What Has Been Related About Which Of The People Are Most Virtuous
Darussalam · Volume 3
20. The Chapters On The Virtues Of Jihād From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 1660 · Volume 4 · Page 160
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صحيح، التعليق الرغيب (٢ / ١٧٣)
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1660. Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was asked: "Which of the people are most virtuous?" He said: "A man who take part in Jihād in Allāh's cause." They said: "Then whom?" He said: "Then a believer who stays in one of the mountain paths out of Taqwā for his Lord, leaving the people secure from his evil." (Saḥīḥ) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
١٦٦٠ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ: «سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: رَجُلٌ يُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ» اللهِ قَالُوا: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ مُؤْمِنٌ فِي شِعْبٍ مِنَ الشِّعَابِ يَتَّقِي رَبَّهُ وَيَدَعُ النَّاسَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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Just as, together with doing one's obligatory duties, it would be an act of great virtue to take part in Jihād in the cause of Allāh and risk one's life and property in that endeavour, it would also, under special circumstances, be an act of virtue to go into seclusion in order to keep away from getting involved in a situation of internal dissent and strife. And the meaning of him fleeing to protect the people from his evil, is when if he were to stay, he would be compelled to pick and assist one side in cases of two Muslim groups fighting in Fitnah.