَ فَرَسًا لَهُ فَجَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اسْتَقْبِلْ هَذَا الشِّعْبَ حَتَّى تَكُونَ فِي أَعْلَاهُ وَلَا تَفِرَّنَّ مِنْ قِبَلِكَ اللَّيْلَةَ» فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى مُصَلَّاهُ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَلْ أَحْسَسْتُمْ فَارِسَكُمْ؟» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مَا أَحْسَسْنَا فَثَوَّبَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى الشِّعْبِ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ فَقَالَ «أَبْشِرُوا فَقَدْ جَاءَ فَارِسُكُمْ» قَالَ فَجَعَلْنَا نَنْظُرُ إِلَى ظِلِّ الشَّجَرِ فِي الشِّعْبِ فَإِذَا هُوَ جَاءَ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي انْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى كُنْتُ فِي أَعْلَى هَذَا الشِّعْبِ حَيْثُ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ اطَّلَعْتُ عَلَى الشِّعْبَيْنِ فَنَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَزَلِتَ اللَّيْلَةَ؟» فَقَالَ لَا إِلَّا مُصَلِّيًا أَوْ قَاضِي حَاجَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَدْ أَوْجَبْتَ فَلَا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ لَا تَعْمَلَ بَعْدَهَا» هَذَا الْإِسْنَادُ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ «غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يُخَرِّجَا مَسَانِيدَ سَهْلِ بْنِ الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ لِقِلَّةِ رِوَايَةِ التَّابِعِينَ عَنْهُ وَهُوَ مِنْ كِبَارِ الصَّحَابَةِ عَلَى مَا قَدَّمْتُ الْقَوْلَ فِي أَوَانِهِ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم لكن لم يخرجا لسهل وهو صحابي كبير

     ✧ He heard Sahl b. al-Hanzaliyyah mention that they traveled with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Hunayn and prolonged the journey until it was evening. The prayer time came and a horseman came and said: “O Messenger of Allah, I went ahead of you until I ascended such-and-such a mountain, and there I saw Hawazin with their entire gathering, their women, their camels, and their sheep, gathered at Hunayn.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled and said: “That is the spoils of the Muslims tomorrow, if Allah wills.” Then he said: “Who will guard us tonight?” Anas b. Marthad al-Ghanawi said: “I will, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “Mount.” So he mounted a horse of his and came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: “Face this mountain pass until you are at its top, and do not flee tonight from your position.” When morning came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to his prayer place and prayed two rak'ahs, then said: “Have you sensed your horseman?” A man said: “We have not sensed him.” Then he called the prayer, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept looking toward the mountain pass until he finished his prayer, then said: “Rejoice, for your horseman has come.” He said: We began looking at the shadows of the trees in the mountain pass, and there he came until he stood before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and greeted him. He said: “I went until I was at the top of this mountain pass where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me. When morning came, I looked down upon the two passes and saw no one.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: “Did you dismount tonight?” He said: “No, except to pray or to relieve myself.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “You have made it obligatory, so there is no harm if you do not perform any deed after it.” This chain of transmission from its beginning to its end is authentic according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs, except that they did not include the narrations of Sahl b. al-Hanzaliyyah because of the scarcity of narrations from the Successors from him, and he is among the senior Companions, as I mentioned earlier. On the condition of al-Bukhari and Muslim, but they did not transmit from Sahl, and he is a senior Companion.

167. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2434Sahih

     غَزَوْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ نُرِيدُ الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةَ وَعَلَى الْجَمَاعَةِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ وَالرُّومُ مُلْصِقُوا ظُهُورِهِمْ بِحَائِطِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَحَمَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى الْعَدُوِّ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ مَهْ مَهْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يُلْقِي بِيَدَيْهِ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةَ فَقَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِينَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ لَمَّا نَصَرَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ وَأَظْهَرَ الْإِسْلَامَ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ نُقِيمُ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا وَنُصْلِحُهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {وَأَنْفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تُلقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ} [البقرة 195] فَالْإِلْقَاءُ بِأَيْدِينَا إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ أَنْ نُقِيمَ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا وَنُصْلِحَهَا وَنَدَعَ الْجِهَادَ

     ✧ We set out on an expedition from Madinah, intending Constantinople, and over the army was ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Khālid b. al-Walīd. The Byzantines had backed themselves against the wall of the city. A man charged against the enemy. The people said, "Stop, stop! There is no god but Allah! He is throwing himself into destruction with his own hands." Abū Ayyūb said, "This verse was revealed concerning us, the Helpers. When Allah granted victory to His Prophet and made Islam prevail, we said, 'Let us remain with our wealth and put it in order.' Then Allah ﷻ revealed: 'And spend in the way of Allah, and do not throw yourselves into destruction with your own hands' (al-Baqarah 195). Throwing ourselves into destruction means remaining with our wealth and putting it in order while abandoning jihad."

168. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2435Sahih

     «الْغَزْوُ غَزْوَانِ فَأَمَّا مَنِ ابْتَغَى وَجْهَ اللَّهِ وَأَطَاعَ الْإِمَامَ وَأَنْفَقَ الْكَرِيمَةَ وَيَاسَرَ الشَّرِيكَ وَاجْتَنَبَ الْفَسَادَ فَإِنَّ نَوْمَهُ وَنُبْهَهُ أَجْرٌ كُلُّهُ وَأَمَّا مَنْ غَزَا فَخْرًا وَرِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً وَعَصَى الْإِمَامَ وَأَفْسَدَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَرْجِعَ بِكَفَافٍ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Raiding is of two kinds. As for one who seeks the Face of Allah, obeys the leader, gives generously, is easygoing with his companion, and avoids corruption, then his sleep and his wakefulness are entirely reward. As for one who raids for pride, showing off, and reputation, disobeys the leader, and spreads corruption in the land, he will not return even with his expenses covered."

169. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2436Sahih

     يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ يَبْتَغِي عَرَضًا مِنْ عَرَضِ الدُّنْيَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا أَجْرَ لَهُ» فَسَأَلَهُ الثَّانِيَةَ وَالثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا أَجْرَ لَهُ»

     ✧ A man said to the Prophet ﷺ: "O Messenger of Allah, a man wants to wage jihad in the way of Allah, but he also seeks some worldly gain." The Prophet ﷺ said: "He has no reward." The man asked him a second and third time, and the Prophet ﷺ said: "He has no reward."

170. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2437Sahih

     يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْجِهَادِ وَالْغَزْوِ فَقَالَ «يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو إِنْ قَاتَلْتَ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا بَعَثَكَ اللَّهُ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا وَإِنْ قَاتَلْتَ مُرَائِيًا مُكَاثِرًا بَعَثَكَ اللَّهُ مُرَائِيًا مُكَاثِرًا يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو عَلَى أَيِّ حَالٍ قَاتَلْتَ أَوْ قُتِلْتَ بَعَثَكَ اللَّهُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ»

     ✧ ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAmr said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about jihad and raiding." The Prophet ﷺ said: "O ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAmr, if you fight patiently, seeking reward, Allah will resurrect you patient, seeking reward. But if you fight for show and to boast, Allah will resurrect you showing off and boasting. O ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAmr, in whatever state you fight or are killed, Allah will resurrect you in that state."

171. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2438Sahih

     «رَحِمَ اللَّهُ حَارِسَ الْحَرَسِ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "May Allah have mercy on the guard of the guard."

172. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2439Sahih

     قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يُنْفِقُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَالٍ لَهُ زَوْجَيْنِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا اسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ حَجَبَةُ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّهُمْ يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى مَا عِنْدَهُ» قَالَ قُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ «إِنْ كَانَ رِجَالًا فَرَجُلَيْنِ وَإِنْ كَانَ إِبِلًا فَبَعِيرَيْنِ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَقَرًا فَبَقَرَتَيْنِ»

     ✧ Abū Hurayrah ؓ reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: "No servant spends a pair of every kind of his wealth in the way of Allah except that the keepers of Paradise meet him, each calling him to what they have." I (the narrator) asked: "How is that?" He said: "If it is men, then two men; if camels, then two camels; if cattle, then two cows."

173. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2440Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا مَالُكَ؟ قَالَ مَالِي عَمَلِي ثُمَّ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ وَقَدِ اتَّفَقَ الشَّيْخَانُ عَلَى إِخْرَاجِ حَدِيثِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مِنْ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ مِنْ مَالِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ» وَسِيَاقَتُهُ مُخَالِفَةٌ لِسَيَاقَةِ حَدِيثِ صَعْصَعَةَوفي الصحيحين من حديث أبي هريرة نحوه

     ✧ A man asked Abū Dharr, "What is your wealth?" He said, "My wealth is my work." Then he related the ḥadīth in full. The two Shaykhs (al-Bukhārī and Muslim) agreed in transmitting al-Zuhrī's ḥadīth from Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from Abū Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever spends a pair from his wealth in the way of Allah," but the wording of this version differs from that of Ṣaʿṣaʿah. In the two Ṣaḥīḥs, there is a similar report from Abū Hurayrah.

174. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2441Sahih

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَنْفَقَ نَفَقَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كُتِبَتْ بِسَبْعِ مِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever spends anything in the way of Allah, it will be recorded for him as seven hundred times its value."

175. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2442No grade recorded

     عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى خُرَيْمِ بْنِ فَاتِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ

     ✧ From Abū Yaḥyā Khuraym b. Fātik ؓ.

176. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2443Sahih

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ أَلْفَ آيَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever recites a thousand verses in the way of Allah, Allah will record him among the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous."

177. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2444Sahih

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا أُصِيبَ إِخْوَانُكُمْ بِأُحُدٍ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ أَرْوَاحَهُمْ فِي جَوْفِ طَيْرٍ خُضْرٍ تَرِدُ أَنْهَارَ الْجَنَّةِ تَأْكُلُ مِنْ ثِمَارِهَا وَتَأْوِي إِلَى قَنَادِيلَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُعَلَّقَةٍ فِي ظِلِّ الْعَرْشِ فَلَمَّا وَجَدُوا طِيبَ مَأْكَلِهِمْ وَمَشْرَبِهِمْ وَمَقِيلِهِمْ قَالُوا مَنْ يُبَلِّغُ إِخْوَانَنَا أَنَّا أَحْيَاءُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ نُرْزَقُ لِئَلَّا يَزْهَدُوا فِي الْجِهَادِ وَلَا يَنْكُلُوا عَنِ الْحَرْبِ؟ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَا أُبَلِّغَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا} [آل عمران 169]

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, when your brothers were struck down at Uḥud: "Allah placed their souls inside green birds that come to the rivers of Paradise, eat from its fruits, and shelter in golden lamps hanging in the shade of the Throne. When they found the goodness of their food, drink, and resting place, they said, 'Who will inform our brothers that we are alive in Paradise, being provided for, so that they will not lose interest in jihad or shrink from war?' Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said, 'I will inform them on your behalf,' and Allah revealed: 'Do not consider those who were killed in the way of Allah as dead' (Āl ʿImrān 169)."

178. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2445Sahih

     مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ مُجَاهِدًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ ضَمَّ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ وَأَيْنَ الْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَخَرَّ عَنْ دَابَّتِهِ فَمَاتَ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَإِنْ لَدَغَتْهُ دَابَّةٌ فَمَاتَ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ مَاتَ حَتْفَ أَنْفِهِ قَالَ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَلِمَةٌ مَا سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ أَوَّلَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعْنِي بِحَتْفِ أَنْفِهِ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ قَعْصًا فَقَدِ اسْتَوْجَبَ الْجَنَّةَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever leaves his house as a fighter in the way of Allah" — then he closed his three fingers — "and where are the fighters in the way of Allah? If he falls from his mount and dies, his reward is with Allah. If an animal bites him and he dies, his reward is with Allah. And whoever dies a natural death" — he said, "This is a word I have not heard from any Arab before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ" — meaning by 'natural death' dying in one's bed, "then his reward is with Allah. And whoever is killed outright, he has indeed deserved Paradise."

179. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2446Sahih

     كَانَ يَبْلُغُنِي عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ حَدِيثٌ فَكُنْتُ أَشْتَهِي لِقَاءَهُ فَلَقِيتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ كَانَ يَبْلُغُنِي عَنْكَ حَدِيثٌ فَكُنْتُ أَشْتَهِي لِقَاءَكَ قَالَ لِلَّهِ أَبُوكَ فَقَدْ لَقِيتَنِي قَالَ قُلْتُ حَدِّثْنِي بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَكَ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ثَلَاثَةً وَيُبْغِضُ ثَلَاثَةً» قَالَ فَلَا أَخَالُنِي أَكْذِبُ عَلَى خَلِيلِي قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللَّهُ؟ قَالَ رَجُلٌ غَزَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا مُجَاهِدًا فَلَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَجِدُونَهُ عِنْدَكُمْ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ الْمُنَزَّلِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ صَفًّا كَأَنَّهُمْ بُنْيَانٌ مَرْصُوصٌ} [الصف 4] قُلْتُ وَمَنْ؟ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لَهُ جَارُ سُوءٍ يُؤْذِيهِ فَيَصْبِرُ عَلَى إِيذَائِهِ حَتَّى يَكْفِيَهُ اللَّهُ إِيَّاهُ إِمَّا بِحَيَاةٍ أَوْ مَوْتٍ قُلْتُ وَمَنْ؟ قَالَ رَجُلٌ يُسَافَرُ مَعَ قَوْمٍ فَأَدْلَجُوا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْكَرَى وَالنُّعَاسُ فَضَرَبُوا رُءُوسَهُمْ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَتَطَهَّرَ رَهْبَةً لِلَّهِ وَرَغْبَةً لِمَا عِنْدَهُ قُلْتُ فَمَنِ الثَّلَاثَةُ الَّذِينَ يُبْغِضُهُمُ اللَّهُ؟ قَالَ الْمُخْتَالُ الْفَخُورُ وَأَنْتُمْ تَجِدُونَهُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ الْمُنَزَّلِ {إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ} [لقمان 18] قُلْتُ وَمَنْ؟ قَالَ الْبَخِيلُ الْمَنَّانُ قَالَ وَمَنْ؟ قَالَ التَّاجِرُ الْحَلَّافُ أَوِ الْبَائِعُ الْحَلَّافُ

     ✧ I used to hear a hadith from Abu Dharr and I wished to meet him. So I met him and said, “O Abu Dharr, I used to hear a hadith from you and I wished to meet you.” He said, “May your father be devoted to Allah, for you have met me.” He said, “I said, ‘Tell me: I have heard that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told you…’” He said, “Indeed Allah loves three and hates three.” He said, “I do not think that I would lie about my close friend (the Prophet).” He said, “I said, ‘Who are those whom Allah loves?’ He said, ‘A man who goes on a military expedition in the path of Allah, patiently, seeking reward, striving, then meets the enemy and fights until he is killed. You find this in the Book of Allah, the revealed.’ Then he recited this verse: {Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in His cause in a row as though they are a solid structure} [al-Saff: 4]. I said, ‘And who else?’ He said, ‘A man who has a bad neighbor who harms him, and he bears his harm patiently until Allah suffices him, either by life or by death.’ I said, ‘And who else?’ He said, ‘A man who travels with a group, and they travel by night until, when it is the last part of the night, drowsiness and sleepiness overcome them, so they lay down their heads. Then he gets up, purifies himself, out of fear of Allah and desire for what is with Him.’ I said, ‘And who are the three whom Allah hates?’ He said, ‘The arrogant boaster. You find this in the Book of Allah, the revealed: {Indeed, Allah does not love everyone who is arrogant and boastful} [Luqman: 18]. I said, ‘And who else?’ He said, ‘The miser who reminds of his favors.’ He said, ‘And who else?’ He said, ‘The merchant or seller who swears much.’”

180. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2447Sahih

     «مَنْ أَظَلَّ رَأْسَ غَازٍ أَظَلَّهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ جَهَّزَ غَازِيًا حَتَّى يَسْتَقِلَّ بِجَهَازِهِ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِهِ»

     ✧ “Whoever shades the head of a warrior, Allah will shade him on the Day of Resurrection. And whoever equips a warrior until he is fully equipped, he will have a reward like his.”

181. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2448Abu Dawud silent

     «مَنْ أَعَانَ مُجَاهِدًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ غَارِمًا فِي عُسْرَتِهِ أَوْ مُكَاتَبًا فِي رَقَبَتِهِ أَظَلَّهُ اللَّهُ فِي ظِلِّهِ يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلُّهُ»

     ✧ “Whoever helps a mujahid in the path of Allah, or a debtor in his hardship, or a slave in his contract of emancipation, Allah will shade him in His shade on a day when there is no shade but His shade.”

182. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2449Sahih

     رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَكَ بِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ سَبْعُ مِائَةٍ كُلُّهَا مَخْطُومَةٌ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “You will have for it on the Day of Resurrection seven hundred, all of them bridled.”

183. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2450Sahih

     «مَنْ جَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَانَ ضَامِنًا عَلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ دَخَلَ عَلَى إِمَامِ يُعَزِّرُهُ كَانَ ضَامِنًا عَلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ جَلَسَ فِي بَيْتِهِ لَمْ يَغْتَبْ أَحَدًا بِسُوءٍ كَانَ ضَامِنًا عَلَى اللَّهِ»

     ✧ “Whoever strives in the path of Allah is guaranteed by Allah. Whoever enters upon a leader to honor him is guaranteed by Allah. Whoever sits in his house and does not backbite anyone with evil is guaranteed by Allah.”

184. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2451Sahih

     أَنَّهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَغْزُوَ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينِ وَالْأَنْصَارِ إِنَّ مِنْ إِخْوَانِكُمْ قَوْمًا لَيْسَ لَهُمْ مَالٌ وَلَا عَشِيرَةٌ فَلْيَضُمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَيْهِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ أَوِ الثَّلَاثَةَ وَمَا لِأَحَدِنَا مِنْ ظَهْرٍ يَحَمِلُهُ إِلَّا عُقْبَةً كَعُقْبَةِ أَحَدِهِمْ قَالَ فَضَمَمْتُ إِلَيَّ اثْنَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً مَا لِي إِلَّا عُقْبَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ

     ✧ He wanted to go on a military expedition, so he said, “O assembly of the Muhajirun and the Ansar, among your brothers are people who have neither wealth nor clan. Let each of you attach to himself two or three men. None of us has a mount to carry him except a turn like the turn of one of them.” He said, “So I attached to myself two or three, and I had only a turn like one of them.”

185. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2452Sahih

     أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «خِدْمَةُ عَبْدٍ أَوْ ظِلُّ فُسْطَاطٍ أَوْ طَرُوقَةُ فَحْلٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ»

     ✧ He asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, “Which charity is best?” He said, “The service of a slave, or the shade of a tent, or a stallion camel in the path of Allah.”

186. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2453Sahih

     كُنَّا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ نَتَعَاقَبُ ثَلَاثَةٌ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ فَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ وَأَبُو لُبَابَةَ زَمِيلَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ إِذَا كَانَتْ عُقْبَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولَانِ لَهُ ارْكَبْ حَتَّى نَمْشِيَ فَيَقُولُ «إِنِّي لَسْتُ بِأَغْنَى عَنِ الْأَجْرِ مِنْكُمَا وَلَا أَنْتُمَا بِأَقْوَى عَلَى الْمَشْيِ مِنِّي»

     ✧ On the day of Badr, we took turns three of us on one camel. Ali and Abu Lubabah were the two companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When it was the turn of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, they said to him, “Ride, and let us walk.” He said, “I am not more in need of the reward than you two, nor are you two stronger in walking than me.”

187. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2454Sahih

     «الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ وَأَهْلُهَا مُعَانُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهَا كَالْبَاسِطِ يَدَهُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ»

     ✧ “Goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses, and their owners are aided upon them, and the one who spends on them is like one who extends his hand in charity.”

188. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2455No grade recorded

     كَانَ أَبِي جَلِيسًا لِأَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ بِدِمَشْقَ وَكَانَ بِدِمَشْقَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُقَالُ لَهُ ابْنُ الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ فَمَرَّ بِنَا يَوْمًا فَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ كَلِمَةٌ تَنْفَعُنَا وَلَا تَضُرُّكَ قَالَ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ «الْمُنْفِقَ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَبَاسِطِ يَدَيْهِ بِالصَّدَقَةِ لَا يَقْبِضُهَا» أخرجناه شاهدا

     ✧ My father was a companion of Abu al-Darda’ in Damascus. There was in Damascus a man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ called Ibn al-Hanzaliyyah al-Ansari. He passed by us one day and greeted. Abu al-Darda’ said to him, “A word that benefits us and does not harm you.” He said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: ‘The one who spends on horses in the path of Allah is like one who extends his hands in charity and does not withdraw them.’” We have cited it as a witness.

189. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2456Sahih

     «مَنِ احْتَبَسَ فَرَسًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِيمَانًا بِاللَّهِ وَتَصْدِيقَ مَوْعُودِ اللَّهِ كَانَ شِبَعُهُ وَرِيُّهُ وَرَوْثُهُ وَبَوْلُهُ حَسَنَاتٍ فِي مِيزَانِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

     ✧ “Whoever withholds a horse in the path of Allah, out of faith in Allah and belief in Allah’s promise, its satiety, its drinking, its dung, and its urine will be good deeds in his scale on the Day of Resurrection.”

190. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2457Sahih

     مَا مِنْ فَرَسٍ عَرَبِيٍّ إِلَّا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِدَعْوَتَيْنِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ كَمَا خَوَّلْتَنِي مَنْ خَوَّلْتَنِي فَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَحَبِّ مَالِهِ وَأَهْلِهِ إِلَيْهِ

     ✧ There is no Arabian horse except that it is permitted every day to make two supplications. It says, “O Allah, as You have granted me to whomever You have granted me, make me among the most beloved of his wealth and his family to him.”

191. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2458Sahih

     «خَيْرُ الْخَيْلِ الْأَدْهَمُ الْأَقْرَحُ الْمُحَجَّلُ الْأَرْثَمُ طَلْقُ الْيَدِ الْيُمْنَى فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَدْهَمَ فَكُمَيْتٌ عَلَى هَذِهِ الشِّيَةِ»

     ✧ The best of horses is the black one with a white forehead, white stockings, and a white upper lip, with the right foreleg white. If it is not black, then a dark bay with these markings.

192. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2459Sahih

     «إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَغْزُوَ فَاشْتَرِ فَرَسًا أَدْهَمَ أَغَرَّ مُحَجَّلًا مُطْلَقَ الْيُمْنَى فَإِنَّكَ تَغْنَمْ وَتَسْلَمُ»

     ✧ When you intend to raid, buy a black horse with a white forehead, white stockings, and a white right foreleg, for you will gain booty and remain safe.

193. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2460Sahih

     «أَظَلَّتْكُمْ فِتَنٌ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ أَنْجَى النَّاسِ مِنْهَا صَاحِبُ شَاهِقَةٍ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ رُسُلِ غَنَمِهِ أَوْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الدُّرُوبِ آخِذٌ بِعِنَانِ فَرَسِهِ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ فَيْءِ سَيْفِهِ»

     ✧ Fitan (trials) will overshadow you like pieces of a dark night. The safest of people from them will be a man upon a mountain peak eating from the milk of his sheep, or a man behind the mountain passes holding the rein of his horse, eating from the spoils of his sword.

194. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2461Sahih

     عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْجَنْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ رَضِيَ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّ وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولًا وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ» قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَحَمِدْتُ اللَّهَ وَكَبَّرَتُ وَسُرِرْتُ بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَأُخْرَى يَرْفَعُ اللَّهُ بِهَا أَهْلَهَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِائَةَ دَرَجَةٍ مَا بَيْنَ كُلِّ دَرَجَتَيْنِ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَوْ أَبْعَدَ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ وَمَا ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ

     ✧ From Abu Ali al-Janbi, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever is pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad as Messenger, Paradise becomes obligatory for him." Abu Sa'id said: "I praised Allah, said takbir, and rejoiced at it." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "And another thing by which Allah raises its people in Paradise one hundred degrees, the distance between each two degrees being like that between the heaven and the earth, or farther than between the heaven and the earth." He said: "I asked, 'What is that, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Jihad in the path of Allah, jihad in the path of Allah.'"

195. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2462Sahih

     «اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فَنَاءَ أُمَّتِي قَتْلًا فِي سَبِيلِكَ بِالطَّعْنِ وَالطَّاعُونِ»

     ✧ O Allah, make the destruction of my ummah by killing in Your path, by stabbing and by the plague.

196. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2463Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَسْوَدَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ مُنْتِنُ الرِّيحِ قَبِيحُ الْوَجْهِ لَا مَالَ لِي فَإِنْ أَنَا قَاتَلْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ حَتَّى أُقْتَلَ فَأَيْنَ أَنَا؟ قَالَ «فِي الْجَنَّةِ» فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «قَدْ بَيَّضَ اللَّهُ وَجْهَكَ وَطَيَّبَ رِيحَكَ وَأَكْثَرَ مَالَكَ» وَقَالَ لِهَذَا أَوْ لِغَيْرِهِ «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ زَوْجَتَهُ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ نَازَعَتْهُ جُبَّةً لَهُ مِنْ صُوفٍ تَدْخُلُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ جُبَّتِهِ»

     A black man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am a black man with a foul odor and an ugly face, and I have no wealth. If I fight these people ˹in the path of Allah˺ until I am killed, where will I be?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "In Paradise." So he fought until he was killed. Then the Prophet ﷺ came to him and said, "Allah has brightened your face, sweetened your fragrance, and increased your wealth." And he said to him or to someone else, "I have seen his wife from the beautiful black-eyed maidens stripping off her garment of silk to cover him.

197. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2464Sahih

     مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقَوْمٍ يَرْمُونَ فَقَالَ «رَمْيًا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a people shooting arrows and said: "Shoot, O sons of Ishmael, for your father was an archer."

198. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2465Sahih

     خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَوْمٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يَرْمُونَ فَقَالَ «ارْمُوا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ الْأَدْرَعِ» فَأَمْسَكَ الْقَوْمُ قِسِيِّهِمْ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ كُنْتَ مَعَهُ غَلَبَ قَالَ «ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلِّكُمْ» على شرط مسلم

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ went out while a group from Aslam were shooting arrows. He said: "Shoot, O sons of Ishmael, for your father was an archer. Shoot, and I am with the son of al-Adra'." The people held back their bows and said: "O Messenger of Allah, whoever you are with wins." He said: "Shoot, and I am with all of you." [Reported] according to the condition of Muslim.

199. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2466Sahih

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرَّ عَلَى نَاسٍ يَنْتَضِلُونَ فَقَالَ «حَسَنٌ هَذَا اللَّهُمَّ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ الْأَدْرَعِ» فَأَمْسَكَ الْقَوْمُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فَقَالُوا أَلَا وَاللَّهِ لَا نَرْمِي مَعَهُ وَأَنْتَ مَعَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذًا يَنْضِلُنَا فَقَالَ «ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ جَمِيعًا» وَقَالَا فَقَالَ لَقَدْ رَمَوْا عَامَّةَ يَوْمِهِمْ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقُوا عَلَى السَّوَاءِ مَا نَضَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا

     ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by some people shooting arrows and said: "This is good. O Allah," twice or thrice. "Shoot, and I am with the son of al-Adra'." The people stopped their hands and said: "By Allah, we will not shoot with him while you are with him, O Messenger of Allah; then he will outshoot us." He said: "Shoot, and I am with all of you." They said: "They shot for most of that day, then dispersed evenly; none of them outshot the others."

200. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2467Sahih

     كُنْتُ رَامِيًا أُرَامِي عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ فَمَرَّ بِي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ يَا خَالِدُ اخْرُجْ بِنَا نَرْمِي فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا خَالِدُ تَعَالَ أُحَدِّثْكَ مَا حَدَّثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَقُولُ لَكَ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ الَّذِي احْتَسَبَ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرِ وَمُتَنَبِّلُهُ وَالرَّامِي ارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَإِنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللَّهْوِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ تَأْدِيبُ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتُهُ زَوْجَتَهُ وَرَمْيُهُ بِنَبْلِهِ عَنْ قَوْمِهِ وَمَنْ عَلِمَ الرَّمْيَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ فَهِيَ نِعْمَةٌ كَفَرَهَا»

     ✧ I was an archer, shooting against 'Uqbah b. 'Amir. One day he passed by me and said: 'O Khalid, come out with us to shoot.' I was slow to respond, so he said: 'O Khalid, come, let me tell you what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me, and I will say to you as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah admits three persons into Paradise by a single arrow: its maker, who sought good in making it; its shooter; and the one who hands it to the shooter. Shoot and ride, but shooting is dearer to me than riding. There is no legitimate amusement except three: a man training his horse, playing with his wife, and shooting with his bow among his people. And whoever learns archery then abandons it, it is a blessing he has disbelieved."'

201. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2468Sahih

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِنْ لَهُوِ الدُّنْيَا بَاطِلٌ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ انْتِضَالُكَ بِقَوْسِكَ وَتَأْدِيبُكَ فَرَسَكَ وَمُلَاعَبَتُكَ أَهْلَكَ فَإِنَّهَا مِنَ الْحَقِّ» وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «انْتَضِلُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَإِنْ تَنْتَضِلُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُدخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةً الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِيهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالْمُتَنَبِّلُ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ» على شرط مسلم

     ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Every amusement of the worldly life is false except three: your shooting with your bow, your training your horse, and your playing with your family, for they are from the truth." And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Shoot and ride, but shooting is dearer to me. Indeed Allah admits three persons into Paradise by a single arrow: its maker, who seeks good in it; the one who hands it; and the archer who shoots it." [Reported] according to the condition of Muslim.

202. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2469Sahih

     فَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَلَهُ عَدْلُ مُحَرَّرٍ» قَالَ فَبَلَغْتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ سَهْمًا

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Whoever shoots an arrow in the path of Allah, he will have the reward of freeing a slave.' He said: 'That day I reached sixteen arrows.'

203. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2470No grade recorded

     «مَنْ رَمَى الْعَدُوَّ بِسَهْمٍ فَبَلَغَ سَهْمُهُ أَخْطَأَ أَوْ أَصَابَ فَعَدَلَ رَقَبَةً»

     ✧ Whoever shoots an arrow at the enemy, and his arrow reaches, whether it misses or hits, it is equivalent to freeing a slave.

204. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2471Sahih

     عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَا لَمَّا الْتَقَيْنَا نَحْنُ وَالْقَوْمُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا كَثَبُوكُمْ فَارْمُوا بِالنَّبْلِ وَاسْتَبْقُوا نَبْلَكُمْ»

     ✧ From his father they said: When we met the enemy on the day of Badr, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us, “When they close in on you, shoot arrows and conserve your arrows.”

205. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2472Sahih

     «أَنْبِلُوا سَعْدًا ارْمِ يَا سَعْدُ رَمَى اللَّهُ لَكَ ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the Muslims on the day of Uhud, "Fight bravely, Sa'd, throw, O Sa'd, for Allah has thrown for you. May my father and mother be sacrificed for you."

206. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2473Sahih

     «أَلَا هَلْ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِنِّي حَمَيْتُ صَحَابَتِي بِصُدُورِ نَبْلِي هَذَا» حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

     ✧ “Lo! Has the Messenger of Allah come? Indeed I protected my companions with the shafts of these arrows of mine.” A hadith with a sound chain, though they did not include it. Sahih.

207. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2474Sahih

     ثنا أَبُو الْمُوَجِّهِ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدَانُ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَنْبَأَ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ الْعَدْلُ أَنْبَأَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ الْعَدْلُ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا عبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا قَالَ لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَبْعَثُنَا فِي السَّرِيَّةِ مَا لَنَا زَادٌ إِلَّا السَّفُّ مِنَ التَّمْرِ نَقْسِمُهُ قَبْضَةً قَبْضَةً حَتَّى يَصِيرَ إِلَى تَمْرَةٍ تَمْرَةٍ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَتِ مَا عَسَى أَنْ تُغْنِيَ عَنْكُمُ التَّمْرَةُ؟ قَالَ لَا تَقُلْ ذَلِكَ يَا بُنَيَّ فَلَمْ نَعْدُ أَنْ فَقَدْنَاهَا فَاحْتَجْنَا إِلَيْهَا

     ✧ Thana Abu al-Muwajjih, anba’a Abdan, anba’a Abdullah, anba’a al-Mas‘udi; and ‘Ali b. Hamshadh al-‘Adl narrated to me, anba’a al-Harith b. Abi Usama, thana Yazid b. Harun, anba’a al-Mas‘udi; and Abu Sa‘id ‘Amr b. Muhammad b. Mansur al-‘Adl narrated to us, thana ‘Umar b. Hafs al-Sadusi, thana ‘Asim b. ‘Ali, thana ‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Ubayd Allah al-Mas‘udi, from Abu Bakr b. Hafs, from ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Amir b. Rabi‘a, from his father, and he was a participant in Badr. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would send us out on expeditions when we had no provisions except leaves of dates. We would divide them up handful by handful until it came to a single date, single date. I said, “Father, what could a single date avail you?” He said, “Do not say that, my son, for we had only just lost them when we came to need them.”

208. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2475Sahih

     عَبْدُ اللَّهِ انْتَظِرْ حَتَّى أُوَدِّعُكَ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُوَدِّعُنَا «أَسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينَكَ وَأَمَانَتَكَ وَخَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِكَ»

     ✧ ‘Abd Allah: Wait until I bid you farewell as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to bid us farewell: “I entrust to Allah your religion, your trust, and the final outcomes of your deeds.”

209. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2476No grade recorded

     «أَسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينِكَ وَأَمَانَتَكَ وَخَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِكَ»

     ✧ “I entrust to Allah your religion, your trust, and the final outcomes of your deeds.”