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ahmad:14233Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked, "Which jihad is the best?" He replied, "The one in which the horse is injured and its blood is spilled." He was then asked, "Which prayer is the best?" He replied, "Protracted bowing."  

أحمد:١٤٢٣٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ مَنْ عُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَأُهْرِيقَ دَمُهُ قَالَ وَسُئِلَ أَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī
ibnmajah:2794Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > Ḥajjāj b. Dīnār > Muḥammad b. Dhakwān > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > ʿAmr b. ʿAbasah

“I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ He said: ‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse is wounded.’”  

ابن ماجة:٢٧٩٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ مَنْ أُهْرِيقَ دَمُهُ وَعُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ  

ahmad:14210Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

“I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ He said: ‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse is wounded.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2794)   

أحمد:١٤٢١٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ مَنْ عُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَأُهْرِيقَ دَمُهُ  

darimi:2437Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Mālik b. Mighwal > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

“I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ He said: ‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse is wounded.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2794)   

الدارمي:٢٤٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ عُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَأُهْرِيقَ دَمُهُ»