Riyad as-Salihin - The excellence of Jihad Hadith

Riyad as-Salihin (The Meadows of the Righteous)

 

by Imam Nawawi

 

234. The excellence of
Jihad

 

Allah Almighty says, "But fight the idolaters totally just as
they fight you totally, and know that Allah is with the godfearing,"
(9:36)

and the Almighty says, "Fighting is prescribed for you even if it is
hateful to you. It may be that you hate a thing when it is good for you and it
may be that you love a thing when it is bad for you. Allah knows and you do
not know." (W2:214; H2:216)

The Almighty says, "Go out to fight,
whatever your circumstances or desires, and do jihad with your wealth and
yourselves in the way of Allah," (9:41)

and the Almighty says, "Allah
has bought from the believers their selves and their wealth in return for them
having the Garden. They fight in the way of Allah, and they kill and are
killed. It is a promise binding on Him in the Torah, the Injil and the Qur'an
and who is truer to his contract than Allah? Rejoice then in the bargain you
have made. That is the great victory." (9:111)

The Almighty says,
"Those believers who stay behind – other than those forced by necessity –
are not the same as those who do jihad in the way of Allah, sacrificing their
wealth and themselves. Allah has given those who do jihad with their wealth
and themselves a higher rank than those who stay behind. Allah has promised
the Best to both, but Allah has preferred those who do jihad over those who
stay behind by an immense reward: high ranks conferred by Him as well as
forgiveness and mercy. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (4:95-96)

The Almighty says, "O you who believe! Shall I direct you to a transaction
which will save you from a painful punishment? That you believe in Allah and
His Messenger and do jihad in the Way of Allah with your wealth and
yourselves. That is better for you if you only knew. He will forgive you your
wrong actions and admit you into Gardens with rivers flowing under them, and
fine dwellings in the Gardens of Eden. That is the Great Victory. And other
things you love: support from Allah and imminent victory. Give good news to
the believers!" (61:10-13)

 

1285. Abu Hurayra said that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, was asked, "What action is the best?" He replied, "Belief in Allah and
His Messenger." He was asked, "Then what?" and replied, "Jihad in the way of
Allah." He was asked, "And then what?" He replied, "An accepted hajj." [Agreed
upon]

1286. Ibn Mas'ud said, "I said, 'Messenger of Allah, what action is most
loved by Allah Almighty?' He said, 'The prayer at its proper time.' I asked,
'Then what?' He said, 'Then devotion to parents.' He said, Then what?' He said,
'Jihad in the way of Allah.'" [Agreed upon]

1287. Abu Dharr said, "I said, 'Messenger of Allah, what action is best?' He
said, 'Belief in Allah and jihad in His way.'" [Agreed upon]

1288. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "A morning spent in the way of Allah or an evening is
better than this world and everything it contains." [Agreed upon]

1289. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said, "A man said, 'Messenger of Allah, who is the
best of people?' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, 'A believer who does jihad in the way of Allah with his self and
his wealth.' They said, 'Then who?' He said, 'A man who withdraws into a
mountain ravine and worships his Allah and spares people from his evil.'"
[Agreed upon]

1290. Sahl ibn Sa'd reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "Manning the frontier (ribat) for one day in
the way of Allah is better than this world and everything in it. The place in
the Garden of one of your whips is better than this world and everything in it.
Any evening or a morning when a slave goes out in the way of Allah Almighty is
better than this world and everything in it." [Agreed upon]

1291. Salman said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, say, "Fighting on the front line (ribat) for a day and a
night is better than fasting and praying at night for a month. If a man dies
doing it, the actions which he used normally to do go on accruing for him and
his provision is bestowed on him and he will be safe from the trials of the
grave." [Muslim]

1292. Fadala ibn 'Ubayd reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "The actions of every dead person are sealed
except for the murabit in the way of Allah. His actions will go on
increasing until the Day of Rising. and he will be safe from the trials of the
grave." [Abu Dawud]

1293. 'Uthman said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, say, "Fighting on the front line (ribat) in the way of
Allah is better than a thousand years doing anything else." [at-Tirmidhi]

1294. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "Allah gives a guarantee to the one who goes out in
the way of Allah: 'I will repay anyone who goes out for no other reason than
jihad in My way and belief in Me and affirmation of My Messengers either by
admitting him into the Garden or returning him to his home from which he left
with the reward he has obtained or booty.' By the One in whose hand the soul of
Muhammad is, on the Day of Rising every wound which a Muslim receives in the way
of Allah will be as it was when it was inflicted. Its colour will be that of
blood, but its scent will be that of musk. By the One in whose hand the soul of
Muhammad is, if it were not that it would be a source of difficulty for the
Muslims, I would never stay behind from any expedition in the way of Allah. But
I have not got the means to provide the people with mounts and they do not have
the means either and it would be hard for them to stay behind if I went. By the
One in whose hand the soul of Muhammad is, I would love to raid in the way of
Allah and be killed, and then raid and be killed again, and then raid and be
killed again." [Muslim]

