[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "One fights for booty, another fights for reputation, and another fights to be known. So, who is in the cause of Allah?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "The one who fights so that the word of Allah becomes the highest is in the cause of Allah."  

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ يُقَاتِلُ لِلْمَغْنَمِ وَالرَّجُلُ يُقَاتِلُ لِلذِّكْرِ وَالرَّجُلُ يُقَاتِلُ لِيُعْرَفَ فَمَنْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ مَنْ قَاتَلَ لِتَكُونَ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا فَهُوَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ  

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, a man fights out of bravery, another fights out of defending his honor, and yet another fights out of showing off. Which of them is in the cause of Allah?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever fights so that the word of Allah is the highest, then he is in the cause of Allah." 18546 Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abdan informed us that Ahmed ibn Ubayd al-Saffar reported to us that Uthman ibn Umar al-Dabbi narrated to us that Ibn Kathir narrated to us that Sufyan narrated to us that Al-A'mash narrated to us from Abu Wa'il from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari that a man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned it to him in a similar manner.  

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الرَّجُلُ يُقَاتِلُ شَجَاعَةً وَيُقَاتِلُ حَمِيَّةً وَيُقَاتِلُ رِئَاءً فَأِيُّ ذَلِكَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ قَاتَلَ لِتَكُونَ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا فَهُوَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ 18546 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ ؓ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ  

[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said, "There are two types of warriors. As for those who strive for the sake of Allah and obey their leader, spend generously, cooperate with their brethren, and refrain from corruption, then indeed, their sleep and awakening will be rewarded in full. As for those who engage in combat seeking honor, fame, and reputation, disobey their leader, and spread corruption in the land, they will not return with even a sufficient amount." This hadith is narrated by Al-Hadrami and in another narration by Muhammad ibn Wahb. Abu Hurairah narrated the ending and said, "If one disobeys the leader and does not spend generously, he will not return with sufficiency."  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْغَزْوُ غَزْوَانِ فَأَمَّا مَنِ ابْتَغَى وَجْهَ اللهِ ﷻ وَأَطَاعَ الْإِمَامَ وَأَنْفَقَ الْكَرِيمَةَ وَبَاشَرَ الشَّرِيكَ وَاجْتَنَبَ الْفَسَادَ فَإِنَّ نَوْمَهُ وَنُبْهَهُ أَجْرٌ كُلَّهُ وَأَمَّا مَنْ غَزَا فَخْرًا وَرِئَاءً وَسُمْعَةً وَعَصَى الْإِمَامَ وَأَفْسَدَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَرْجِعَ بِكَفَافٍ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ عَنْ أَبِي بَحْرِيَّةَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ وَعَصَى الْإِمَامَ وَلَمْ يُنْفِقِ الْكَرِيمَةَ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ بِالْكَفَافِ  

Messenger of Allah, tell me about jihad and fighting. He replied: Abdullah ibn Amr, if you fight with endurance seeking from Allah your reward, Allah will resurrect you showing endurance and seeking your reward from Him, but, if you fight for vain show seeking to acquire much, Allah will resurrect you making a vain show and seeking to acquire much. In whatever you fight or are killed, Abdullah ibn Amr, in that state Allah will resurrect you. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2519)   

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْجِهَادِ وَالْغَزْوِ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو إِنْ قَاتَلْتَ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا بَعَثَكَ اللهُ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا وَإِنْ قَاتَلْتَ مُرَائِيًا مُكَاثِرًا بَعَثَكَ اللهُ مُرَائِيًا مُكَاثِرًا يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو عَلَى أِيِّ حَالٍ قَاتَلْتَ أَوْ قُتِلْتَ بَعَثَكَ اللهُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ  

