9. Struggle in the Path of Allah

1. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4278No grade recorded

   لَمَّا أُخْرِجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ مَكَّةَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَخْرَجُوا نَبِيَّهُمْ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ لَيُهْلَكُنَّ فَنَزَلَتْ {أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَاتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلِمُوا وَإِنَّ اللهَ عَلَى نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِيرٌ} [الحج 39] فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ قِتَالٌ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَهِيَ أَوَّلُ آيَةٍ نَزَلَتْ فِي الْقِتَالِ

   ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ was expelled from Makkah, Abū Bakr said, “They have driven out their Prophet. Truly, to Allah we belong and to Him we return. They will surely perish.” Then it was revealed: “Permission is given to those who fight because they have been wronged, and indeed Allah is able to give them victory” [al-Ḥajj 39]. So I knew that fighting would take place. Ibn ʿAbbās said: This was the first verse revealed about fighting.

2. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4279No grade recorded

   أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَأَصْحَابًا لَهُ أَتَوَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا فِي عِزٍّ وَنَحْنُ مُشْرِكُونَ فَلَمَّا آمَنَّا صِرْنَا أَذِلَّةً فَقَالَ «إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ بِالْعَفْوِ فَلَا تُقَاتِلُوا» فَلَمَّا حَوَّلَهُ اللهُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ أُمِرَ بِالْقِتَالِ فَكُفُّوا فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ {أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ} [النساء 77]

   ✧ ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf and some companions came to the Prophet ﷺ in Makkah and said, “O Messenger of Allah, we were honored while we were polytheists, but when we believed we became humiliated.” He said, “I have been commanded to pardon, so do not fight.” Then when Allah transferred him to al-Madīnah, he was commanded to fight, but they held back, so Allah revealed: “Have you not seen those who were told, ‘Restrain your hands and establish prayer’” [al-Nisāʾ 77].

3. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4280No grade recorded

   قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «بُعِثْتُ بِجَوَامِعِ الْكَلِمِ وَنُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ وَبَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ أُتِيتُ بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ فَوُضِعَتْ فِي يَدِي» قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَذُهِبَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْتَثِلُونَهَا 4281 أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ نِزَارٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مَبْرُورٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I was sent with the most concise expressions, and I was aided by awe, and while I was sleeping, I was given the keys to the treasures of the earth, and they were placed in my hand." Abu Hurayrah said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was taken away, and you are now taking from them."

4. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4282No grade recorded

   سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «بُعِثْتُ بِجَوَامِعِ الْكَلِمِ وَنُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ وَبَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ أُتِيتُ بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ فَوُضِعَتْ فِي يَدِي» قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْتَثِلُونَهَا

   ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "I was sent with the most concise expressions, and I was aided by awe, and while I was sleeping, I was given the keys to the treasures of the earth, and they were placed in my hand." Abu Hurayrah said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has gone, and you are taking from them."

5. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4283No grade recorded

   أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَمَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ عَصَمَ مِنِّي مَالَهُ وَنَفْسَهُ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ وَحِسَابُهُ عَلَى اللهِ

   ✧ He informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they say 'There is no god but Allah.' So whoever says 'There is no god but Allah' has protected his wealth and his life from me, except for what is due from it, and his reckoning is with Allah."

6. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4284No grade recorded

   لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَاسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَكَفَرَ مَنْ كَفَرَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَمَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ عَصَمَ مِنِّي َنَفْسَهُ وَمَالَهُ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ وَحِسَابُهُ عَلَى اللهِ؟ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَاللهِ لَأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ فَإِنَّ الزَّكَاةَ حَقُّ الْمَالِ وَاللهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عَنَاقًا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهَا فَوَاللهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ شَرَحَ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لِلْقِتَالِ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ

   ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died and Abu Bakr was made the successor, and some of the Arabs disbelieved, Umar said: "O Abu Bakr, how can you fight the people when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I have been commanded to fight the people until they say "There is no god but Allah." So whoever says "There is no god but Allah" has protected his life and his wealth from me, except for what is due from it, and his reckoning is with Allah'?" Abu Bakr said: "By Allah, I will definitely fight those who separate between prayer and zakah, for zakah is the right due on wealth. By Allah, if they withhold from me a young goat that they used to give to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I will fight them for withholding it." Umar said: "By Allah, it was only when I saw that Allah had opened Abu Bakr's chest to fighting that I knew it was the truth."

7. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4285No grade recorded

   لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَعْدَهُ وَكَفَرَ مَنْ كَفَرَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَمَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَقَدْ عَصَمَ مِنِّي مَالَهُ وَنَفْسَهُ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ وَحِسَابُهُ عَلَى اللهِ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لَأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ فَإِنَّ الزَّكَاةَ حَقُّ الْمَالِ وَاللهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عَنَاقًا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهَا قَالَ عُمَرُ فَوَاللهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ شَرَحَ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِالْقِتَالِ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَحْمَدَ

   ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died and Abu Bakr came after him, and some of the Arabs disbelieved, Umar said: "O Abu Bakr, how can you fight the people when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I have been commanded to fight the people until they say "There is no god but Allah." So whoever says "There is no god but Allah" has protected his wealth and his life from me, except for what is due from it, and his reckoning is with Allah'?" Abu Bakr said: "I will definitely fight those who separate between prayer and zakah, for zakah is the right due on wealth. By Allah, if they withhold from me a young goat that they used to give to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I will fight them for withholding it." Umar said: "By Allah, it was only when I saw that Allah had opened Abu Bakr's chest to fighting that I knew it was the truth." And the wording is Ahmad's.

8. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4286No grade recorded

   قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا عَصَمُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهَا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لَأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ وَاللهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عَنَاقًا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهَا قَالَ عُمَرُ فَوَاللهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ شَرَحَ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِقِتَالِهِمْ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they say 'There is no god but Allah.' When they say it, they have protected their blood and their wealth from me, except for what is due from it." Abu Bakr said: "I will definitely fight those who separate between prayer and zakah. By Allah, if they withhold from me a young goat that they used to give to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I will fight them for withholding it." Umar said: "By Allah, it was only when I saw that Allah had opened Abu Bakr's chest to fighting them that I knew it was the truth."

9. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4287No grade recorded

   لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ارْتَدَّتِ الْعَرَبُ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تُقَاتِلُ الْعَرَبَ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ» وَاللهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عَنَاقًا مِمَّا كَانُوا يُعْطُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ عُمَرُ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ رَأْيَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَدْ شُرِحَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عِمْرَانُ الْقَطَّانُ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ خَطَأٌ وَالَّذِي قَبْلَهُ وَالصَّوَابُ حَدِيثُ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

   ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died, the Arabs apostatized. Umar said: "O Abu Bakr, how can you fight the Arabs?" Abu Bakr said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I have been commanded to fight the people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah, and they establish prayer and give zakah.' By Allah, if they withhold from me a young goat from what they used to give to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I will fight them for it." Umar said: "When I saw that Abu Bakr's opinion had been explained, I knew that it was the truth." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: "Imran al-Qattan is not strong in hadith, and this hadith is a mistake, as is the one before it. The correct version is the hadith of al-Zuhri from Ubayd Allah from Abu Hurayrah."

10. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4288No grade recorded

    أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَمَنْ قَالَهَا فَقَدْ عَصَمَ مِنِّي نَفْسَهُ وَمَالَهُ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ وَحِسَابُهُ عَلَى اللهِ»

    ✧ He informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they say 'There is no god but Allah.' Whoever says it has protected his life and his wealth from me, except for what is due from it, and his reckoning is with Allah."

11. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4289No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «جَاهِدُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Strive against the polytheists with your wealth, your hands, and your tongues."

12. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4290No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ مَاتَ وَلَمْ يَغْزُ وَلَمْ يُحَدِّثْ نَفْسَهُ بِغَزْوٍ مَاتَ عَلَى شُعْبَةِ نِفَاقٍ»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Whoever dies without having fought or without having resolved to fight, dies on a branch of hypocrisy."

13. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4291No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْلَا أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَا تَطِيبُ أَنْفُسُهُمْ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا عَنِّي وَلَا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَا تَخَلَّفْتُ عَنْ سَرِيَّةٍ تَغْزُو فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي أُقْتَلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, were it not that some men among the believers would not be pleased to stay behind from me, and I do not find what to mount them on, I would not stay behind from any military expedition that goes out in the path of Allah. By the One in whose hand is my soul, I wish I were killed in the path of Allah, then brought back to life, then killed, then brought back to life, then killed, then brought back to life, then killed."

14. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4292No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ} فَجَاءَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ وَهُوَ يُمِلُّهَا عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ أَسْتَطِيعُ الْجِهَادَ لَجَاهَدْتُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ وَفَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَثَقُلَتْ عَلَيَّ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنْ سَتُرَضُّ فَخِذِي ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95]

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ received the revelation: "Not equal are those believers who sit [at home] and the mujahideen in the path of Allah." Then Ibn Umm Maktum came while he was dictating it to me, and said: "O Messenger of Allah, if I were able to fight, I would fight." Then Allah sent down, while his thigh was on my thigh, and it became so heavy upon me that I thought my thigh would be crushed, then it was relieved: "other than those who have a disability" [Quran 4:95].

15. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4293No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ مَرْوَانَ جَالِسًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَقْبَلْتُ حَتَّى جَلَسْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَأَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمْلَى عَلَيَّ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ} قَالَ فَجَاءَهُ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ وَهُوَ يُمِلُّهَا عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَاللهِ لَوْ أَسْتَطِيعُ الْجِهَادَ لَجَاهَدْتُ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا أَعْمَى فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ وَفَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَثَقُلَتْ حَتَّى هَمَّتْ تُرَضُّ فَخِذِي ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95]

    ✧ I saw Marwan sitting in the mosque, so I came and sat beside him, and he told us that Zayd b. Thabit told him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dictated to me: {Not equal are those believers who sit [at home] and the mujahidun in the cause of Allah} [Quran 4:95]. He said: Ibn Umm Maktum came to him while he was dictating it to me and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, if I were able to fight, I would fight.' He was a blind man. Then Allah sent down upon His Messenger ﷺ while his thigh was on my thigh, and it became so heavy that I feared it would crush my thigh. Then it was lifted from him, and Allah revealed: {other than those having a disability} [Quran 4:95].

16. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4294No grade recorded

    يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَكَيْفَ وَأَنَا أَعْمَى؟ قَالَ فَمَا بَرِحَ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95]

    ✧ 'O Messenger of Allah, how can I when I am blind?' He said: He did not stay until it was revealed: {other than those having a disability} [Quran 4:95].

17. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4295No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا قَالَ ائْتُونِي بِالْكَتِفِ وَاللَّوْحِ فَكَتَبَ {لَا يَسْتَوِي} [النساء 95] الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ خَلْفَهُ فَقَالَ هَلْ لِي مِنْ رُخْصَةٍ؟ فَنَزَلَتْ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95]

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ mentioned a word whose meaning was: 'Bring me the shoulder blade and the tablet,' and he wrote: {Not equal} [Quran 4:95] those believers who sit, while Amr b. Umm Maktum was behind him. He said, 'Is there any concession for me?' Then it was revealed: {other than those having a disability} [Quran 4:95].

18. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4296No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُهُ فِي الْجِهَادِ فَقَالَ «أَحَيٌّ وَالِدَاكَ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ»

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ asking his permission to go on jihad. He said, 'Are your parents alive?' He said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Then strive in serving them.'

19. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4297No grade recorded

    أَنَّ جَاهِمَةَ جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَغْزُوَ وَقَدْ جِئْتُ أَسْتَشِيرُكَ فَقَالَ «هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ أُمٍّ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَالْزَمْهَا فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهَا»

    ✧ Jahimah came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I intended to go on a military expedition and I have come to consult you.' He said, 'Do you have a mother?' He said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Stay with her, for Paradise is at her feet.'

20. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4298No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «مُؤْمِنٌ يُجَاهِدُ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ مُؤْمِنٌ فِي شُعَبٍ مِنَ الشِّعَابِ يَتَّقِي اللهَ وَيَدَعُ النَّاسَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ»

    ✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, which of the people is best?' He said, 'A believer who strives with his self and his wealth in the cause of Allah.' He said, 'Then who, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'Then a believer in one of the mountain passes who fears Allah and spares the people from his evil.'

21. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4299No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَامَ تَبُوكَ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ وَهُوَ مُسْنِدٌ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ فَقَالَ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ النَّاسِ وَشَرِّ النَّاسِ؟ إِنَّ مِنْ خَيْرِ النَّاسِ رَجُلًا عَمِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ عَلَى ظَهْرِ فَرَسِهِ أَوْ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَعِيرِهِ أَوْ عَلَى قَدَمِهِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ الْمَوْتُ وَإِنَّ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّاسِ رَجُلًا فَاجِرًا يَقْرَأُ كِتَابَ اللهِ لَا يَرْعَوِي إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ»

    ✧ In the year of Tabuk, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was addressing the people while leaning his back against his riding camel. He said, 'Shall I tell you about the best of people and the worst of people? Among the best of people is a man who works in the cause of Allah on the back of his horse, or on the back of his camel, or on his feet, until death comes to him. And among the worst of people is a wicked man who recites the Book of Allah but does not refrain from anything in it.'

22. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4300No grade recorded

    «لَا يَبْكِي أَحَدٌ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللهِ فَتَطْعَمُهُ النَّارُ حَتَّى يُرَدَّ اللَّبَنُ فِي الضَّرْعِ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَدُخَانُ جَهَنَّمَ فِي مِنْخَرَيْ مُسْلِمٍ أَبَدًا»

    ✧ No one weeps out of fear of Allah but that the Fire will not consume him until the milk returns to the udder. And the dust in the cause of Allah and the smoke of Hell will never gather in the nostrils of a Muslim.

23. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4301No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَلِجُ النَّارَ رَجُلٌ بَكَى مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَعُودَ اللَّبَنُ فِي الضَّرْعِ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَدُخَانُ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: 'No man who weeps out of fear of Allah will enter the Fire until the milk returns to the udder. And the dust in the cause of Allah and the smoke of the Fire of Hell will never gather.'

24. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4302No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ فِي النَّارِ مُسْلِمٌ قَتَلَ كَافِرًا ثُمَّ سَدَّدَ وَقَارَبَ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ فِي جَوْفِ مُؤْمِنٍ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَفَيْحُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ فِي قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ الْإِيمَانُ وَالْحَسَدُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'They will never gather in the Fire: a Muslim who killed a disbeliever and then remained upright and was moderate. And they will never gather in the belly of a believer: dust in the cause of Allah and the heat of Hell. And they will never gather in the heart of a servant: faith and envy.'

25. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4303No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَجْتَمِعُ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَا دُخَانُ جَهَنَّمَ فِي جَوْفِ عَبْدٍ أَبَدًا وَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ الشُّحُّ وَالْإِيمَانُ فِي قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ أَبَدًا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Dust in the cause of Allah and the smoke of Hell will never gather in the belly of a servant, and miserliness and faith will never gather in the heart of a servant.'

26. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4304No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَجْتَمِعُ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَدُخَانُ جَهَنَّمَ فِي جَوْفِ رَجُلٍ أَبَدًا وَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ الشُّحُّ وَالْإِيمَانُ فِي قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ أَبَدًا»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Dust in the cause of Allah and the smoke of Hell will never gather in the belly of a man, and miserliness and faith will never gather in the heart of a servant.'

27. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4305No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَجْتَمِعُ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَدُخَانُ جَهَنَّمَ فِي جَوْفِ عَبْدٍ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ الشُّحُّ وَالْإِيمَانُ فِي قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Dust in the path of Allah and the smoke of Hell do not gather in the belly of a servant, and miserliness and faith do not gather in the heart of a servant."

28. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4306No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَجْتَمِعُ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَدُخَانُ جَهَنَّمَ فِي مِنْخَرَيْ مُسْلِمٍ أَبَدًا»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Dust in the path of Allah and the smoke of Hell never gather in the nostrils of a Muslim."

29. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4307No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَجْتَمِعُ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَدُخَانُ جَهَنَّمَ فِي مِنْخَرَيْ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ الشُّحُّ وَإِيمَانٌ فِي قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Dust in the path of Allah and the smoke of Hell do not gather in the nostrils of a Muslim, and miserliness and faith do not gather in the heart of a Muslim man."

30. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4308No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ «لَا يَجْمَعُ اللهُ غُبَارًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَدُخَانَ جَهَنَّمَ فِي جَوْفِ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَا يَجْمَعُ اللهُ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ الْإِيمَانَ بِاللهِ وَالشُّحَّ جَمِيعًا»

    ✧ He heard Abu Hurayrah saying: "Allah will not gather dust in the path of Allah and the smoke of Hell in the belly of a Muslim person, and Allah will not gather in the heart of a Muslim person faith in Allah and miserliness together."

31. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4309No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنِ اغْبَرَّتْ قَدَمَاهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ عَلَى النَّارِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever's feet become dusty in the path of Allah, he is forbidden to the Fire."

32. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4310No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «حُرِّمَتْ عَيْنٌ عَلَى النَّارِ سَهِرَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "An eye that stays awake in the path of Allah is forbidden to the Fire."

33. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4311No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْغَدْوَةُ وَالرَّوْحَةُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A morning or an evening outing in the path of Allah is better than the world and what it contains."

34. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4312No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «غَدْوَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوْ رَوْحَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ وَغَرَبَتْ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A morning or an evening outing in the path of Allah is better than what the sun rises and sets upon."

35. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4313No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلَاثَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللهِ عَوْنُهُ الْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالنَّاكِحُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الْعَفَافَ وَالْمُكَاتَبُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الْأَدَاءَ

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Three are all truly entitled to Allah's help: the one striving in the path of Allah, the one marrying for chastity, and the slave with a contract to purchase his freedom who intends to pay."

36. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4314No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَفْدُ اللهِ ثَلَاثَةٌ الْغَازِي وَالْحَاجُّ وَالْمُعْتَمِرُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The delegates of Allah are three: the warrior, the pilgrim, and the one performing 'umrah."

37. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4315No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «تَكَفَّلَ اللهُ لِمَنْ جَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ لَا يُخْرِجُهُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ إِلَّا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ وَتَصْدِيقُ كَلِمَتِهِ بِأَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ أَوْ يَرُدَّهُ إِلَى مَسْكَنِهِ الَّذِي خَرَجَ مِنْهُ مَعَ مَا نَالَ مِنْ أَجْرٍ أَوْ غَنِيمَةٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah has guaranteed for the one who strives in His path, not leaving his house except for jihad in His path and belief in His word, that He will admit him to Paradise or return him to his dwelling from which he departed with whatever reward or booty he obtained."

38. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4316No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «انْتَدَبَ اللهُ لِمَنْ يَخْرُجُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ لَا يُخْرِجُهُ إِلَّا الْإِيمَانُ بِي وَالْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِي أَنَّهُ ضَامِنٌ حَتَّى أُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِأَيِّهِمَا كَانَ إِمَّا بِقَتْلٍ وَإِمَّا بِوَفَاةٍ أَوْ أَرُدُّهُ إِلَى مَسْكَنِهِ الَّذِي خَرَجَ مِنْهُ نَالَ مَا نَالَ مِنْ أَجْرٍ أَوْ غَنِيمَةٍ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Allah has taken it upon Himself for the one who goes out in His path, nothing bringing him out except faith in Me and jihad in My path, that He is a guarantor until I admit him to Paradise by whichever occurs, either by being killed or by death, or I return him to his dwelling from which he departed having obtained whatever reward or booty he obtained."

39. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4317No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَثَلُ الْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ كَمَثَلِ الصَّائِمِ الْقَائِمِ وَتَوَكَّلَ اللهُ لِلْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِهِ بِأَنْ يَتَوَفَّاهُ فَيُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ أَوْ يُرْجِعَهُ سَالِمًا بِمَا نَالَ مِنْ أَجْرٍ أَوْ غَنِيمَةٍ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The example of the mujahid in the path of Allah—and Allah knows best who truly strives in His path—is like the example of one who fasts and stands in prayer. Allah has guaranteed for the mujahid in His path that if He takes his soul, He will admit him to Paradise, or He will return him safely with the reward or spoils he has obtained."

40. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4318No grade recorded

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

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "No raiding party goes out in the path of Allah and obtains spoils except that they have hastened two-thirds of their reward from the Hereafter, and one-third remains for them. If they do not obtain spoils, their reward is completed for them."

41. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4319No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِيمَا يَحْكِي عَنْ رَبِّهِ قَالَ «أَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ مِنْ عِبَادِي خَرَجَ مُجَاهِدًا فِي سَبِيلِي ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِي ضَمِنْتُ لَهُ إِنْ رَجَعْتُهُ أَنْ أُرْجِعَهُ بِمَا أَصَابَ مِنْ أَجْرٍ أَوْ غَنِيمَةٍ وَإِنْ قَبَضْتُهُ غَفَرْتُ لَهُ وَرَحِمْتُهُ»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, relating from his Lord, he said: "Any servant among My servants who goes out as a mujahid in My path seeking My pleasure, I guarantee for him that if I return him, I will return him with the reward or spoils he has obtained, and if I take his soul, I will forgive him and have mercy on him."

42. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4320No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَثَلُ الْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ كَمَثَلِ الصَّائِمِ الْقَائِمِ الْخَاشِعِ الرَّاكِعِ السَّاجِدِ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The example of the mujahid in the path of Allah—and Allah knows best who truly strives in His path—is like the example of one who fasts, stands in prayer, is humble, bows, and prostrates."

43. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4321No grade recorded

    قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ يَعْدِلُ الْجِهَادَ قَالَ «لَا أَجِدُهُ هَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ إِذَا خَرَجَ الْمُجَاهِدُ تَدْخُلُ مَسْجِدًا فَتَقُومُ لَا تَفْتُرُ وَتَصُومُ لَا تُفْطِرُ؟» قَالَ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ؟

    ✧ He said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: "Direct me to a deed that equals jihad." He said: "I do not find it. Can you, when the mujahid goes out, enter a mosque and stand without flagging and fast without breaking?" The man said: "Who can do that?"

44. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4322No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «إِيمَانٌ بِاللهِ وَجِهَادٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»

    ✧ That he asked the Prophet of Allah ﷺ: "Which deed is best?" He said: "Faith in Allah and jihad in the path of Allah."

45. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4323No grade recorded

    سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «إِيمَانٌ بِاللهِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ حَجٌّ مَبْرُورٌ»

    ✧ A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "Which deeds are most virtuous?" He said: "Faith in Allah." He said: "Then what?" He said: "Then jihad in the path of Allah." He said: "Then what?" He said: "Then an accepted Hajj."

46. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4324No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ مَنْ رَضِيَ بِاللهِ رَبًّا وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ نَبِيًّا وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ» قَالَ فَعَجِبَ لَهَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَعِدْهَا عَلَيَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَفَعَلَ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَأُخْرَى يُرْفَعُ بِهَا لِلْعَبْدِ مِائَةُ دَرَجَةٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَا بَيْنَ كُلِّ دَرَجَتَيْنِ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ» قَالَ وَمَا هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Abu Sa'id, whoever is pleased with Allah as Lord, Islam as religion, and Muhammad ﷺ as Prophet, Paradise is guaranteed for him." Abu Sa'id was amazed at this and said: "Repeat it for me, O Messenger of Allah." He did so. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "And another thing by which the servant is raised one hundred degrees in Paradise, the distance between each two degrees being like that between the heaven and the earth." He said: "What is it, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Jihad in the path of Allah. Jihad in the path of Allah. Jihad in the path of Allah."

47. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4325No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ وَمَاتَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَهُ هَاجَرَ أَوْ مَاتَ فِي مَوْلِدِهِ» فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا تُخْبِرُ بِهَا النَّاسَ فَلْيُبَشَّرُوا بِهَا؟ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ مِائَةُ دَرَجَةٍ مَا بَيْنَ كُلِّ دَرَجَتَيْنِ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَعَدَّهَا لِلْمُجَاهِدِينَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ وَلَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا تَطِيبُ أَنْفُسُهُمْ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا بَعْدِي مَا قَعَدْتُ خَلْفَ سَرِيَّةٍ وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي أُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever establishes prayer, gives zakah, and dies not associating anything with Allah, it is a right upon Allah to forgive him, whether he migrated or died in his birthplace." We said: "O Messenger of Allah, should we not inform the people so they may be given glad tidings?" He said: "Paradise has one hundred degrees, the distance between each two degrees being like that between the heaven and the earth. Allah has prepared them for the mujahidun in His path. Were it not that I would cause hardship for the believers, and I do not find mounts to carry them on, and they would not be pleased to stay behind after me, I would not remain behind any expedition. I would love to be killed, then brought to life, then killed again."

48. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4326No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَنَا زَعِيمٌ وَالزَّعِيمُ الْحَمِيلُ لِمَنْ آمَنَ بِي وَأَسْلَمَ وَهَاجَرَ بِبَيْتٍ فِي رَبَضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَبِبَيْتٍ فِي وَسَطِ الْجَنَّةِ وَأَنَا زَعِيمٌ لِمَنْ آمَنَ بِي وَأَسْلَمَ وَجَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ بِبَيْتٍ فِي رَبَضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَبِبَيْتٍ فِي وَسَطِ الْجَنَّةِ وَبِبَيْتٍ فِي أَعَلَى غُرَفِ الْجَنَّةِ فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمْ يَدَعْ لِلْخَيْرِ مَطْلَبًا وَلَا مِنَ الشَّرِّ مَهْرَبًا يَمُوتُ حَيْثُ شَاءَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "I am a guarantor—and the guarantor is the one who bears responsibility—for whoever believes in me, submits, and migrates, of a house in the outskirts of Paradise and a house in the middle of Paradise. And I am a guarantor for whoever believes in me, submits, and strives in the path of Allah, of a house in the outskirts of Paradise, a house in the middle of Paradise, and a house in the highest chambers of Paradise. Whoever does that has left no pursuit of good and no escape from evil; he may die wherever he wishes to die."

49. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4327No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَعَدَ لِابْنِ آدَمَ بِأَطْرُقِهِ فَقَعَدَ لَهُ بِطَرِيقِ الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَالَ تُسْلِمُ وَتَذَرُ دِينَكَ وَدِينَ آبَائِكَ وَآبَاءِ أَبِيكَ فَعَصَاهُ فَأَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ لَهُ بِطَرِيقِ الْهِجْرَةِ فَقَالَ تُهَاجِرُ وَتَذَرُ أَرْضَكَ وَسَمَاءَكَ وَإِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْمُهَاجِرِ كَمَثَلِ الْفَرَسِ فِي الطِّوَلِ فَعَصَاهُ فَهَاجَرَ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ لَهُ بِطَرِيقِ الْجِهَادِ فَقَالَ تُجَاهِدُ فَهُوَ جَهْدُ النَّفْسِ وَالْمَالِ فَتُقَاتِلُ فَتُقْتَلُ فَتُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ وَيُقْسَمُ الْمَالُ فَعَصَاهُ فَجَاهَدَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ وَإِنْ غَرِقَ كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ أَوْ وَقَصَتْهُ دَابَّةٌ كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Satan sits in wait for the son of Adam on his paths. He sat for him on the path of Islam and said: 'Will you submit and abandon your religion and the religion of your forefathers and your father's forefathers?' But he disobeyed him and submitted. Then he sat for him on the path of migration and said: 'Will you migrate and abandon your land and your sky? The example of the emigrant is like that of a horse tethered by a long rope.' But he disobeyed him and migrated. Then he sat for him on the path of jihad and said: 'Will you fight? It is exertion of self and wealth. You will fight and be killed, then your wife will be remarried and your wealth divided.' But he disobeyed him and fought. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever does that, it is a right upon Allah to admit him to Paradise. And whoever is killed, it is a right upon Allah to admit him to Paradise. And if he drowns, it is a right upon Allah to admit him to Paradise. Or if an animal throws him and breaks his neck, it is a right upon Allah to admit him to Paradise.'"

50. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4328No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ نُودِيَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ هَذَا خَيْرٌ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّلَاةِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الصَّلَاةِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجِهَادِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الْجِهَادِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّدَقَةِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الصَّدَقَةِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصِّيَامِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الرَّيَّانِ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ مَا عَلَى الَّذِي يُدْعَى مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَبْوَابِ مِنْ ضَرُورَةٍ فَهَلْ يُدْعَى أَحَدٌ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَبْوَابِ كُلِّهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever spends a pair in the path of Allah will be called in Paradise: 'O servant of Allah, this is good.' Whoever is from the people of prayer will be called from the gate of prayer; whoever is from the people of jihad will be called from the gate of jihad; whoever is from the people of charity will be called from the gate of charity; and whoever is from the people of fasting will be called from the gate of al-Rayyan." Abu Bakr said: "O Prophet of Allah, there is no distress upon the one who is called from one of those gates, but will anyone be called from all of those gates?" He said: "Yes, and I hope that you will be among them."

51. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4329No grade recorded

    جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يُقَاتِلُ لِيُذْكَرَ وَيُقَاتِلُ لِلْمَغْنَمِ وَيُقَاتِلُ لِيُرَى مَكَانُهُ فَمَنْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ قَاتَلَ لِتَكُونَ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا فَهُوَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»

    ✧ A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: A man fights to be remembered, and fights for spoils, and fights so that his standing may be seen. Which of these is in the way of Allah? He said: "Whoever fights so that the word of Allah may be supreme is in the way of Allah."

52. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4330No grade recorded

    حَدِّثْنِي حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ قَضَاءً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ثَلَاثَةٌ رَجُلٌ اسْتُشْهِدَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا قَالَ فَمَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ قَاتَلْتُ فِيكَ حَتَّى اسْتُشْهِدْتُ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّكَ قَاتَلْتَ لِأَنْ يُقَالَ فُلَانٌ جَرِيءٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِهِ فَسُحَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ وَرَجُلٌ تَعَلَّمَ الْعِلْمَ وَعَلَّمَهُ وَقَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا قَالَ فَمَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ تَعَلَّمْتُ الْعِلْمَ وَعَلَّمْتُهُ وَقَرَأْتُ فِيكَ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ وَلَكِنْ تَعَلَّمْتَ الْعِلْمَ لِيُقَالَ عَالِمٌ وَقَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ لِيُقَالَ قَارِئٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِهِ فَسُحَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ وَرَجُلٌ وَسَّعَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعْطَاهُ مِنْ أَصْنَافَ الْمَالِ كُلِّهِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ مَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا قَالَ مَا تَرَكْتُ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ يَعْنِي تُحِبُّ أَنْ يُنْفَقَ فِيهَا إِلَّا أَنْفَقْتُ فِيهَا لَكَ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ وَلَكِنْ فَعَلْتَ لِيُقَالَ إِنَّهُ جَوَادٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِهِ فَسُحَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ

    ✧ Tell me a hadith you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Yes, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The first of people to be judged on the Day of Resurrection will be three: A man who was martyred. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favors and he will recognize them. He will say: What did you do with them? He will say: I fought for Your sake until I was martyred. He will say: You lie. Rather, you fought so that it would be said, "So-and-so is courageous," and it was said. Then he will be commanded and dragged on his face until he is thrown into the Fire. And a man who learned knowledge, taught it, and recited the Quran. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favors and he will recognize them. He will say: What did you do with them? He will say: I learned knowledge, taught it, and recited the Quran for Your sake. He will say: You lie. Rather, you learned knowledge so that it would be said, "He is a scholar," and you recited the Quran so that it would be said, "He is a reciter," and it was said. Then he will be commanded and dragged on his face until he is thrown into the Fire. And a man upon whom Allah bestowed wealth and gave him of every kind of property. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favors and he will recognize them. He will say: What did you do with them? He will say: I did not leave any way that You love to be spent in except that I spent in it for Your sake. He will say: You lie. Rather, you did it so that it would be said, "He is generous," and it was said. Then he will be commanded and dragged on his face until he is thrown into the Fire.

53. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4331No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ غَزَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَمْ يَنْوِ إِلَّا عِقَالًا فَلَهُ مَا نَوَى»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever goes on a military expedition in the way of Allah and intends nothing but a hobble cord, he will have what he intended."

54. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4332No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ غَزَا وَهُوَ لَا يُرِيدُ فِي غَزَاتِهِ إِلَّا عِقَالًا فَلَهُ مَا نَوَى»

    "Whoever fights seeking only an 'Iqal, then he will have what he intended." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3139)

55. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4333No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا غَزَا يَلْتَمِسُ الْأَجْرَ وَالذِّكْرَ مَا لَهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا شَيْءَ لَهُ» فَأَعَادَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يَقُولُ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا شَيْءَ لَهُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَقْبَلُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ لَهُ خَالِصًا وَابْتُغِيَ بِهِ وَجْهُهُ»

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: What do you think of a man who goes on a military expedition seeking reward and remembrance? What is there for him? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Nothing for him." He repeated it three times, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him each time: "Nothing for him." Then he said: "Indeed, Allah does not accept any deed except what is purely for Him and by which His Face is sought."

56. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4334No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ فَوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَ اللهَ الْقَتْلَ مِنْ عِنْدِ نَفْسِهِ صَادِقًا ثُمَّ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ فَلَهُ أَجْرُ شَهِيدٍ وَمَنْ جُرِحَ جُرْحًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوْ نُكِبَ نَكْبَةً فَإِنَّهَا تَجِيءُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كَأَغْزَرِ مَا كَانَتْ لَوْنُهَا كَالزَّعْفَرَانِ وَرِيحُهَا كَالْمِسْكِ وَمَنْ جُرِحَ جُرْحًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَعَلَيْهِ طَابَعُ الشُّهَدَاءِ»

    ✧ That he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever fights in the way 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 martyrdom sincerely from his heart, then dies or is killed, he will have the reward of a martyr. And whoever is wounded in the way of Allah or suffers any injury, it will come on the Day of Resurrection as profuse as it ever was, its color like saffron and its fragrance like musk. And whoever is wounded in the way of Allah, upon him is the seal of the martyrs."

57. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4335No grade recorded

    حَدِّثْنَا حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَبَلَغَ الْعَدُوَّ أَوْ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ كَانَ لَهُ كَعِتْقِ رَقَبَةٍ وَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً مُؤْمِنَةً كَانَتْ فِدَاءَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ عُضْوًا بِعُضْوٍ»

    ✧ Tell us a hadith you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever grows a white hair in the way of Allah, it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection. And whoever shoots an arrow in the way of Allah, whether it reaches the enemy or not, he will have the reward of freeing a slave. And whoever frees a believing slave, it will be his ransom from the Fire, limb for limb."

58. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4336No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ بَلَغَ سَهْمًا فَهُوَ لَهُ دَرَجَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» فَبَلَغْتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ سَهْمًا قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَهُوَ عِدْلُ مُحَرَّرٍ» مُخْتَصَرٌ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever hits (with an arrow), he will have a degree in Paradise for it." And on that day I hit sixteen arrows. He said: And I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "Whoever shoots an arrow in the way of Allah, it is equal to freeing a slave." Abbreviated.

59. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4337No grade recorded

    حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَاحْذَرْ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» فَقَالَ لَهُ حَدِّثْنَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَاحْذَرْ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «ارْمُوا مَنْ بَلَغَ الْعَدُوَّ بِسَهْمٍ رَفَعَهُ اللهُ بِهِ دَرَجَةً» قَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ النَّحَّامِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا الدَّرَجَةُ؟ قَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِعَتَبَةٍ وَلَكِنْ مَا بَيْنَ الدَّرَجَتَيْنِ مِائَةُ عَامٍ» مُخْتَصَرٌ

    ✧ Tell us from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and be careful. He said: I heard him say: "Whoever grows a white hair in the way of Allah, it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection." Then he said to him: Tell us from the Prophet ﷺ and be careful. He said: I heard him say: "Shoot. Whoever reaches the enemy with an arrow, Allah will raise him a degree by it." Ibn al-Nahham said to him: O Messenger of Allah, what is the degree? He said: "Indeed, it is not a threshold, but between two degrees is a hundred years." Abbreviated.

60. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4338No grade recorded

    حَدِّثْنَا حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ فِيهِ نِسْيَانٌ وَلَا تنْقُصُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَبَلَغَ الْعَدُوَّ أَخْطَأَ أَوْ أَصَابَ كَانَ كَعِدْلِ رَقَبَةٍ وَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً مَسْلَمَةً كَانَ فِدَاءُ كُلِّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ عُضْوًا مِنْهُ مِنْ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ وَمَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

    ✧ Tell us a hadith you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, without forgetfulness or deficiency. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever shoots an arrow in the way of Allah and it reaches the enemy, whether it misses or strikes, it will be like the reward of freeing a slave. And whoever frees a Muslim slave, each limb of his will be a ransom for a limb of his from the Fire of Hell. And whoever grows a white hair in the way of Allah, it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection."

61. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4339No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ يُدْخِلُ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَمُنْبِلَهُ»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Indeed, Allah will admit three persons into Paradise by a single arrow: its maker who seeks good in his making it, the one who shoots it, and the one who hands it to the shooter."

62. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4340No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يُكْلَمُ أَحَدٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِلَّا جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَجُرْحُهُ يَثْعَبُ دَمًا اللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "No one is wounded in the way of Allah — and Allah knows best who is wounded in His way — except that he will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wound flowing with blood, its color the color of blood and its fragrance the fragrance of musk."

63. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4341No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «زَمِّلُوهُمْ بِدِمَائِهِمْ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ كَلْمٌ يُكْلَمُ فِي اللهِ إِلَّا أَتَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ جُرْحُهُ يَدْمَى لَوْنُهُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَرِيحُهُ رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Wrap them with their blood, for there is no wound inflicted for the sake of Allah except that it will come on the Day of Resurrection bleeding, its color the color of blood and its fragrance the fragrance of musk."

64. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4342No grade recorded

    لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ وَوَلَّى النَّاسُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نَاحِيَةٍ فِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَفِيهِمْ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ فَأَدْرَكَهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَالْتَفَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَنْ لِلْقَوْمِ؟» فَقَالَ طَلْحَةُ أَنَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَمَا أَنْتَ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ «أَنْتَ» فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ فَإِذَا بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَ «مَنْ لِلْقَوْمِ؟» قَالَ طَلْحَةُ أَنَا قَالَ «كَمَا أَنْتَ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَنَا فَقَالَ «أَنْتَ» فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَزَلْ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ وَيَخْرُجُ إِلَيْهِمْ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَيُقَاتِلُ قِتَالَ مَنْ قَبْلَهُ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ حَتَّى بَقِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَطَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ لِلْقَوْمِ؟» فَقَالَ طَلْحَةُ أَنَا فَقَاتَلَ طَلْحَةُ قِتَالَ الْأَحَدَ عَشَرَ حَتَّى ضُرِبَتْ يَدُهُ فَقُطِعَتْ أَصَابِعُهُ فَقَالَ حَسِّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ قُلْتَ بِسْمِ اللهِ لَرَفَعَتْكَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالنَّاسُ يَنْظُرُونَ ثُمَّ رَدَّ اللهُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

    ✧ On the day of Uhud, when the people turned away, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in a corner with twelve men of the Ansar, among them Talhah b. Ubayd Allah. The polytheists caught up with him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned and said, "Who will face the people?" Talhah said, "I will." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Stay as you are." A man of the Ansar said, "I will, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "You." He fought until he was killed. Then he turned and saw the polytheists, and said, "Who will face the people?" Talhah said, "I will." He said, "Stay as you are." A man of the Ansar said, "I will." He said, "You." He fought until he was killed. He kept saying that, and a man of the Ansar would go out to them and fight as the one before him had fought until he was killed, until only the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Talhah b. Ubayd Allah remained. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will face the people?" Talhah said, "I will." Talhah fought the fight of the eleven until his hand was struck and his fingers were cut off. He said, "Hass." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If you had said 'In the name of Allah,' the angels would have raised you while the people were looking." Then Allah repelled the polytheists.

65. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4343No grade recorded

    لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ خَيْبَرَ قَاتَلَ أَخِي قِتَالًا شَدِيدًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَارْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ سَيْفُهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ذَلِكَ وَشَكَوْا فِيهِ رَجُلٌ مَاتَ بِسِلَاحِهِ قَالَ سَلَمَةُ فَقَفَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتَأْذَنُ لِي أَنْ أَرْجُزَ لَكَ؟ فَأَذِنَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ اعْلَمْ مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ [البحر الرجز] وَاللهِ لَوْلَا اللهُ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا وَلَا تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلَا صَلَّيْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «صَدَقْتَ» [البحر الرجز] فَأَنْزِلَنْ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا وَثَبِّتِ الْأَقْدَامَ إِنْ لَاقَيْنَا وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ قَدْ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا فَلَمَّا قَضَيْتُ رَجَزِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ قَالَ هَذَا؟» قُلْتُ أَخِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْحَمُهُ اللهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَاللهِ إِنَّ نَاسًا لَيَهَابُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ يَقُولُونَ رَجُلٌ مَاتَ بِسِلَاحِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَاتَ جَاهِدًا مُجَاهِدًا» قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ ابْنًا لِسَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ حِينَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ نَاسًا يَهَابُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَذَبُوا مَاتَ جَاهِدًا مُجَاهِدًا فَلَهُ أَجْرُهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ» وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبُعَيْهِ

    ✧ On the day of Khaybar, my brother fought fiercely along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and his sword turned against him and killed him. The companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke about that and doubted him, saying, "A man who died by his own weapon." Salamah said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from Khaybar, I said, "O Messenger of Allah, do you permit me to recite some verses to you?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ permitted me. Umar b. al-Khattab said, "Know what you are saying." I said: [Rajaz meter] "By Allah, were it not for Allah, we would not have been guided, nor would we have given charity, nor prayed." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You have spoken the truth." [Rajaz meter] "So send down tranquility upon us, and make our feet firm when we meet, and the polytheists have transgressed against us." When I finished my verses, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who said this?" I said, "My brother." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah have mercy on him." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, some people are hesitant to pray over him, saying, 'A man who died by his own weapon.'" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He died as a striver and a mujahid." Ibn Shihab said: Then I asked a son of Salamah b. al-Akwa', and he narrated to me from his father something similar, except that he said, when I said, "Some people are hesitant to pray over him," the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "They lied. He died as a striver and a mujahid, so he has his reward twice," and he gestured with two fingers.

66. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4344No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَمْ أَتَخَلَّفْ عَنْ سَرِيَّةٍ وَلَكِنْ لَا يَجِدُونَ حَمُولَةً وَلَا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُهُمْ وَيَشُقُّ عَلَيَّ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا عَنِّي وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي قُتِلْتُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ أُحْيِيتُ ثُمَّ قُتِلْتُ ثُمَّ أُحْيِيتُ ثَلَاثًا»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Were it not that I would impose hardship on my community, I would not stay behind from any expedition, but they do not find mounts, and I do not find what to carry them on, and it would be hard for me that they stay behind from me. I would love to be killed in the path of Allah, then brought to life, then killed, then brought to life, three times."

67. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4345No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْلَا أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَا تَطِيبُ أَنْفُسُهُمْ بِأَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا عَنِّي وَلَا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَا تَخَلَّفْتُ عَنْ سَرِيَّةٍ تَغْزُو فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي أُقْتَلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, were it not that some men among the believers are not pleased to stay behind from me and I do not find what to carry them on, I would not stay behind from any expedition that goes out in the path of Allah. By the One in whose hand is my soul, I would love to be killed in the path of Allah, then brought to life, then killed, then brought to life, then killed."

68. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4346No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا فِي النَّاسِ مِنْ نَفْسٍ مَسْلَمَةٍ يَقْبِضُهَا رَبُّهَا تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنَّ لَهَا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ الشَّهِيدِ» قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عَمِيرَةَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأَنْ أُقْتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي أَهْلُ الْوَبَرِ وَالْمَدَرِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There is no Muslim soul on earth which its Lord takes and which would love to return to you, even if it had the world and all that is in it, except the martyr." Ibn Abi Umayrah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "To be killed in the path of Allah is dearer to me than to have the people of the desert and the town."

69. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4347No grade recorded

    رَجُلٌ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَأَيْنَ أَنَا؟ قَالَ «فِي الْجَنَّةِ» قَالَ «فَأَلْقَى تَمَرَاتٍ كُنَّ فِي يَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ»

    ✧ A man on the day of Uhud: "Do you think if I am killed in the path of Allah, where will I be?" He said, "In Paradise." He said, "He threw some dates that were in his hand, then fought until he was killed."

70. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4348No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَاتَلْتُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا مُقْبِلًا غَيْرَ مُدْبِرٍ كَفَّرَ اللهُ عَنِّي سَيِّئَاتِي؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» ثُمَّ سَكَتَ سَاعَةً فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ آنِفًا؟» فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ هَا أَنَا ذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «مَا قُلْتَ؟» قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا مُقْبِلًا غَيْرَ مُدْبِرٍ كَفَّرَ اللهُ عَنِّي سَيِّئَاتِي؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ إِلَّا الدَّيْنَ سَارَّنِي بِهِ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ آنِفًا»

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was delivering a sermon on the pulpit and said, "Do you think if I fight in the path of Allah, patiently, seeking reward, advancing and not retreating, that Allah will expiate my sins?" He said, "Yes." Then he paused for a while and said, "Where is the questioner from before?" The man said, "Here I am, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "What did you say?" He said, "Do you think if I am killed in the path of Allah, patiently, seeking reward, advancing and not retreating, that Allah will expiate my sins?" He said, "Yes, except for debt. Jibril ﷺ just told me that secretly."

71. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4349No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا مُقْبِلًا غَيْرَ مُدْبِرٍ يُكَفِّرُ اللهُ عَنِّي خَطَايَايَ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ» فَلَمَّا وَلَّى الرَّجُلُ نَادَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ أَمَرَ بِهِ فَنُودِيَ لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَيْفَ قُلْتَ؟» فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ قَوْلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ إِلَّا الدَّيْنَ كَذَلِكَ قَالَ لِي جِبْرِيلُ»

    ✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, if I am killed in the path of Allah, patiently, seeking reward, advancing and not retreating, will Allah expiate my sins?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Yes." When the man turned away, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him, or ordered that he be called, so he was called back. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What did you say?" He repeated his words to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Yes, except for debt. Thus said Jibril to me."

72. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4350No grade recorded

    عنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَامَ فِيهِمْ فَذَكَرَ لَهُمْ أَنَّ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالْإِيمَانَ بِاللهِ أَفْضَلُ الْأَعْمَالِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تُكَفَّرُ عَنِّي خَطَايَايَ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ إِنْ قُتِلْتَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَأَنْتَ صَابِرٌ مُحْتَسِبٌ مُقْبِلٌ غَيْرُ مُدْبِرٍ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «كَيْفَ؟» قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَتُكَفَّرُ عَنِّي خَطَايَايَ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ إِنْ قُتِلْتَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَأَنْتَ صَابِرٌ مُحْتَسِبٌ مُقْبِلٌ غَيْرُ مُدْبِرٍ إِلَّا الدَّيْنَ فَإِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ قَالَ لِي ذَلِكَ»

    ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, that he stood among them and mentioned to them that jihad in the path of Allah and faith in Allah are the best of deeds. A man stood and said, "O Messenger of Allah, do you think if I am killed in the path of Allah, my sins will be expiated?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Yes, if you are killed in the path of Allah while you are patient, seeking reward, advancing and not retreating." Then he said, "How?" I said, "Do you think if I am killed in the path of Allah, my sins will be expiated?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Yes, if you are killed in the path of Allah while you are patient, seeking reward, advancing and not retreating, except for debt, for Jibril told me that."

73. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4351No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ ضُرِبْتُ بِسَيْفِي هَذَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا مُقْبِلًا غَيْرَ مُدْبِرٍ حَتَّى أُقْتَلَ أَتُكَفَّرُ عَنِّي خَطَايَايَ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَ دَعَاهُ فَقَالَ هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ يَقُولُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ عَلَيْكَ دَيْنٌ

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was on the pulpit and said, "O Messenger of Allah, do you think if I am struck with this sword of mine in the path of Allah, patiently, seeking reward, advancing and not retreating, until I am killed, will my sins be expiated?" He said, "Yes." When he turned away, he called him and said, "This is Jibril saying, 'Except if you have a debt.'"

74. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4352No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنْ نَفْسٍ تَمُوتُ وَلَهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَلَهَا الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا الْقَتِيلُ فَإِنَّهُ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فَيُقْتَلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There is no soul on earth that dies and has good with Allah but would love to return to you, even if it had the world, except the one who is killed, for he loves to return and be killed again."

75. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4353No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُؤْتَى بِالرَّجُلِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ كَيْفَ وَجَدْتَ مَنْزِلَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ خَيْرُ مَنْزِلٍ فَيَقُولُ سَلْ وَتَمَنَّ فَيَقُولُ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَرُدَّنِي إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَأُقْتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ لِمَا يَرَى مِنْ فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A man from the people of Paradise will be brought, and Allah will say to him, 'O son of Adam, how did you find your dwelling?' He will say, 'O Lord, the best dwelling.' Then He will say, 'Ask and wish.' He will say, 'I ask You to return me to the world so that I may be killed in Your path ten times,' because of what he sees of the virtue of martyrdom."

76. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4354No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الشَّهِيدُ لَا يَجِدُ مَسَّ الْقَتْلِ إِلَّا كَمَا يَجِدُ أَحَدُكُمُ الْقَرْصَةَ يُقْرَصُهَا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The martyr does not feel the pain of being killed except as one of you feels the nip of a pinch.”

77. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4355No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ سَأَلَ اللهَ الشَّهَادَةَ بِصِدْقٍ بَلَّغَهُ اللهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever asks Allah for martyrdom sincerely, Allah will raise him to the stations of the martyrs even if he dies on his bed.”

78. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4356No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ خَمْسٌ مَنْ قُبِضَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْهُنَّ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ الْمَقْتُولُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ شَهِيدٌ وَالْغَرِيقُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ شَهِيدٌ وَالْمَبْطُونُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ شَهِيدٌ وَالْمَطْعُونُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ شَهِيدٌ وَالنُّفَسَاءُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ شَهِيدٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Five: whoever is taken while in one of them is a martyr: the one killed in the path of Allah is a martyr, the one who drowns in the path of Allah is a martyr, the one who dies of an abdominal disease in the path of Allah is a martyr, the one who dies of plague in the path of Allah is a martyr, and the woman who dies in childbirth in the path of Allah is a martyr.”

79. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4357No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَخْتَصِمُ الشُّهَدَاءُ وَالْمُتَوَفَّوْنَ عَلَى فُرُشِهِمْ إِلَى رَبِّنَا فِي الَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنَ الطَّاعُونِ فَيَقُولُ الشُّهَدَاءُ إِخْوَانُنَا قُتِلُوا كَمَا قُتِلْنَا وَيَقُولُ الْمُتَوَفَّوْنَ عَلَى فُرُشِهِمْ إِخْوَانُنَا مَاتُوا عَلَى فُرُشِهِمْ كَمَا مُتْنَا فَيَقُولُ رَبُّنَا انْظُرُوا إِلَى جِرَاحِهِمْ فَإِنْ أَشْبَهَ جِرَاحُهُمْ جِرَاحَ الْمَقْتُولِينَ فَإِنَّهُمْ مِنْهُمْ وَمَعَهُمْ فَإِذَا جِرَاحُهُمْ قَدْ أَشْبَهْتَ جِرَاحَهُمْ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The martyrs and those who die on their beds will dispute before our Lord concerning those who die of plague. The martyrs will say, ‘Our brothers, they were killed as we were killed.’ Those who die on their beds will say, ‘Our brothers, they died on their beds as we died.’ Then our Lord will say, ‘Look at their wounds. If their wounds resemble the wounds of the slain, then they are of them and with them.’ And their wounds resemble their wounds.”

80. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4358No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ يَتَعَجَّبُ مِنْ رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتُلُ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ» وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى «لَيَضْحَكُ مِنْ رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتُلُ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلَانِ الْجَنَّةَ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “Allah marvels at two men, one of whom kills the other.” And he said on another occasion: “He laughs at two men, one of whom kills the other, then they both enter Paradise.”

81. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4359No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يَضْحَكُ اللهُ إِلَى رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتُلُ أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ كِلَاهُمَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ يُقَاتِلُ هَذَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَيُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ اللهُ عَلَى الْقَاتِلِ فَيُقَاتِلُ فَيُسْتَشْهَدُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah laughs at two men, one of whom kills the other, yet both enter Paradise. This one fights in the path of Allah and is killed, then Allah accepts the repentance of the killer, and he fights and is martyred.”

82. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4360No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ فِي النَّارِ مُسْلِمٌ قَتَلَ كَافِرًا ثُمَّ سَدَّدَ وَقَارَبَ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ فِي جَوْفِ مُؤْمِنٍ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَفَيْحُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ فِي عَبْدٍ الْإِيمَانُ وَالْحَسَدُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Two things do not combine in the Fire: a Muslim who killed a disbeliever then remained upright and drew near. Nor do two things combine: dust in the path of Allah and the heat of Hell in the belly of a believer. Nor do two things combine in a servant: faith and envy.”

83. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4361No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ رَابَطَ يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُ صِيَامِ شَهْرٍ وَقِيَامِهِ وَمَنْ مَاتَ مُرَابِطًا جَرَى لَهُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ الْأَجْرِ وَأُجْرِيَ عَلَيْهِ الرِّزْقُ وَأَمِنَ الْفَتَّانَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever keeps guard for a day and a night in the path of Allah has the reward of fasting a month and standing in prayer. Whoever dies while keeping guard, the like of that reward flows for him, provision is brought to him, and he is safe from the trial.”

84. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4362No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ رَابَطَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ يَوْمًا أَوْ لَيْلَةً كَانَتْ لَهُ كَصِيَامِ شَهْرٍ وَقِيَامِهِ فَإِنْ مَاتَ جَرَى عَلَيْهِ عَمَلُهُ الَّذِي يَعْمَلُ وَأَمِنَ الْفَتَّانَ وَأُجْرِيَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقُهُ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever keeps guard in the path of Allah for a day or a night, it is for him like fasting a month and standing in prayer. If he dies, his work that he used to do continues for him, he is safe from the trial, and his provision is brought to him.”

85. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4363No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَنَازِلِ»

    "Abu Salih, the freed slave of 'Uthman, said: 'I heard 'Uthman bin 'Affan say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Ribat (guarding the frontier) for one day in the cause of Allah is better in rank than a thousand days spent within the residence.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3169)

86. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4364No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَوْمٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “A day in the path of Allah is better than a thousand days elsewhere.”

87. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4365No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا ذَهَبَ إِلَى قُبَاءَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَى أُمِّ حَرَامِ بِنْتِ مِلْحَانَ فَتُطْعِمُهُ وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ حَرَامِ بِنْتُ مِلْحَانَ تَحْتَ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَأَطْعَمَتْهُ وَجَلَسَتْ تُفَلِّي رَأْسَهُ فَنَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ مَا يُضْحِكُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عُرِضُوا عَلَيَّ غَزَاةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ يَرْكَبُونَ ثَبَجَ هَذَا الْبَحْرِ مُلُوكًا عَلَى الْأَسِرَّةِ» أَوْ مِثْلَ الْمُلُوكِ عَلَى الْأَسِرَّةِ شَكَّ إِسْحَاقُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ فَدَعَا لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَامَ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَضَحِكَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا يُضْحِكُكَ؟ قَالَ «نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عُرِضُوا عَلَيَّ غَزَاةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مُلُوكًا عَلَى الْأَسِرَّةِ» أَوْ مِثْلَ الْمُلُوكِ عَلَى الْأَسِرَّةِ كَمَا قَالَ فِي الْأَوَّلِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ قَالَ «أَنْتِ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ فَرَكِبَتِ الْبَحْرَ فِي زَمَنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَصُرِعَتْ عَنْ دَابَّتِهَا حِينَ خَرَجَتْ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ فَهَلَكَتْ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he went to Quba, would visit Umm Haram bt. Milhan and she would feed him. Umm Haram bt. Milhan was married to Ubadah b. al-Samit. One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited her, she fed him, and she sat delousing his head. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell asleep, then woke up laughing. She said: “What makes you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “People of my community were shown to me waging a raid in the path of Allah, riding on the crest of this sea, kings on thrones,” or “like kings on thrones”—Ishaq was unsure—She said: “O Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah to make me one of them.” So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for her. Then he slept, then woke up laughing. She said: “O Messenger of Allah, what makes you laugh?” He said: “People of my community were shown to me waging a raid in the path of Allah, kings on thrones,” or “like kings on thrones,” as he said the first time. She said: “O Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah to make me one of them.” He said: “You are of the first ones.” She rode the sea in the time of Muawiyah, then she fell from her mount when she came out of the sea and perished.

88. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4366No grade recorded

    أَتَانًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ عِنْدَنَا فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي مَا أَضْحَكَكَ؟ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ قَوْمًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَرْكَبُونَ هَذَا الْبَحْرَ كَالْمُلُوكِ عَلَى الْأَسِرَّةِ فَقُلْتُ ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ قَالَ فَإِنَّكِ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ نَامَ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِهِ قُلْتُ فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ قَالَ «أَنْتِ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ» فَتَزَوَّجَهَا عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ فَرَكِبَ الْبَحْرَ وَرَكِبَتْ بِهَا مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ قُدِّمَ لَهَا بَغْلَةٌ فَرَكِبَتْهَا فَصَرَعَتْهَا فَانْدَقَّتْ عُنُقُهَا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us and slept at our place. He woke up laughing. I said: “O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be your ransom, what made you laugh?” He said: “I saw a people of my community riding this sea like kings on thrones.” I said: “Pray to Allah to make me one of them.” He said: “You are of them.” Then he slept, then woke up laughing. I asked him, and he said the like of his statement. I said: “Pray to Allah to make me one of them.” He said: “You are of the first ones.” Ubadah b. al-Samit married her, he rode the sea and she rode with him. When she arrived, a mule was brought forward for her, she rode it, it threw her, and her neck broke.

89. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4367No grade recorded

    «وَعَدَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ الْهِنْدِ» فَإِنْ أُدْرِكْهَا أُنْفِدُ فِيهَا نَفْسِي وَمَالِي فَإِنْ أُقْتَلُ كُنْتُ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ أَرْجِعْ فَأَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الْمُحَرَّرُ

    ✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ promised us a campaign to India. If I live to see it, I will expend myself and my wealth in it. If I am killed, I will be one of the best martyrs, and if I return, I am Abu Hurayrah the freed one.”

90. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4368No grade recorded

    «وَعَدَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ الْهِنْدِ» فَإِنْ أُدْرِكْهَا أُنْفِقْ فِيهَا نَفْسِي وَمَالِي فَإِنْ قُتِلْتُ كُنْتُ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ رَجَعْتُ فَأَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الْمُحَرَّرُ

    ✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ promised us a campaign to India. If I live to see it, I will spend myself and my wealth in it. If I am killed, I will be one of the best martyrs, and if I return, I am Abu Hurayrah the freed one.”

91. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4369No grade recorded

    عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «عِصَابَتَانِ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عِصَابَةٌ تَغْزُو الْهِنْدَ وَعِصَابَةٌ تَكُونُ مَعَ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ»

    ✧ From Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Two groups of my ummah: one group will raid India, and one group will be with Isa b. Maryam ﷺ.”

92. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4370No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَمَّا أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِحَفْرِ الْخَنْدَقِ عَرَضَتْ لَهُمْ صَخْرَةٌ حَالَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْحَفْرِ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَخَذَ الْمِعْوَلَ وَوَضَعَ رِدَاءَهُ نَاحِيَةَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَضَرَبَ وَقَالَ {وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقًا وَعَدْلًا لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ} فَنَدَرَ ثُلُثُ الْحَجَرِ وَسَلْمَانُ الْفَارِسِيُّ قَائِمٌ يَنْظُرُ فَبَرَقَ مَعَ ضَرْبَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَرْقَةٌ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ الثَّانِيَةَ وَقَالَ {وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقًا وَعَدْلًا لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ} فَنَدَرَ الثُّلُثُ الْآخَرُ فَبَرَقَتْ بَرْقَةٌ يَرَاهَا سَلْمَانُ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ الثَّالِثَةَ وَقَالَ {وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقًا وَعَدْلًا لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ} فَنَدَرَ الثُّلُثُ الْبَاقِي وَبَرَقَ بَرْقَةٌ وَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَخَذَ رِدَاءَهُ وَجَلَسَ قَالَ سَلْمَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَأَيْتُكَ حِينَ ضَرَبْتَ لَا تَضْرِبُ ضَرْبَةً إِلَّا كَانَتْ مَعَهَا بَرْقَةٌ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا سَلْمَانُ رَأَيْتَ ذَلِكَ؟» قَالَ إِي وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَإِنِّي حِينَ ضَرَبْتُ الضَّرْبَةَ الْأُولَى رُفِعَتْ لِي مَدَائِنُ كِسْرَى وَمَا حَوْلَهَا وَمَدَائِنُ كَثِيرَةٌ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُهَا بِعَيْنَيَّ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَنْ حَضَرَهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَفْتَحَهَا عَلَيْنَا وَيُغَنِّمَنَا ذَرَارِيَّهُمْ وَيُخَرِّبَ بِأَيْدِينَا بِلَادَهُمْ قَالَ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ ضَرَبْتُ الضَّرْبَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَرُفِعَتْ لِي مَدَائِنُ قَيْصَرَ وَمَا حَوْلَهَا حَتَّى رَأَيْتُهَا بِعَيْنَيَّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ادْعُ اللهَ يَفْتَحُهَا عَلَيْنَا وَيُغَنِّمَنَا ذَرَارِيَّهُمْ وَيُخَرِّبُ بِأَيْدِينَا بِلَادَهُمْ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ ضَرَبْتُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَرُفِعَتْ لِي مَدَائِنُ الْحَبَشَةِ وَمَا حَوْلَهَا مِنَ الْقُرَى حَتَّى رَأَيْتُهَا بِعَيْنَيَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ «دَعُوا الْحَبَشَةَ مَا وَدَعُوكُمْ وَاتْرُكُوا التُّرْكَ مَا تَرَكُوكُمْ»

    "When the Prophet ﷺ commanded them to dig the trench (Al-Khandaq), there was a rock in their way preventing them from digging. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood, picked up a pickaxe, put his Rida' (upper garment) at the edge of the ditch and said: 'And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None can change His Words. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.' [1] One-third of the rock broke off while Salman Al-Farisi was standing there watching, and there was a flash of light when the Messenger of Allah ﷺstruck (the rock). Then he struck it again and said: 'And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. Nonce can change His Words. Ans He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower' And another third of the rock broke off and there was another flash of light, which Salman saw. Then he struck (the rock) a third time and said: 'And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None can change His Words. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.' The last third fell, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out, picked up his Rida' and sat down. Salman said: 'O Messenger of Allah, Each time you struck the rock there was a flash of light.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: 'O Salman, did you see that?' He said: 'Yes, by the One Who sent you with the truth, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'When I struck the first blow, the cities of Kisra and their environs were shown to me, and many other cities, and I saw them with my own eyes.' Those of his Companions who were present said: 'O Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah to grant us victory and to give us their land as spoils of war, and to destroy their lands at our hands.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for that. (Then he said:) 'Then I struck the second blow and the cities of Caesar and their environs were shown to me, and I saw them with my own eyes.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah to grant us victory and to give us their lands as spoils of war, and to destroy their lands at our hands.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for that. (Then he said:) 'Then I struck the third blow and the cities of Ethiopia were shown to me, and the villages around them, and I saw them with my own eyes.' But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said at that point: 'Leave the Ethiopians alone so long as they leave you alone, and leave the Turks alone so long as they leave you alone.'" [1] An-An'am 6:115. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3176)

93. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4371No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُقَاتِلَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ التُّرْكَ قَوْمٌ وُجُوهُهُمْ كَالْمَجَانِّ الْمُطْرَقَةِ يَلْبَسُونَ الشَّعْرَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِي الشَّعْرِ»

    ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The Hour will not rise until the Muslims fight the Turks, a people whose faces are like hammered shields, who wear hair and walk in hair.”

94. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4372No grade recorded

    أَنَّ لَهُ فَضْلًا عَلَى مَنْ دُونَهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا نَصْرُ اللهُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ بِضَعِيفِهَا بِدَعْوَتِهِمْ وَصَلَاتِهِمْ وَإِخْلَاصِهِمْ»

    ✧ That he has merit over those below him among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, “Indeed Allah grants victory to this ummah through its weak ones, by their supplication, their prayer, and their sincerity.”

95. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4373No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «ابْغُونِي الضُّعَفَاءَ فَإِنَّكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُرْزَقُونَ وَتُنْصَرُونَ بِضُعَفَائِكُمْ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Seek out the weak for me, for you are only provided for and given victory through your weak ones.”

96. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4374No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ جَهَّزَ غَازِيًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَقَدْ غَزَا وَمَنْ خَلَّفَهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ بِخَيْرٍ فَقَدْ غَزَا»

    ✧ On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said, “Whoever equips a warrior in the path of Allah has indeed gone on the campaign, and whoever looks after his family well behind him has indeed gone on the campaign.”

97. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4375No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ جَهَّزَ غَازِيًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَقَدْ غَزَا وَمَنْ خَلَّفَ غَازِيًا فِي أَهْلِهِ بِخَيْرٍ فَقَدْ غَزَا»

    ✧ On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said, “Whoever equips a warrior in the path of Allah has indeed gone on the campaign, and whoever looks after a warrior's family well behind him has indeed gone on the campaign.”

98. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4376No grade recorded

    خَرَجْنَا حُجَّاجًا فَقَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَنَحْنُ نُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ فِي مَنَازِلِنَا نَضَعُ رِحَالَنَا إِذْ أَتَانًا آتٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَفَزِعُوا قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْنَا فَإِذَا نَاسٌ مُجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَى نَفَرٍ فِي وَسَطِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ وَطَلْحَةُ وَالزُّبَيْرُ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ فَإِنَّا لَكَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَ عُثْمَانُ وَعَلَيْهِ مُلَاءَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ قَدْ قَنَّعَ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ أَهَاهُنَا عَلِيٌّ أَهَاهُنَا طَلْحَةُ أَهَاهُنَا الزُّبَيْرُ أَهَاهُنَا سَعْدٌ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ يَبْتَاعُ مِرْبَدَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ» فَابْتَعْتُهُ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا أَوْ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ «اجْعَلْهُ فِي مَسْجِدِنَا وَأَجْرُهُ لَكَ» قَالُوا اللهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ يَبْتَاعُ بِئْرَ رُومَةَ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ» فَابْتَعْتُهَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ قَدِ ابْتَعْتُهَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ «اجْعَلْهَا سِقَايَةً لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَجْرُهَا لَكَ» قَالُوا اللهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ «مَنْ جَهَّزَ هَؤُلَاءِ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ» يَعْنِي جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ فَجَهَّزْتُهُمْ حَتَّى لَمْ يَفْقِدُوا عِقَالًا وَلَا خِطَامًا قَالُوا اللهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ اشْهَدِ اللهُمَّ اشْهَدْ»

    ✧ We set out as pilgrims and arrived in Madinah intending to perform Hajj. While we were in our lodgings putting down our saddles, someone came to us and said, “The people have gathered in the mosque and are alarmed.” So we went, and there were people gathered around a small group in the middle of the mosque, and they were Ali, Talhah, al-Zubayr, and Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas. While we were like that, Uthman came wearing a yellow cloak with which he had covered his head. He said, “Is Ali here? Is Talhah here? Is al-Zubayr here? Is Sa'd here?” They said, “Yes.” He said, “I adjure you by Allah, besides whom there is no god, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Whoever buys the pen of Banu So-and-so, Allah will forgive him,’ so I bought it for twenty thousand or twenty-five thousand, then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him, and he said, ‘Put it in our mosque, and its reward is for you’?” They said, “O Allah, yes.” He said, “I adjure you by Allah, besides whom there is no god, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Whoever buys the well of Rumah, Allah will forgive him,’ so I bought it for such and such, then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, ‘I have bought it for such and such,’ and he said, ‘Make it a drinking place for the Muslims, and its reward is for you’?” They said, “O Allah, yes.” He said, “I adjure you by Allah, besides whom there is no god, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at the faces of the people and said, ‘Whoever equips these people, Allah will forgive him,’ meaning the army of hardship, so I equipped them until they did not lack a hobble or a nose rope?” They said, “O Allah, yes.” He said, “O Allah, bear witness, O Allah, bear witness.”

99. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4377No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ نُودِيَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ هَذَا خَيْرٌ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّلَاةِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الصَّلَاةِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجِهَادِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الْجِهَادِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّدَقَةِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الصَّدَقَةِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصِّيَامِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الرَّيَّانِ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ هَلْ عَلَى مَنْ يُدْعَى مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَبْوَابِ كُلِّهَا مِنْ ضَرُورَةٍ فَهَلْ يُدْعَى أَحَدٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَبْوَابِ كُلِّهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ»

    ✧ That the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever spends a pair in the path of Allah will be called out in Paradise: ‘O servant of Allah, this is good.’ So whoever is among the people of prayer will be called from the gate of prayer, whoever is among the people of jihad will be called from the gate of jihad, whoever is among the people of charity will be called from the gate of charity, and whoever is among the people of fasting will be called from the gate of al-Rayyan.” Abu Bakr said, “Is there any necessity upon one who is called from all these gates? Will anyone be called from all these gates?” He said, “Yes, and I hope you will be one of them.”

100. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4378No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ دَعَتْهُ خَزَنَةُ كُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ يَا فُلَانُ هَلُمَّ فَادْخُلْ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ذَلِكَ الَّذِي لَا تَوِي عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever spends a pair in the path of Allah, the keepers of every gate of the gates of Paradise will call him: ‘O so-and-so, come and enter.’” Abu Bakr said, “O Messenger of Allah, that is the one who has no loss upon him.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Indeed, I hope that you will be one of them.”

101. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4379No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمٍ يُنْفِقُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَالٍ لَهُ زَوْجَيْنِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ إِلَّا اسْتَبَقَتْهُ حَجَبَةُ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّهُمْ يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى مَا عِنْدَهُ» فَقُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ «إِنْ كَانَتْ إِبِلًا فَبَعِيرَيْنِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ بَقَرًا فَبَقَرَتَيْنِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “There is no Muslim servant who spends a pair of every kind of wealth he has in the path of Allah except that the gatekeepers of Paradise will vie with one another, each of them calling him to what is with him.” I said, “How is that?” He said, “If it is camels, then two camels; if it is cattle, then two cattle.”

102. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4380No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَنْفَقَ نَفَقَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ كُتِبَتْ بِسَبْعِمِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever spends an expenditure in the path of Allah, it will be recorded as seven hundred fold.”

103. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4381No grade recorded

     رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيَأْتِيَنَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِسَبْعِمِائَةِ نَاقَةٍ مَخْطُومَةٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “He will surely come on the Day of Resurrection with seven hundred camels, each bridled.”

104. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4382No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «الْغَزْوُ غَزْوَانِ فَأَمَّا مَنِ ابْتَغَى وَجْهَ اللهِ وَأَطَاعَ الْإِمَامَ وَأَنْفَقَ الْكَرِيمَةَ وَيَاسَرَ الشَّرِيكَ وَاجْتَنَبَ الْفَسَادَ فَإِنَّ نَوْمَهُ وَنُبْهَهُ أَجْرٌ كُلُّهُ وَأَمَّا مَنْ غَزَا رِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً وَعَصَى الْإِمَامَ وَأَفْسَدَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَرْجِعُ بِالْكَفَافِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Military expeditions are of two kinds. As for one who seeks the Face of Allah, obeys the leader, spends generously, is easy with his partner, and avoids corruption, then his sleep and his wakefulness are all reward. And as for one who goes out for show and reputation, disobeys the leader, and spreads corruption in the land, he will not return with even his basic expenses.”

105. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4383No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «حُرْمَةُ نِسَاءِ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ كَحُرْمَةِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ وَمَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يُخَلَّفُ امْرَأَةَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ فَيَخُونُهُ فِيهَا إِلَّا وَقَفَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيَأْخُذُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ مَا شَاءَ فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The sanctity of the wives of the mujahideen upon those who stay behind is like the sanctity of their mothers. There is no man who is left behind with the wife of a mujahid and betrays him regarding her except that he will be stopped for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will take from his deeds whatever he wishes. So what do you think?”

106. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4384No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ حُرْمَةُ نِسَاءِ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ كَحُرْمَةِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ فَإِذَا خَلَّفَهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ فَخَانَهُ قِيلَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ هَذَا خَانَكَ فِي أَهْلِكَ فَخُذْ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِ مَا شِئْتَ فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ؟

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The sanctity of the wives of the mujahideen upon those who stay behind is like the sanctity of their mothers. If a man is left behind with his family and betrays him, it will be said to him on the Day of Resurrection: ‘This one betrayed you regarding your family, so take from his good deeds whatever you wish.’ So what do you think?”

107. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4385No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ حُرْمَةُ نِسَاءِ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ فِي الْحُرْمَةِ كَأُمَّهَاتِهِمْ وَمَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْقَاعِدِينَ يُخَلِّفُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ فِي أَهْلِهِ فَيَخُونُهُ إِلَّا نُصِبَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُقَالُ يَا فُلَانُ هَذَا فُلَانٌ خُذْ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِ مَا شِئْتَ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ «مَا ظَنُّكُمْ تَرَوْنَ يَدَعُ لَهُ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِ شَيْئًا؟»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, “The sanctity of the wives of the mujahideen upon those who stay behind is, in terms of sanctity, like their mothers. There is no man among those who stay behind who is left with a mujahid in his family and betrays him except that he will be set up for him on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said: ‘O so-and-so, this is so-and-so. Take from his good deeds whatever you wish.’ Then the Prophet ﷺ turned to his companions and said, ‘What do you think? Do you see him leaving any of his good deeds for him?’”