1295. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "Every one who is wounded will come of the Day of
Rising with his wound bleeding. It will be the colour of blood but have the
scent of musk." [Agreed upon]

1296. Mu'adh reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "If any Muslim man fights in the way of Allah even for a short
time, the Garden becomes mandatory for him. If anyone suffers a wound or some
disaster in the way of Allah, it will appear on the Day of Rising pouring blood
as it did when it first happened: its colour will be saffron and its scent like
musk." [Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi]

1297. Abu Hurayra said, "One of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah
passed by a ravine which had a small spring of sweet water in it and he admired
it. He said, 'If only I could withdraw from people and stay in this ravine! But
I will not do it until I have asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, for permission.' He mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he said, 'Do not do it. The station
of one of you in the way of Allah is better than his prayer in his house for
seventy years. Would you not like Allah to forgive you and admit you into the
Garden? Raid in the way of Allah. If anyone fights in the way of Allah for even
a short time, the Garden becomes mandatory for him.'" [at-Tirmidhi]

1298. Abu Hurayra said, "It was said, 'Messenger of Allah, what is equal to
jihad in the way of Allah?' He said, 'You will not be able to do it.' They
repeated it to him twice or three times, and each time he said, "You will not be
able to do it.' Then he said, 'Someone who does jihad in the way of Allah is
like someone who fasts and prays at night in obedience to the verses of Allah
without slackening in his prayer or his fast until the one doing jihad in the
way of Allah returns.'" [Agreed upon]

In the variant of al-Bukhari, "A man said, 'Messenger of Allah, direct me to
an action which is equal to jihad.' He said, 'I do not know of one.' Then he
said, 'Are you capable, when the person doing jihad sets out, of entering your
mosque and then praying without slackening off and fasting without breaking the
fast?' He said, 'Who could possibly do that!'"

1299. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "One of the best of livelihoods that people can have
is that of a man who holds the reins of his horse in the way of Allah, hastening
on its back, and whenever he hears the sound of war or alarm, he flies to it
looking for either the killing or the death that he will find there, or that of
a man among some sheep at the top of one of these mountains or in the bottom of
one of these valleys who establishes the prayer and pays the zakat and worships
Allah until certainty (death) comes to him. He does not involve himself with
people except in a good way." [Muslim]

1300. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "In the Garden there are a hundred degrees which
Allah has prepared for those who do jihad in the way of Allah. Between each two
degrees is the space between heaven and earth." [al-Bukhari]

1301. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said. "The Garden is mandatory for anyone who is
pleased with Allah as Lord, Islam as deen and Muhammad as Messenger." Abu Sa'id
was amazed at it and said, "Repeat that to me, Messenger of Allah." and he
repeated it to him and then said, "There is something else by which Allah raises
the slave a hundred degrees in the Garden, the distance between each of which is
as great as the space between heaven and earth." He said, "What is it, Messenger
of Allah?" He said, "Jihad in the way of Allah. Jihad in the way of Allah."
[Muslim]

1302. Abu Bakr ibn Abi Musa al-Ash'ari said, "I heard my father say when he
was in the presence of the enemy, 'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "The gates of the Garden are under the shadow of the
swords."' A man of ragged appearance stood up and said, 'Abu Musa, did you
really hear the Messenger of Allah say this?' He said, 'Yes.' He returned to his
companions and said, 'I give the greeting to you.' Then he broke his sword's
scabbard, threw it away and walked with his sword towards the enemy, striking
with it until he was killed." [Muslim]

1303. Abu 'Abs 'Abdu'r-Rahman ibn Jabr stated that the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Fire will not touch anyone
whose feet become dusty in the way of Allah " [al-Bukhari]

1304. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "No man who weeps out of fear of Allah will enter the
Fire until the milk returns to the breast. Dust raised in the way of Allah and
the smoke of Hellfire will never be joined together in respect of any slave of
Allah." [at-Tirmidhi]

1305. Ibn 'Abbas said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, 'There are two eyes which the Fire will not touch: an
eye which weeps out of fear of Allah and an eye that keeps watch in the way of
Allah." [at-Tirmidhi]

1306. Zayd ibn Khalid reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "Anyone who equips someone for an expedition in
the way of Allah has gone on the expedition. Anyone who looks after someone's
family has gone on the expedition." [Agreed upon]

