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ahmad:22051 – al-Ḥakam b. Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿAyyāsh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Ḥusayn > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ghanm > Muʿādh b. Jabal

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said that the pinnacle of the spear of Islam is jihad in the cause of Allah."  

أحمد:٢٢٠٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ ذُرْوَةُ سَنَامِ الْإِسْلَامِ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ  

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ahmad:22047 – Abū al-Mughīrah > Abū Bakr > ʿAṭiyyah b. Qays > Muʿādh b. Jabal

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Jihad is the pillar of Islam and its highest peak."  

أحمد:٢٢٠٤٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَطِيَّةُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْجِهَادُ عَمُودُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَذُرْوَةُ سَنَامِهِ  

tabarani:7885 – Aḥmad b. al-Muʿallá al-Dimashqī > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Ṣadaqah b. Khālid > ʿUthmān b. Abū al-ʿĀtikah > ʿAlī b. Yazīd > al-Qāsim > Abū Umāmah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , the pinnacle of the virtues of Islam is striving in the cause of Allah, and only the best among them will achieve it.  

الطبراني:٧٨٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاتِكَةِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ذُرْوَةُ سَنَامِ الْإِسْلَامِ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ لَا يَنَالُهُ إِلَّا أَفْضَلُهُمْ