Sunan ad-Darimi, Book of Religious Battles

Muḥammad b. Kathīr > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > ʿAbdullāh b. Salām

“A group of us Companions of the Messenger of Allah sat talking, and we said: ‘If we knew which deed was most beloved to Alllah then we would do it.’ So Allah, Most High, revealed: Whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth glorifies Allah. And He is Almighty, the All-Wise. O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do?” Abdullah bin Salam said: “So the Messenger of Allah recited it to us.” Abu Salamah (one of the narrators) said: “So Ibn Salam recited it to us.” Yahya (one of the narrators) said: “So Abu Salamah narrated it to us.” Ibn Kathir said: “So Al-Awza’i recited it to us.” Abdullah said: “So Ibn Kathir recited it to us.” – Weak Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ قَالَ

قَعَدْنَا نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَذَاكَرْنَا فَقُلْنَا لَوْ نَعْلَمُ أَيَّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى لَعَمِلْنَاهُ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {«سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّماَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ كَبُرَ مَقْتًا»} [الصف 2] حَتَّى خَتَمَهَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى خَتَمَهَا قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا ابْنُ سَلَامٍ قَالَ يَحْيَى فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا يَحْيَى وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا مُحَمَّدٌ – إسناده ضعيف

ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Allah has undertaken to provide for one who leaves his home (only) to fight for His cause and to affirm the truth of His word; Allah will either admit him to Paradise or will bring him back home from where he had come out, with his reward and booty. – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تَكَفَّلَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ لَا يُخْرِجُهُ إِلَّا جِهَادٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَتَصْدِيقُ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ أَوْ يَرُدَّهُ إِلَى مَسْكَنِهِ الَّذِي خَرَجَ مِنْهُ مَعَ مَا نَالَ مِنْ أَجْرٍ أَوْ غَنِيمَةٍ» – إسناده صحيح

Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Mālik b. Mighwal > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

“I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ He said: ‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse is wounded.’” – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ عُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَأُهْرِيقَ دَمُهُ» – إسناده صحيح

ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ was asked, "Which is the best deed?" He said, "To believe in Allah and His Apostle." He was then asked, "Which is the next (in goodness)?" He said, "To participate in Jihad in Allah's Cause." He was then asked, "Which is the next?" He said, "To perform Hajj-Mabrur. " – Weak Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «إِيمَانٌ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ» قَالَ قِيلَ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ» قِيلَ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ حَجٌّ مَبْرُورٌ» – إسناده ضعيف

Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād > Baqiyyah > Baḥīr > Khālid b. Maʿdān > Mālik b. Yakhāmir > Muʿādh b. Jabal

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever fights in the cause of Allah and endures as much as the milking of a camel, Paradise is guaranteed for him, as much as the quantity of its milk for the one who milks it." – Good Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ عَنْ بَحِيرٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ يَخَامِرَ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ وَهُوَ قَدْرُ مَا يدُرُّ حَلَبَهَا لِمَنْ حَلَبَهَا» – إسناده حسن

ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Saʿīd b. Khālid > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Dhiʾb > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās

"Shall I not tell you of the best of the people in status?" We said: "Yes. O Messenger of Allah!" He said: "A man who rides his horse in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, until he dies or is killed. Shall I not tell you of the one who comes after him (in status)?" We said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" He said; "A man who withdraws to a mountain pass and establishes Salah, and pays Zakah, and keeps away from the evil of people. Shall I not tell you of the worst of people?" We said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" He said: "The one who asks for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, but does not give (when he is asked) for His sake," – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ جُلُوسٌ فَقَالَ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ النَّاسِ مَنْزِلَةً؟» قُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَ رَجُلٌ مُمْسِكٌ بِرَأْسِ فَرَسِهِ أَوْ قَالَ فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ أَوْ يُقْتَلَ قَالَ فَأُخْبِرُكُمْ بِالَّذِي يَلِيهِ فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «امْرُؤٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي شِعْبٍ يُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَيَعْتَزِلُ شُرُورَ النَّاسِ» قَالَ «فَأُخْبِرُكُمْ بِشَرِّ النَّاسِ مَنْزِلَةً؟» فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «الَّذِي يُسْأَلُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَلَا يُعْطِي بِهِ» – إسناده صحيح

ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > Hishām > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The position of a man in the row (of soldiers) in the cause of Allah is better than sixty years of worship by a man.'" – Weak Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَقَامُ الرَّجُلِ فِي الصَّفِّ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ الرَّجُلِ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً» – إسناده ضعيف

al-Qāsim b. Kathīr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shurayḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Sulaymān > Mālik b. ʿAbdullāh Mar > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah or Ḥabīb Mar > Mālik / Yaqūd Faras Yamshī > Alā Tarkab Ḥamalak Allāh

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Whoever dirties his feet in the path of Allah, Allah will forbid him from the Fire."

أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ شُرَيْحٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ أَنَّ مَالِكَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَرَّ عَلَى حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ أَوْ حَبِيبٌ مَرَّ عَلَى مَالِكٍ وَهُوَ يَقُودُ فَرَسًا يَمْشِي فَقَالَ أَلا تَرْكَبُ حَمَلَكَ اللَّهُ؟ فَقَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ اغْبَرَّتْ قَدَمَاهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّارِ»

Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

“Going out in the morning in the cause of Allah, or in the evening, is more virtuous than the world and what is in it.” – Sound

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَغَدْوَةٌ فِي سبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ رَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا» – صحيح

Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ > al-Nuʿmān b. Abū ʿAyyāsh > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

From the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "There is no servant who fasts a day seeking the face of Allah except that Allah will distance his face from the Fire by a distance equivalent to seventy autumns." – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا بَاعَدَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ وَجْهِهِ وَبَيْنَ النَّارِ سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًا» – إسناده صحيح

al-Qāsim b. Kathīr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shurayḥ > Abū al-Ṣabbāḥ Muḥammad b. Sumayr > Abū ʿAlī al-Hamdānī > Abū Rayḥānah

He (saw) was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a battle when he heard him say one night, "The Fire is forbidden for an eye that stayed awake in the cause of Allah, and the Fire is forbidden for an eye that shed tears out of fear of Allah." He said, "And the third type, I have forgotten it." Abu Shuraih said, "I have heard someone say that it means, 'The Fire is forbidden for an eye that turned away from what Allah has prohibited, or an eye that shed tears in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.'" – Fair Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ شُرَيْحٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي رَيْحَانَةَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَسَمِعَهُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «حُرِّمَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى عَيْنٍ سَهِرَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَحُرِّمَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى عَيْنٍ دَمَعَتْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ» قَالَ وَقَالَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَنَسِيتُهَا قَالَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ سَمِعْتُ مَنْ يَقُولُ ذَاكَ «حُرِّمَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى عَيْنٍ غَضَّتْ عَنْ مَحَارِمِ اللَّهِ أَوْ عَيْنٍ فُقِئَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ» – إسناده جيد

ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmir > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī > Jāʾ a man Bināqah Makhṭūmah

It is (offered) in the way of Allah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: For this you will have seven hundred she-camels on the Day of Judgment all of which will be muzzled. – Sound Chain

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمِر حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ بِنَاقَةٍ مَخْطُومَةٍ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَكَ بِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ سَبْعُ مِائَةِ نَاقَةٍ كُلُّهَا مَخْطُومَةٌ» – إسناده صحيح

ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Hishām > al-Ḥasan > Ṣaʿṣaʿah b. Muʿāwiyah

I met Abu Dhar while he was driving his camel or leading it by its neck. I said, "Abu Dhar, what is the matter with you?" He said, "My livelihood." I asked him again, "What is the matter with you?" He said, "My livelihood." I asked him to narrate to me a hadith that he had heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'No Muslim spends two coins in the way of Allah except that a curtain from Paradise will be drawn for him.'" Abu Muhammad said, "It could be two dirhams, two hundred dirhams, two slaves, or two mounts." – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَنْبَأَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ صَعْصَعَةَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَهُوَ يَسُوقُ جَمَلًا لَهُ أَوْ يَقُودُهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ قِرْبَةٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَالُكَ قَالَ لِي عَمَلِي فَقُلْتُ مَالُكَ قَالَ لِي عَمَلِي قُلْتُ حَدِّثْنِي حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ مِنْ مَالٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا ابْتَدَرَتْهُ حَجَبَةُ الْجَنَّةِ» قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّد «هُوَ دِرْهَمَيْنِ أَوْ أَمَتَيْنِ أَوْ عَبْدَيْنِ أَوْ دَابَّتَيْنِ» – إسناده صحيح

ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Muqriʾ > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Khayr Marthad b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

He recited this verse: "And prepare against them whatever power you can and horses tied at the frontier" [Surah Al-Anfal 60]. Surely, the power lies in hurling. – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ مَرْثَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

أَنَّهُ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ} [الأنفال 60] أَلَا إِنَّ الْقُوَّةَ الرَّمْيُ – إسناده صحيح

And Hb b. Jarīr > Hishām > Yaḥyá > Abū Sallām > ʿAbdullāh b. Zayd al-Azraq > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah Almighty admits the three who die in the same battle by a single arrow into Paradise. He is the Creator of it, and He counts the good that they did, the one who provided it, and the one who shot it." – Fair Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَّامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْأَزْرَقِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ يُدْخِلُ الثَّلَاثَةَ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالْمُمِدَّ بِهِ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ – إسناده جيد

Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Raqāshī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿAmmī Mūsá b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'There is no person who is wounded in the cause of Allah, Almighty and Exalted, except that Allah, Almighty and Exalted, will send him on the Day of Resurrection and his wound will emit the fragrance of musk and its color will be the color of blood.'" – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقَاشِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي مُوسَى بْنُ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

َرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ مَجْرُوحٍ يُجْرَحُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ إِلَّا بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ ﷻ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَجُرْحُهُ يَدْمَى الرِّيحُ رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ وَاللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ الدَّمِ» – إسناده صحيح

al-Qāsim b. Kathīr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If anyone asks Allah for martyrdom sincerely, Allah will make him reach the ranks of martyrs even if he died on his bed. – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ شُرَيْحٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَهْلَ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ صَادِقًا مِنْ قَلْبِهِ بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ» – إسناده صحيح

Muḥammad b. Yazīd al-Rifāʿī > Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > Ibn ʿAjlān > al-Qaʿqāʿ b. Ḥakīm > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

“The martyr does not feel anything more when he is killed than one of you feels if he is pinched (by a bug).” – Good Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الرِّفَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا يَجِدُ الشَّهِيدُ مِنْ أَلَمِ الْقَتْلِ إِلَّا كَمَا يَجِدُ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ أَلَمِ الْقَرْصَةِ» – إسناده حسن

Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥanafī > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no soul that enters Paradise and wishes that it could return to you, even if it had all of the world and everything in it, except for the martyr. Indeed, the martyr wishes that he could be killed and brought back to life repeatedly due to what he has seen of the rewards." – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَنَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ تَمُوتُ فَتَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ فَتَوَدُّ أَنَّهَا رَجَعَتْ إِلَيْكُمْ وَلَهَا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا إِلَّا الشَّهِيدَ فَإِنَّهُ يَوَدُّ أَنَّهُ قُتِلَ كَذَا مَرَّةً لِمَا رَأَى مِنَ الثَّوَابِ» – إسناده صحيح

Saʿīd b. ʿĀmir > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Masrūq > Saʾalnā ʿAbdullāh > Arwāḥ al-Shuhadāʾ And Lawlā ʿAbdullāh Lam Yuḥaddithnā Aḥad

"Regarding the souls of the martyrs, if it were not for Abdullah, no one would have informed us. He said that the souls of the martyrs are with Allah on the Day of Judgment in the bodies of green birds, with lanterns hanging from the throne, freely roaming in the gardens of paradise as they please. Then they return to their lanterns, and their Lord honors them and asks, 'Do you have any need? Is there anything you desire?' They respond, 'No, except that we want to return to the world and be killed again.'" – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْنَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ

عَنْ أَرْوَاحُ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَلَوْلَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لَمْ يُحَدِّثْنَا أَحَدٌ قَالَ أَرْوَاحُ الشُّهَدَاءِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي حَوَاصِلِ طَيْرٍ خُضْرٍ لَهَا قَنَادِيلُ مُعَلَّقَةٌ بِالْعَرْشِ تَسْرَحُ فِي أَيِّ الْجَنَّةِ شَاءُوا ثُمَّ تَرْجِعُ إِلَى قَنَادِيلِهَا فَيُشْرِفُ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ فَيَقُولُ أَلَكُمْ حَاجَةٌ؟ تُرِيدُونَ شَيْئًا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ نَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَنُقْتَلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى – إسناده صحيح

