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ahmad:22868ʿIṣām b. Khālid And ʾAbū al-Naḍr > al-ʿAṭṭāf b. Khālid > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, Abu An-Nadr said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A morning spent in the path of Allah is better than the world and everything in it, and a journey in the path of Allah is better than the world and everything in it, and the space of a whip in Paradise is better than the world and everything in it. Abu An-Nadr said: From Paradise is better than the world and everything in it.  

أحمد:٢٢٨٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ وَأَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْعَطَّافُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَدْوَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَرَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَمَوْضِعُ سَوْطٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:6415ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "A (small) place equal to an area occupied by a whip in Paradise is better than the (whole) world and whatever is in it; and an undertaking (journey) in the forenoon or in the afternoon for Allah's Cause, is better than the whole world and whatever is in it."  

البخاري:٦٤١٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَوْضِعُ سَوْطٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَلَغَدْوَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ رَوْحَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا  

tirmidhi:1648Qutaybah > al-ʿAṭṭāf b. Khālid al-Makhzūmī > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Going out in the morning in the cause of Allah is better that the world and what is in it. And the place (the size) of a whip in Paradise is better than the world and what is in it."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abu Hurairah, Ibn 'Abbas, Abu Ayyub, and Anas. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
الترمذي:١٦٤٨حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَطَّافُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَدْوَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَمَوْضِعُ سَوْطٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَأَنَسٍ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
tirmidhi:1664Abū Bakr b. Abū al-Naḍr > Abū al-Naḍr al-Baghdādī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "(Ribat) Guarding the frontier for a day in the cause of Allah is better than the world and what is in it. And an afternoon the worshipper spends in the cause of Allah - or a morning - is better than the world and what is on it. And the space occupied by the whip of one of you in Paradise is better than the world and what is on it." This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.  

الترمذي:١٦٦٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَمَوْضِعُ سَوْطِ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَلَرَوْحَةٌ يَرُوحُهَا الْعَبْدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ لَغَدْوَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ  

ahmad:22857Yūnus > al-ʿAṭṭāf b. Khālid > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Going out in the morning in the cause of Allah is better that the world and what is in it. And the place (the size) of a whip in Paradise is better than the world and what is in it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1648)   

أحمد:٢٢٨٥٧حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَطَّافُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ غَدْوَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَرَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَمَوْضِعُ سَوْطٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا  

ahmad:22872Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > ʿAbd al-Raḥman / Ibn ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "To guard Muslims from infidels in Allah's Cause for one day is better than the world and whatever is on its surface, and a place in Paradise as small as that occupied by the whip of one of you is better than the world and whatever is on its surface; and a morning's or an evening's journey which a slave (person) travels in Allah's Cause is better than the world and whatever is on its surface." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2892)  

أحمد:٢٢٨٧٢حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا عَلَيْهَا وَالرَّوْحَةُ يَرُوحُهَا الْعَبْدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوِ الْغَدْوَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا عَلَيْهَا وَمَوْضِعُسَوْطِ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا عَلَيْهَا  

ahmad:15566ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥmd > Abū Bishr ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. ʿAlī al-Muqaddamī from my father > Abū Ḥāzim al-Madanī > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Going out in the morning in the cause of Allah is better that the world and what is in it. And the place (the size) of a whip in Paradise is better than the world and what is in it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1648)   

أحمد:١٥٥٦٦قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بن أحمد حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَاصِمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ الْمَدَنِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَدْوَةٌأَوْ رَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَمَوْضِعُ سَوْطِ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا  

ahmad:15569Yūnus b. Muḥammad > al-ʿAṭṭāf b. Khālid > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Going out in the morning in the cause of Allah is better that the world and what is in it. And the place (the size) of a whip in Paradise is better than the world and what is in it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1648)   

أحمد:١٥٥٦٩حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَطَّافُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ غَدْوَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَرَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَمَوْضِعُ سَوْطٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌمِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا  

ahmad:15571ʿIṣām b. Khālid And ʾAbū al-Naḍr > al-ʿAṭṭāf b. Khālid > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Going out in the morning in the cause of Allah is better that the world and what is in it. And the place (the size) of a whip in Paradise is better than the world and what is in it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1648)   

أحمد:١٥٥٧١حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ وَأَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْعَطَّافُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺيَقُولُ غَدْوَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَرَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَمَوْضِعُ سَوْطٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا  

ahmad:15572ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad > Jaʿfar b. Abū Hurayrah Amlāh from Kitābih > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jumaḥī > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Going out in the morning in the cause of Allah is better that the world and what is in it. And the place (the size) of a whip in Paradise is better than the world and what is in it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1648)   

أحمد:١٥٥٧٢قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَمْلَاهُ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجُمَحِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ رَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوْ غَدْوَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَوْضِعُ سَوْطٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا  

tabarani:5835Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > ʿAṭṭāf b. Khālid al-Makhzūmī > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "A morning spent in the cause of Allah is better than the world and all that is in it, and a moment spent in the cause of Allah is better than the world and all that is in it, and a place in Paradise the size of a whip is better than the world and all that is in it."  

الطبراني:٥٨٣٥حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا عَطَّافُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «غَدْوَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَرَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَمَوْضِعُ سَوْطٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا»  

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السيوطي:١٤٤٢٥a

"رباطُ يوْمٍ في سبيل اللَّه خَيْرٌ منَ الدُّنْيا، وما علَيْهَا، وموْضعُ سوْط أَحدكُمْ منَ الجنَّة خَيْرٌ من الدنْيا وما علَيْها، والرَّوْحة يرُوحُها العبدُ في سبيلِ اللَّه، والغَدْوةُ خَيْرٌ منَ الدُّنْيا وما عليها".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [ت] الترمذي عن سهل بن سعد
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السيوطي:١٥٨٢٩a

"غَدوَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا، وَرَوحَةٌ في سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا".  

ابن قانع عن سفيان بن وهب الخولانى