1307. Abu Umama reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "The best sadaqa is the shade of a tent in the way of
Allah, the gift of a servant in the way of Allah or giving a male camel in the
way of Allah." [at-Tirmidhi]

1308. Anas reported that a lad from Aslam said, "Messenger of Allah, I want
to go on an expedition, but I do not have the wherewithal with which to prepare
myself. He said, 'Go to so-and-so. He has made preparations but has fallen ill.'
He said, 'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
greets you and says to give me what you have prepared.' He said, 'Girl, give him
what I have prepared and do not hold anything back. By Allah, you should not
hold back any of it and it will be a blessing for you.'" [Muslim]

1309. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, sent an expedition to the Banu Lihyan of Hudhayl.
He said, "Let every two men send one more man, and the reward will be for both
of them." [Muslim]

In one variant, "One man out of every two men should go out." Then he said to
the one sitting, "Whichever of you looks after the family and property of the
one who goes out will have half the reward of the one who goes out."

1310. Al-Bara' said, "A man bristling with armour came to the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, 'Messenger of Allah, shall I
fight or become Muslim?' He said, 'Become Muslim and then fight.' He became
Muslim and then fought and was killed.' The Messenger of Allah said, 'His action
was little but his reward is great.'" [Agreed upon]

1311. Anas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "No one will enter the Garden and then want to return to this
world, even if he had everything that is on the earth, except for a martyr who
wants to return to this world and be killed ten times more because of the honour
he experiences."

In one variant, "Because of the excellence of martyrdom he experiences."
[Agreed upon]

1312. 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As reported that the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah forgives the martyr every
wrong action except debt." (In one variant, "Being killed in the way of Allah
expiates everything except debt.") [Muslim]

1313. Abu Qatada reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, stood up among them and mentioned that jihad in the way of
Allah and belief in Allah were the best actions. A man stood up and said,
"Messenger of Allah, tell me, if I am killed in the way of Allah, will that
expiate my sins for me?" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said to him, "Yes, if you are killed in the way of Allah and you are
steadfast, expecting Allah's reward, advancing and not retreating." Then the
Messenger of Allah said, "What did you say?" He said, "Tell me, if I am killed
in the way of Allah, will that expiate my sins for me?" The Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Yes, if you are killed in the
way of Allah and you are steadfast, expecting Allah's reward, advancing and not
retreating - except if you have debts. Jibril, peace be upon him, said that to
me." [Muslim]

1314. Jabir reported that a man said, "Where will I be, Messenger of Allah,
if I am killed?" He said, "In the Garden." He threw away some dates that were in
his hand and then fought until he was killed." [Muslim]

1315. Anas said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, and his Companions advanced so that they reached Badr before the
idolaters. Then the idolaters arrived. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, 'None of you should advance to anything unless I
go first.' The idolaters drew near and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, 'Rise up for a Garden whose breadth is that of
the heavens and the earth.' 'Umayr ibn al-Humam al-Ansari said, 'Messenger of
Allah, a Garden whose breadth is that of the heavens and the earth?' He said,
'Yes.' He said, 'Excellent! excellent!' The Messenger of Allah said, 'What moved
you to say, 'Excellent! excellent!'" He said, "By Allah, Messenger of Allah,
nothing but the hope that I will be among its people!' He said, 'You are among
its people.' He took some dates from his quiver and began to eat some of them.
Then he said, "If I live long enough to eat these dates, it will indeed be a
long life!" He threw away the dates he had and then fought until he was killed."
[Muslim]

1316. Anas said, "Some people came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, saying, 'Send us some men to teach us the Qur'an and the
Sunna.' He sent them seventy men of the Ansar who were called "the reciters".
They included my uncle Hiram. During the night they used to recite the Qur'an
and study and learn. During the day they would fetch water and put it in the
mosque and fetch firewood and sell it and use the proceeds to buy food for the
people of the Suffa and the poor. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, sent them and they were attacked and killed before they had reached the
place. They said, 'O Allah, convey from us to our Prophet that we have met You
and we are pleased with You and You are pleased with us.' A man came to Hiram,
Anas's uncle, from behind and stabbed him with a spear so that it went right
through him. Hiram said, 'I have won, by the Lord of the Ka'ba!' The Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Your brothers have
been killed and they said, "O Allah, convey from us to our Prophet that we have
met You and we are pleased with You and You are pleased with us."'" [Agreed
upon]

