Riyad as-Salihin 194
Enjoining Good and forbidding Evil
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- الحادي عشر: عن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
"أفضل الجهاد كلمة عدل عند سلطان جائر"
Translation
Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah bepleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) said, "The best type of Jihad (striving in the way of Allah) is speaking a true word in the presence of a tyrant ruler." [Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi, who categorized it as Hadith Hasan].
Notes
((رواه أبو داود، والترمذي وقال: حديث حسن)).
Grades by grader
| Ahmad Muhammad Shakir | Sahihgraded on tirmidhi:2174 | fawazahmed0 |
|---|---|---|
| Bashar Awad Maarouf | Hasangraded on tirmidhi:2174 | fawazahmed0 |
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Sahihgraded on ibnmajah:4011 | fawazahmed0 |
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Sahihgraded on abudawud:4344 | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sahih Lighairihigraded on ibnmajah:4011 | fawazahmed0 |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Hasangraded on abudawud:4344 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح أبي داود, p. 4344graded on abudawud:4344 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
Same hadith, other wordings
- Sunan Abu Dawud 4344«أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ كَلِمَةُ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ» أَوْ «أَمِيرٍ جَائِرٍ»
- Sunan Ibnu Majah 4011«أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ كَلِمَةُ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ».
- Jami at-Tirmidzi 2174إِنَّ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْجِهَادِ كَلِمَةَ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ
- Misykatul Mashabih 3705وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ مَنْ قَالَ كَلِمَةَ حَقٍّ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ». رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُد وَابْن مَاجَه وَرَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ عَنْ
Narrators
- He and his father were Companions (ṣuḥbah).d. 63 AH, or 64 AH, or 65 AH, or 74 AHأبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنهله ولأبيه صحبة
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.