What Has Been Related About One Who Fights For Show And For Wordly Matters
Darussalam · Volume 3
20. The Chapters On The Virtues Of Jihād From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 282
Source no. 1646 · Volume 4 · Page 146
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٢٧٨٣)
Select a passage to highlight it. Click or tap a highlight to remove it.
1646. Abū Mūsā narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was asked about a man who fights out of bravery, one who fights out of protection (for himself or others), and one who fought to be seen. Which of them is in the cause of Allāh? He said: 'Whoever fought so that the Word of Allāh is supreme, then he is in Allāh's cause.'" (Ṣaḥīh) [Abū 'Eisā said:] There is something on this topic from 'Umar. This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīh.
١٦٤٦ - حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ شَقِيقِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ: «سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُقَاتِلُ شَجَاعَةً، وَيُقَاتِلُ حَمِيَّةً، وَيُقَاتِلُ رِيَاءً، فَأَيُّ ذَلِكَ فِي سَبِيلِ» اللهِ؟ قَالَ: مَنْ قَاتَلَ لِتَكُونَ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا فَهُوَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ. وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
Your commentary saves automatically in this browser, separate from the published commentary. It stays private unless you include it in a shared study file.
A person's going to war could be for several reasons: hope of getting the spoils of war; show of one's valour and bravery; nationalistic motives; desire for revenge; search for personal glory; or for establishing the supremacy of Allāh's Word. The Prophet ﷺ explained that only the person fighting for the supremacy of Allāh's Word is fighting in the cause of Allāh.