Riyad as-Salihin 195

Translation

Abu 'Abdullah Tariq bin Shihab (May Allah bepleased with him) reported: A person asked the Prophet (PBUH) (when he had just put his foot in the stirrup): "What is the highest form of Jihad?" He (PBUH) said, "Speaking the truth in the presence of a tyrant ruler". [An-Nasa'i, with a sound chain].

Notes

• ((رواه النسائي بإسناد صحيح)).

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Sunan an-Nasa'i 4209أَنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَدْ وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ: أَىُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: «كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ».
• As-Sunan al-Kubra an-Nasa'i 7786أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَدْ وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ»
• Musnad Ahmad 18830أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ: أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ: كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ
• Musnad Ahmad 18828جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ: كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ عِنْدَ إِمَامٍ جَائِرٍ

Narrators

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   Ṭāriq b. Shihāb al-Aḥmasī

   Abū Dāwūd said: He saw the Prophet ﷺ, but did not hear from him.d. 80 AH, or: 82 AH, or: 83 AH, Ibn Ḥibbān was certain of it, or: 84 AH, also said 123 AH, which is a mistake.
   أبي عبد الله طارق بن شهاب البجلي الأحمسي رضي الله عنهقال أبو داود : رأى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ، ولم يسمع منه

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