Muḥammad b. al-Mubārak

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The martyrs are three: one who fought with his life and wealth in the way of Allah, and fought until he was killed. The Prophet ﷺ said about him, 'He is the praised martyr in the tent of Allah, beneath His throne. The Prophets do not surpass him except by the degree of prophethood.' And there is a believer who mixed good deeds with bad ones, and fought with his life and wealth in the way of Allah, and fought until he was killed." The Prophet ﷺ said about him, "There is a garment that will wash away his sins. Indeed, the sword erases sins, and he enters Paradise through any door of Paradise he wishes." And there is a hypocrite who fought with his life and wealth, and when he met the enemy, he fought until he was killed. The Prophet ﷺ said about him, "He is in the Fire. Indeed, the sword does not erase hypocrisy." Abdullah said, "It is said about a garment when it is washed, it is squeezed."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى هُوَ الصَّدَفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي الْمُثَنَّى الْأُمْلُوكِيِّ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدٍ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْقَتْلَى ثَلَاثَةٌ مُؤْمِنٌ جَاهَدَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِذَا لَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِيهِ «فَذَلِكَ الشَّهِيدُ الْمُمْتَحَنُ فِي خَيْمَةِ اللَّهِ تَحْتَ عَرْشِهِ لَا يَفْضُلُهُ النَّبِيُّونَ إِلَّا بِدَرَجَةِ النُّبُوَّةِ وَمُؤْمِنٌ خَلَطَ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَآخَرَ سَيِّئًا جَاهَدَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِذَا لَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ» قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «فِيهِ مُمَصْمِصَةٌ مَحَتْ ذُنُوبَهُ وَخَطَايَاهُ إِنَّ السَّيْفَ مَحَّاءٌ لِلْخَطَايَا وَأُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أَيِّ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ شَاءَ وَمُنَافِقٌ جَاهَدَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فَإِذَا لَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ فَذَاكَ فِي النَّارِ إِنَّ السَّيْفَ لَا يَمْحُو النِّفَاقَ» قَالَ عَبْد اللَّهِ يُقَالُ لِلثَّوْبِ إِذَا غُسِلَ مُصْمِصَ

ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbd al-Majīd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Maqburī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and delivered a sermon in which he praised and glorified Allah. Then he mentioned Jihad and said that there is nothing superior to it except for obligatory acts of worship. A man stood up and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think about someone who is killed in the cause of Allah? Will that erase his sins?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Yes, if he was patient, seeking reward from Allah, and not retreating from the battlefield, except for a debt. Indeed, it will be taken from him, as Gabriel ﷺ informed me." – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَامَ فَخَطَبَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الْجِهَادَ فَلَمْ يَدَعْ شَيْئًا أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا الْفَرَائِضَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَهَلْ ذَلِكَ مُكَفِّرٌ عَنْهُ خَطَايَاهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ إِذَا قُتِلَ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا مُقْبِلًا غَيْرَ مُدْبِرٍ إِلَّا الدَّيْنَ فَإِنَّهُ مَأْخُوذٌ بِهِ كَمَا زَعَمَ لِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ» – إسناده صحيح

Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sulaymān > al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān > ʿĀmir b. Mālik > Ṣafwān b. Umayyah

From the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "The plague is a martyrdom, drowning is a martyrdom, participating in a battle is a martyrdom, and childbirth and what a woman faces during childbirth are also martyrdom." – Fair Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ هُوَ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الطَّاعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْغَرَقُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْغَزْوُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْبَطْنُ وَالنُّفَسَاءُ» – إسناده جيد

ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Manṣūr > Abū Bakr b. Ḥafṣ > Shuraḥbīl b. al-Simṭ > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Being killed in the way of Allah is martyrdom, and dying due to a widespread disease is martyrdom, and death due to a stomach disease is martyrdom, and a woman being killed by her child is also martyrdom." – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ السِّمْطِ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْقَتْلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ شَهَادَةٌ وَالطَّاعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْبَطْنُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْمَرْأَةُ يَقْتُلُهَا وَلَدُهَا جُمْعًا شَهَادَةٌ» – إسناده صحيح

