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1650. Abū Hurairah narrated: "A man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ passed by a ravine containing a small spring of thirst quenching water, so he was amazed by how pleasant it was. So he said: 'I should leave the people and stay
in this ravine. But I will not do it until I seek permission from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.' So he mentioned that to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and he said: 'Do not do so. For indeed one of you standing in the cause of Allāh is more virtuous than his Salāt in his house for seventy years. Do you not love that Allāh forgive your sins and admit you into Paradise? Then fight in the cause of Allāh, for whoever fights in Allāh's cause for the time it takes for two milkings of a camel, then Paradise is obligatory for him.'" (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan.
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The way to milk a she-camel is that they milk her for a while then give her a break so that its foal sucks her and the milk comes down again. The time between the two milkings is known as Fuwāq-u-Nāqah (literally, hiccups of the she-camel). It means that even a little period of time spent in Jihād is more meritorious than the voluntary Salāt of seventy years in one's house. It may be mentioned here that it is only the voluntary Salāt that is performed at home.
