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ahmad:14727 – Mūsá > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Saʾalt Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best form of jihad is when a horse is wounded and its blood is spilled." Jabir replied, "Yes."  

أحمد:١٤٧٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا

أَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ مَنْ عُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَأُرِيقَ دَمُهُ ؟ فَقَالَ جَابِرٌ نَعَمْ  

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ahmad:14210 – Wakīʿ > 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:١٤٢١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

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

darimi:2437 – Muḥammad 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:٢٤٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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»