What Has Been Related About 'The Most Virtuous Jihād Is A Just Statement Before A Tyrannical Ruler'
Darussalam · Volume 4
31. Chapters On Al-Fitan From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 45
Source no. 2174 · Volume 5 · Page 174
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٤٠١٠)
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2174. Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed, among the greatest types of Jihād is a just statement before a tyrannical ruler." (Hasan) [Abū 'Eisā said:] There is something on this topic from Abū Umāmah. And this Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb from this route.
٢١٧٤ - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ الْكُوفِيُّ ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ أَبُو يَزِيدَ ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُحَادَةَ ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْجِهَادِ» كَلِمَةَ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ. وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ.
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The expression 'Kalimat Al-'Adl' (just statement) as used here, means commanding what is good and prohibiting what is evil. To enjoin good to a tyrannical ruler or prohibit him from doing wrong is inviting disaster for oneself, nay perhaps signing one's own death warrant, while going out to face an enemy is not necessarily to court injury or death. That is why admonishing a tyrannical ruler has been described in the Hadīth as the highest form of Jihād.