It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“Allah has prepared (reward) for those who go out (to fight) in
His
cause: ‘And do not go out except (to fight) for Jihad in My cause,
out of faith in Me and belief in My Messengers, but he has a
guarantee
from Me that I will admit him to Paradise, or I will return
him to his
dwelling from which he set out, with the reward that he
attained, or
the spoils that he acquired.’ Then he said: ‘By the
One in Whose Hand
is my soul, were it not that it would be too
difficult for the
Muslims, I would never have stayed behind from any
expedition that
went out in the cause of Allah. But I could not find
the resources to
give them mounts and they could not find the
resources to follow me,
nor would they be pleased to stay behind if I
went. By the One in
Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, I wish I
could fight in the cause
of Allah and be killed, then fight and be
killed, then fight and be
killed.’”
It was
narrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Prophet (ﷺ)
said:
“The one who fights in the cause of Allah has a guarantee from
Allah. Either He will raise him to His forgiveness and mercy, or He
will send him back with reward and spoils of war. The likeness of the
one who fights in the cause of Allah is that of one who fasts and
prays at night without ceasing, until he returns.”
“I heard the Messenger
of
Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever equips a warrior in the cause of Allah
until he is fully equipped, he will have a reward like his, until he
dies or returns.”
It was
narrated from Thawban that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“The
best Dinar that a man can spend is a Dinar that he spends on his
family, a Dinar that he spends on a horse in the cause of Allah, and
a
Dinar that a man spends on his companions in the cause of Allah.”
It was
narrated from ‘Ali bin Abu Talib, Abu Darda’, Abu Hurairah, Abu
Umamah Al-Bahili, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr,
Jabir bin
‘Abdullah and ‘Imran bin Husain, all of them narrating
that the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“Whoever sends financial
support in the
cause of Allah and stays at home, for every Dirham he
will have (the
reward of) seven hundred Dirham. Whoever fights
himself in the cause
of Allah, and spends on that, for every Dirham
he will have (the
reward of) seven hundred thousand Dirham.” Then
he recited the Verse:
“Allah gives manifold increase to whom He
wills.”[2:261]
It was
narrated from Abu Umamah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
“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.”
“When the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) was returning from the campaign of Tabuk, and had drawn
close
to Al-Madinah, he said: ‘In Al-Madinah there are people who, as
you
traveled and crossed valleys, were with you.’ They said: ‘O
Messenger of Allah, even though they are in Al-Madinah?’ He said:
‘Even though they were in Al-Madinah. They were kept behind by
(legitimate) excuses.’”
It was
narrated from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“in
Al-Madinah there are men who, every time you crossed a valley or
travelled a road, they shared with you in the reward. They were kept
behind by (legitimate) excuses.”
Chapter 7: The virtue of guarding the frontiers in the cause of Allah - كتاب الجهاد
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ خَطَبَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ حَدِيثًا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ بِهِ إِلاَّ الضِّنُّ بِكُمْ وَبِصَحَابَتِكُمْ فَلْيَخْتَرْ مُخْتَارٌ لِنَفْسِهِ أَوْ لِيَدَعْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" مَنْ رَابَطَ لَيْلَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ كَانَتْ كَأَلْفِ لَيْلَةٍ صِيَامِهَا وَقِيَامِهَا " .
It was
narrated that ‘Abdullah bin Zubair said:
“Uthman bin ‘Affan
addressed the people and said: ‘O people! I heard a Hadith from the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and nothing kept me from narrating it to you
except for the fact that I did not want to lose you and your
companionship. So it is up to you. I heard the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) saying: “Whoever spends a night guarding the frontier in the
cause of Allah, it will be like a thousand nights spent in fasting
and
prayer.”
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“Whoever dies being prepared in the cause of Allah, will be
given
continuously the reward for the good deeds that he used to do,
and he
will be rewarded with provision, and he will be kept safe from
Fattan,* and Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection free of
fright.”
“The Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ)
said: ‘For guarding the frontier for a day in the cause of
Allah,
defending the Muslims, seeking reward, apart from in the month
of
Ramadan, there is a reward granted greater than worshipping for a
hundred years, fasting and praying. Guarding the frontier for a day
in
the cause of Allah, defending the Muslims, seeking reward, in the
month of Ramadan, is better before Allah and brings a greater reward”
– I think he said – “than worshipping for a thousand years,
fasting
and praying. If Allah returns him to his family safe and
sound, no bad
deed will be recorded for him for a thousand years, but
his good deeds
will be recorded, and the reward for guarding the
frontier will come
to him until the Day of Resurrection.”
It was
narrated that Sa’eed bin Khalid bin Abu Tuwail said:
I heard
Anas
bin Malik saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:
“Standing
guard one night in the cause of Allah is better than a man
fasting
and praying, among his family, for a thousand years. The year
is
three hundred and sixty days and a day is like a thousand years.”
It was
narrated from Hammad bin Zaid from Thabit, that the Prophet
(ﷺ) was
mentioned before Anas bin Malik and he said:
“He was the
best of
people, the most generous of people, the most courageous of
people.
The people of Al-Madinah became alarmed one night, and he was
the
first of them to investigate the noise and din. He was riding a
horse
belonging to Abu Talhah, bareback, with no saddle. His sword was
hanging from his neck and he was saying: ‘O people, do not be
afraid,’
sending them back to their houses. Then he said of the
horse, ‘We
found it like a sea,’ or, ‘It is a sea.’”*
It was
narrated from Anas bin Malik that his maternal aunt Umm Harim
bint
Milhan said:
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) slept near me one day,
then he woke up smiling. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what has
made
you smile?’ He said: ‘People of my nation who were shown to
me (in my
dream) riding across this sea like kings on thrones.’ I
said:
‘Supplicate to Allah to make me one of them.’” So he
prayed for her.
Then he slept again, and did likewise, and she said
the same as she
said before, and he replied in the same manner. She
said: “Pray to
Allah to make me one of them,” and he said: “You
will be one of the
first ones.” He said: “Then she went out with
her husband, ‘Ubadah bin
Samit, as a fighter, the first time that
the Muslims crossed the sea
with Mu’awiyah bin Abu Sufyan. On their
way back, after they had
finished fighting, they stopped in Sham. An
animal was brought near
for her to ride it, but it threw her off, and
she died.”
It was
narrated from Abu Darda’ that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“A
military expedition by sea is like ten expeditions by land.
The one
who suffers from seasickness is like one who gets drenched in
his own
blood in the cause of Allah.”