1317. Anas said, "My uncle, Anas ibn an-Nadr, missed the fighting at Badr and
said, 'Messenger of Allah, I missed the first battle in which you fought the
idolaters. If Allah gives me the opportunity to fight the idolaters, Allah will
see what I shall do!' On the Day of Uhud, the Muslims were routed and he said,
'O Allah, I apologise to You for what these people have done (i.e. his
companions) and I declare myself innocent to You of what those people have done,
(i.e. the idolaters).' Then he went forward and Sa'd ibn Mu'adh met him. He
said, 'O Sa'd ibn Mu'adh! The Garden, by the Lord of the Ka'ba! I smell its
fragrance from below Uhud!' Sa'd said, 'Messenger of Allah, I could not do what
he did.'" Anas said, "We found him with about eighty wounds, sword thrusts or
spear stabs or arrows. We found that he had been killed and the idolaters had
mutilated him. No one could recognise him except for his sister by his
fingertips.' Anas said, "We used to think or suppose that this ayat was sent
down about him and his like, 'Among the believers there are men who have been
true to the contract they made with Allah.' (33:23)" [Agreed upon]

1318. It is related from Samura that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "In the night I dreamt that two men came to me
and took me up the tree and had me enter the most beautiful and excellent house
and I have never seen a better house than it. They said, 'This house is the
house of the martyrs.'" [al-Bukhari]

1319. Anas reported that Umm ar-Rubayyi' bint al-Bara', the mother of
al-Haritha ibn Suraqa, came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, and said, "O Messenger of Allah, will you not tell me about Haritha?" He
had been killed at the Battle of Badr. "If he is in the Garden, I will be
patient. If the case is other than that, I will weep my eyes out for him." He
said, "Umm Haritha, there are many gardens within the Garden, and your son has
obtained the Highest Paradise." [al-Bukhari]

1320. Jabir ibn 'Abdullah said, "My father was brought to the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he had been mutilated. He was placed
before him and I went to uncover his face and some people prevented me.' The
Prophet said, 'The angels are still covering him with their wings." [Agreed
upon]

1321. Sahl ibn Hunayf reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "If anyone asks Allah Almighty for martyrdom with
sincerity, Allah will make him reach the degree of the martyrs, even if he dies
in bed." [Muslim]

1322. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Anyone who sincerely seeks martyrdom will be given the
reward of it, even if he is not wounded." [Muslim]

1323. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "Martyrs only experience the blow which kills them as
one of you might experience the prick of a sting." [at-Tirmidhi]

1324. 'Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa reported that during one of the battles in which
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, met the enemy,
he waited until the sun declined and then stood up to address the people and
said, "O people! Do not be too eager to meet the enemy and ask Allah for
well-being. When you do meet them, be steadfast. Know that the Garden lies under
the shadow of the swords." Then he said, "O Allah, Sender-down of the Book and
Mover of the clouds and Vanquisher of the Companies, defeat them and help us
against them!" [Agreed upon]

1325. Sahl ibn Sa'd stated that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "Two things will not be rejected - or rarely rejected
- the supplication at the time of the call to prayer and in battle when people
are pressing against one another." [Abu Dawud]

1326. Anas said, "When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, went on a raid, he would say, 'O Allah, You are my Support and my
Helper. I move by You and I attack by You, and I fight by You." [Abu Dawud and
at-Tirmidhi]

1327. Abu Musa reported that when the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, feared a people, he said, "O Allah, we set You against them and we
seek refuge with You from their evils." [Abu Dawud]

1328. Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Good will remain tied to the forelocks of horses until
the Day of Rising." [Agreed upon]

1329. 'Urwa al-Bariqi stated that the Prophet , may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "Good will remain tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day
of Rising: the reward and booty." [Agreed upon]

1330. Abu Hurayra reported said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "If anyone keeps a horse in the way of Allah out
of belief in Allah and in confirmation of His promise, its food, water,
droppings and urine will be placed in his balance on the Day of Rising."
[al-Bukhari]

1331. Abu Mas'ud said, "A man came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, with a haltered camel and said, 'This is for the way of Allah.'
The Messenger of Allah said, 'You will have seven hundred camels on the Day of
Rising, all haltered.'" [Muslim]

1332. Abu Hammad, and he is called Abu Su'ad or Abu Asad or Abu 'Amir or Abu
'Amr or Abu'l-Aswad or Abu 'Abs 'Uqba ibn 'Amir al-Juhani said, "I heard the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say while he was on
the minbar, 'In (the ayat) "Prepare against them all the force you can," "force"
means archery, "force" means archery, "force" means archery.'" [Muslim]

1333. 'Uqba ibn 'Amir al-Juhani said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Many lands will be opened up to you
and Allah will be enough for you, so none of you should fail to look after his
arrows." [Muslim]

