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1619. Abū Hurairah narrated: "It was said, 'O Messenger of Allāh, what equals Jihād?' He said: 'Verily, you (people) are not capable of it.' So they repeated it to him two or three times, each time he said, 'You (people) are not capable of it.' Then he said the third time: 'The example of the Mujāhid in the path of Allāh is like the one who fasts and stands (in prayer) and does not slacken from Salāt, nor fasting, until the Mujāhid in the cause of Allāh returns.'" (Sahih)
There are narrations on this topic from Ash-Shifā', 'Abdullāh bin Hubshī, Abū Mūsā, Abū Sa'eed, Umm Mālik Al-Bahziyyah, and Anas.
This Hadīth is a Hasan Sahih. And it has been reported through more than one route from Abū Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ.
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Commentary
Jihād (fighting in the cause of Allāh) is an extremely important activity. Recompense and reward for the Mujāhid (he who undertakes Jihād in the cause of Allāh) is continuous, spanning his entire mission in the sense that, be it his awakening or sleep or any other activity, it shall bring him continued reward. His reward, thus, keeps accumulating regardless of his activities during his dispatchment.
