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Darussalam · Volume 4

56 - THE BOOK OF JIHĀD

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الحديث: 2785 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 15

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2785. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: A man came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and said, "Guide me to such a deed as equals Jihād (in reward)." He replied, "I do not find such a deed." Then he added, "Can you, while the Muslim fighter has gone for Jihād enter your mosque to perform Ṣalāt (prayer) without cease and observe Ṣaum (fast) and never break your Ṣaum?" The man said, "But who can do that?"(2) Abū Hurairah رضي added, "The Mujāhid (i.e., Muslim fighter) is rewarded even for the footsteps of his horse while it wanders about (for grazing) tied in a long rope."

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2785 - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو حَصِينٍ، أَنَّ ذَكْوَانَ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ حَدَّثَهُ، قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ يَعْدِلُ الجِهَادَ؟ قَالَ: «لاَ أَجِدُهُ» قَالَ: «هَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ إِذَا خَرَجَ المُجَاهِدُ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ مَسْجِدَكَ فَتَقُومَ وَلاَ تَفْتُرَ، وَتَصُومَ وَلاَ تُفْطِرَ؟»، قَالَ: وَمَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ؟، قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: «إِنَّ فَرَسَ المُجَاهِدِ لَيَسْتَنُّ فِي طِوَلِهِ، فَيُكْتَبُ لَهُ حَسَنَاتٍ»

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    (1) (H. 2783) After the conquest of Makkah there was no need for Muslims to emigrate from Makkah to Al-Madīna. The Prophet ﷺ tells his companions that one can attain rewards through Jihād against Kufr, i.e., to fight for Allāh's Cause when there is a call for it, otherwise one should have the intention to participate in Jihād and this intention has the same reward as that of Jihād itself.

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    (2) (H. 2785) Of course, nobody can offer Ṣalāt (prayer) and fast incessantly, and since=