1334. 'Uqba ibn 'Amir al-Juhani reported that the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Anyone who is taught shooting and
then abandons it is not one of us - or he has rebelled." [Muslim]

1335. 'Uqba ibn 'Amir al-Juhani said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "Allah will admit three men into the
Garden on account of one arrow: the one who made it, making sure it was made
well, the one who shot it and the one who handed it over. So shoot and ride. I
prefer your shooting to your riding. Anyone who abandons shooting after having
been taught it, out of aversion to it, has abandoned a blessing. (or he said,
'been ungrateful for.')" [Abu Dawud]

1336. Salama ibn al-Akwa' said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, passed by a group who were shooting against one another and said,
'Shoot, Banu Isma'il! Your ancestor was an archer.'" [al-Bukhari]

1337. 'Amr ibn 'Abasa said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, say, 'If anyone shoots an arrow in the way of Allah, it
is equivalent to freeing a slave.'" [Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi]

1338. Abu Yahya Khuraym ibn Fatik reported that the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If anyone spends anything in the way
of Allah, it is written for him as seven hundred." [at-Tirmidhi]

1339. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, "No slave fasts one day in the way of Allah
without Allah putting his face seventy years' journey away from the Fire on
account of that day." [Agreed upon]

1340. Abu Umama reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "If anyone fasts a day in the way of Allah, Allah will put a ditch
between him and the Fire whose width is the same as the space between heaven and
earth." [at-Tirmidhi]

1341. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "Anyone who dies without going on an expedition and
without having thought of himself as going on an expedition has died with a
characteristic of hypocrisy." [Muslim]

1342. Jabir said, "We were with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, on an expedition and he said, 'In Madina there are men who have been
with you whatever distance you have travelled and whatever valley you crossed.
Only illness prevented them from coming."

One variant, "A valid excuse prevented them from coming."

One variant has, "Without their sharing with you in the reward." [al-Bukhari]

1343. Abu Musa reported that a bedouin came to the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, and said, "Messenger of Allah, one man fights for
booty, one man fights to be remembered and one man fights to be shown his
place."

In one variant, "He fights for bravery and fights out of rage."

In one variant, "One fights in anger. Which one is in the way of Allah? The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The one who
fights so that the word of Allah be uppermost is in the way of Allah.'" [Agreed
upon]

1344. 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, 'There is no expedition, or raid, on which
a man goes and in which he takes booty and is safe without sending ahead
two-thirds of his reward. But on the raid or expedition during which he does not
take booty and is wounded, he will have his full reward." [Muslim]

1345. Abu Umama reported that a man said, "Messenger of Allah, give me
permission to travel." The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, "Travel of my community is jihad in the way of Allah, the Mighty and
Exalted."

1346. 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As reported that the Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, "Returning is the same as setting out on
the expedition." [Abu Dawud]

1347. As-Sa'ib ibn Yazid said, "When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, returned from the expedition of Tabuk, the people met him and I
met him with the children at Thaniyyatu'l-Wada'." [Abu Dawud]

In al-Bukhari, he said, "We went with the children to Thaniyyatu'l-Wada' to
meet the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace."

1348. Abu Umama reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "If someone does not raid nor equip a raider nor look after the
family of someone on an expedition, Allah will inflict a calamity on him before
the Day of Rising." [Abu Dawud]

1349. Anas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "Fight against the idolaters with your wealth, selves and tongues."
[Abu Dawud]

1350. Abu 'Amr, and it is said Abu Hakim, an-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin said, "I was
present with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
when he did not fight at the beginning of the day, but delayed fighting until
the sun declined and the winds blew and help descended." [Abu Dawud and
at-Tirmidhi]

1351. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "Do not desire to meet the enemy. Ask Allah for
well-being. When you meet them, be steadfast." [Agreed upon]

1352. Abu Hurayra and Jabir reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "War is deception." [Agreed upon]

Now days we as Muslims have to spread the voice to learn quran and so we could gain the true knowledge and the quran teaching that is give to us by our beloved prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and do quran reading. Do we as Muslim ask our self that why we are at the peak of destruction? The answer will be simple that we have left our roots the holy quran we should guide promote Islam from in our homes first and let learn our kids quran  and encourage them in doing quran memorization this should be our first goal for it we can do different stuff like let then participate in different online quran recitation competition to let them listen quran from different online quran reciters and along with it we elders should learn quran also and improve our knowledge of quran and Islam and learn holy quran tafseer because to understand and learn quran Arabic and for this now a days there are many online quran tutor available who teach tajweed quran and its translation and tafseer so let us join our hands to be the voice of Islam and let improve the image of it as well and full fill our deputy