A man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ passed by 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 Allah ﷺ.' So he mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: 'Do not do so. For indeed one of you standing in the cause of Allah is more virtuous that his Salat in his house for seventy years. Do you not love that Allah forgive your sins and admit you into Paradise ? Then fight in the cause of Allah, for whoever fights in Allah's cause for the time it takes for two milkings of a camel, then Paradise is obligatory for him.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1650)
أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشِعْبٍ فِيهِ عُيَيْنَةُ مَاءٍ عَذْبٍ فَأَعْجَبَهُ طِيبُهُ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَقَمْتُفِي هَذَا الشِّعْبِ فَاعْتَزَلْتُ النَّاسَ وَلَا أَفْعَلُ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْمِرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ مَقَامَ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَلَاةِ سِتِّينَ عَامًا خَالِيًا أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللهُ لَكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمُ الْجَنَّةَ؟ اغْزُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