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ahmad:25322 – Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Ḥabīb b. Abū ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah Āb.ah Ṭalḥah > ʿĀʾishah

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, is Jihad obligatory for women?’ He said: “Yes: Upon them is a Jihad in which there is no fighting: Al-Hajj and Al-‘Umrah.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2901)

أحمد:٢٥٣٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ابْنَةِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ مِنْ جِهَادٍ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ عَلَيْهِنَّ جِهَادٌ لَا قِتَالَ فِيهِ الْحَجُّ وَالْعُمْرَةُ

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ibnmajah:2901 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Ḥabīb b. Abū ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah b. Ṭalḥah > ʿĀʾishah

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, is Jihad obligatory for women?’ He said: “Yes: Upon them is a Jihad in which there is no fighting: Al-Hajj and Al-‘Umrah.”

ابن ماجة:٢٩٠١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ جِهَادٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ عَلَيْهِنَّ جِهَادٌ لاَ قِتَالَ فِيهِ الْحَجُّ وَالْعُمْرَةُ

ahmad:24463 – Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Ḥumayd b. Mihrān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > ʿImrān b. Ḥiṭṭān al-Sadūsī > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She asked the Prophet, ﷺ , and said, "O Messenger of Allah, is the highest form of jihad for women?" He said, "Hajj and Umrah are the jihad of women."

أحمد:٢٤٤٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حِطَّانَ السَّدُوسِيِّ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَعَلَى النِّسَاءِ جِهَادٌ؟ قَالَ الْحَجُّ وَالْعُمْرَةُ هُوَ جِهَادُ النِّسَاءِ