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[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, shall we not go out and strive with you?" He said, "No. Your valid pilgrimage is your Jihad."  

أحمد:٢٤٤٢٢حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَتْ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا نَخْرُجُ نُجَاهِدُ مَعَكُمْ قَالَ لَا جِهَادُكُنَّ الْحَجُّ الْمَبْرُورُ هُوَ لَكُنَّ جِهَادٌ  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْحَجَّ لِلنِّسَاءِ يَقُومُ مَقَامَ الْجِهَادِ لِلرِّجَالِ

ibnhibban:3702ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > Ḥabīb b. Abū ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah b. Ṭalḥah > ʿĀʾishah

"I said: 'O Messenger of allah, shall we not go out and fight in jihad with you, for I do not think there is any deed in the qur'an that is better than jihad.' He said: 'No. the best and most beautiful (type) of jihad is Hajj to the House; Hajj Al-Mabrur. ''(sahih) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2628)   

ابن حبّان:٣٧٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ قَالَتْ أَخْبَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَا نُخْرِجُ وَنُجَاهِدُ مَعَكَ فَإِنِّي لَا أَرَى عَمَلًا فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْجِهَادِ قَالَ «لَا إِنَّ لَكُنَّ أَحْسَنَ الْجِهَادِ حَجُّ الْبَيْتِ حَجٌّ مَبْرُورٌ»