Yaʿlá > Ismāʿīl > Qays > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

"We used to go on military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with no food except for dates and the leaves of Hurbah, to the extent that one of us would place his hand on his stomach like a sheep because of hunger. Then, the Banu Asad became strong and they started to oppress me. I felt weak and my work was lost." – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ

«كُنَّا نَغْزُو مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا هَذَا السَّمُرُ وَوَرَقُ الْحُبْلَةِ حَتَّى إِنَّ أَحَدَنَا لَيَضَعُ كَمَا تَضَعُ الشَّاةُ مَا لَهُ خِلْطٌ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَتْ بَنُو أَسَدٍ يُعَزِّرُونِي لَقَدْ خِبْتُ إِذَنْ وَضَلَّ عَمَلِي» – إسناده صحيح

al-Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Jabalah b. ʿAṭiyyah > Yaḥyá b. al-Walīd b. ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever fights in the cause of Allah intending only to get an 'Iqal, he will have what he intended." – Fair Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَبَلَةُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ غَزَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ لَا يَنْوِي فِي غَزَاتِهِ إِلَّا عِقَالًا فَلَهُ مَا نَوَى» – إسناده جيد

Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > Abū Baḥriyyah > Muʿādh b. Jabal

The Prophet ﷺ said: Fighting is of two kinds: The one who seeks Allah's favour, obeys the leader, gives the property he values, treats his associates gently and avoids doing mischief, will have the reward for all the time whether he is asleep or awake; but the one who fights in a boasting spirit, for the sake of display and to gain a reputation, who disobeys the leader and does mischief in the earth will not return credit or without blame. – Weak Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَحْرِيَّةَ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْغَزْوُ غَزْوَانِ فَأَمَّا مَنْ غَزَا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ وَأَطَاعَ الْإِمَامَ وَأَنْفَقَ الْكَرِيمَةَ وَيَاسَرَ الشَّرِيكَ وَاجْتَنَبَ الْفَسَادَ فَإِنَّ نَوْمَهُ وَنُبْهَهُ أَجْرٌ كُلُّهُ وَأَمَّا مَنْ غَزَا فَخْرًا وَرِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً وَعَصَى الْإِمَامَ وَأَفْسَدَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَرْجِعُ بِالْكَفَافِ» – إسناده ضعيف

al-Ḥakam b. al-Mubārak > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥārith > al-Qāsim Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Umāmah

“Whoever does not fight, or equip a fighter, or stay behind to look after a fighter’s family, Allah will strike him with a calamity before the Day of Resurrection.” – Fair Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ لَمْ يَغْزُ أَوْ يُجَهِّزْ غَازِيًا أَوْ يَخْلُفْ غَازِيًا فِي أَهْلِهِ بِخَيْرٍ أَصَابَهُ اللَّهُ بِقَارِعَةٍ قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ» – إسناده جيد

Yaʿlá > ʿAbd al-Malik > ʿAṭāʾ > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

"From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: 'Whoever prepares a mujahid for the sake of Allah or supports his family, Allah will write for him the same reward as the mujahid, except that nothing will be reduced from the reward of the mujahid.'" – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ جَهَّزَ غَازِيًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ خَلَفَهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِثْلَ أَجْرِهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِ الْغَازِي شَيْئًا» – إسناده صحيح

Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

I heard Al-Bara'a saying when this verse was revealed {Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled - and the mujahideen [who strive and fight] in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives. Allah has preferred the mujahideen through their wealth and their lives over those who remain [behind], by degrees.} [Quran 4:95], the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Zaid and he brought a shoulder blade, then the Prophet ﷺ wrote it down. Ibn Umm Maktum, who was blind, complained about its harm, so the verse was revealed {Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled - and the mujahideen [who strive and fight] in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives except for the disabled, Allah has preferred the mujahideen through their wealth and their lives over those who remain [behind].} [Quran 4:95].

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَقُولُ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء 95] دَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْدًا فَجَاءَ بِكَتِفٍ فَكَتَبَهَا وَشَكَا ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ ضَرَارَتَهُ فَنَزَلَتْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95]