People dispersed from around Abu Huraira, and Natil, who was from the Syrians. said to him: O Shaikh, relate (to us) a tradition you have heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Yes. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The first of men (whose case) will be decided on the Day of Judgment will be a man who died as a martyr. He shall be brought (before the Judgment Seat). Allah will make him recount His blessings (i. e. the blessings which He had bestowed upon him) and he will recount them (and admit having enjoyed them in his life). (Then) will Allah say: What did you do (to requite these blessings)? He will say: I fought for Thee until I died as a martyr. Allah will say: You have told a lie. You fought that you might be called a" brave warrior". And you were called so. (Then) orders will be passed against him and he will be dragged with his face downward and cast into Hell. Then will be brought forward a man who acquired knowledge and imparted it (to others) and recited the Qur'an. He will be brought And Allah will make him recount His blessings and he will recount them (and admit having enjoyed them in his lifetime). Then will Allah ask: What did you do (to requite these blessings)? He will say: I acquired knowledge and disseminated it and recited the Qur'an seeking Thy pleasure. Allah will say: You have told a lie. You acquired knowledge so that you might be called" a scholar," and you recited the Qur'an so that it might be said:" He is a Qari" and such has been said. Then orders will be passed against him and he shall be dragged with his face downward and cast into the Fire. Then will be brought a man whom Allah had made abundantly rich and had granted every kind of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make him recount His blessings and he will recount them and (admit having enjoyed them in his lifetime). Allah will (then) ask: What have you done (to requite these blessings)? He will say: I spent money in every cause in which Thou wished that it should be spent. Allah will say: You are lying. You did (so) that it might be said about (You):" He is a generous fellow" and so it was said. Then will Allah pass orders and he will be dragged with his face downward and thrown into Hell. (Using translation from Muslim 1905a)   

حَدِّثْنَا حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ يُقْضَى فِيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ثَلَاثَةٌ رَجُلٌ اسْتُشْهِدَ أَتَى بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ مَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ قَاتَلْتُ فِي سَبِيلِكَ حَتَّى اسْتُشْهِدْتُ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ إِنَّمَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يُقَالَ فُلَانٌ جَرِيءٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَسُحِبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ وَرَجُلٌ تَعَلَّمَ الْعِلْمَ وَقَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَأَتَى بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ مَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ تَعَلَّمْتُ الْعِلْمَ وَقَرَأْتُ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمْتُهُ فِيكَ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ إِنَّمَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يُقَالَ فُلَانٌ عَالِمٌ وَفُلَانٌ قَارِئٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَسُحِبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى النَّارِ وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللهُ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الْمَالِ فَأَتَى بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ مَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا؟ فَقَالَ مَا تَرَكْتُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ تُحِبُّ أَنْ يُنْفَقَ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْفَقْتُ فِيهِ لَكَ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ إِنَّمَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يُقَالَ فُلَانٌ جَوَادٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَسُحِبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ  

[Machine] "And another saying that you say to those who were killed in your battles: 'So and so was killed as a martyr, and so and so died as a martyr.' And perhaps he had only embraced something insignificant like a piece of gold or a piece of paper, seeking worldly gains or engaging in trade. So do not say that, but say what the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Whoever is killed in the cause of Allah, or dies, then they are in Paradise.'"  

وَأُخْرَى تَقُولُونَهَا لِمَنْ قُتِلَ فِي مَغَازِيكُمْ هَذِهِ قُتِلَ فُلَانٌ شَهِيدًا وَمَاتَ فُلَانٌ شَهِيدًا وَلَعَلَّهُ يَكُونُ قَدْ أَوْقَرَ دَفَّتَيْ رَاحِلَتِهِ ذَهَبًا أَوْ وَرِقًا يَبْتَغِي الدُّنْيَا أَوْ قَالَ التِّجَارَةَ فَلَا تَقُولُوا ذَلِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوْ مَاتَ فَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

[Machine] O Messenger of Allah, there is a man who wants to engage in jihad for the sake of Allah, seeking worldly gains. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He will not have any reward." The man asked again and again, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He will not have any reward." This statement is from the hadith of Ibn Shaqiq. The sheikh said, "These reports and similar ones may apply to those who intend to engage in battle only for worldly gains and for the material benefits it brings. As for those who seek reward and hope to obtain spoils of war, they will not have any reward."  

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَهُوَ يَبْتَغِي عَرَضًا مِنْ عَرَضِ الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا أَجْرَ لَهُ فَسَأَلَهُ الثَّانِيَةَ وَالثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا أَجْرَ لَهُ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَهَذِهِ الْأَخْبَارُ وَمَا أَشْبَهَهَا تَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ تَكُونَ فِيمَنْ لَا يَنْوِي بِغَزْوِهِ إِلَّا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا يَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَسْبَابِهَا فَأَمَّا مَنْ يَبْتَغِي الْأَجْرَ وَيَرْجُو أَنْ يُصِيبَ غَنِيمَةً فَقَدْ  

[Machine] Abdullah bin Hawala, the companion of the Prophet ﷺ, came to me and it reached us that he obligated himself to pay two hundred (dirhams), but he refused to pay more than one hundred. I said to him, "Is it true that it reached us that you obligated yourself to pay two hundred and you refuse to pay more than one hundred?" By Allah, nothing stopped him from paying it, and he was able to say that he has no responsibility. Doesn't it suffice for Ibn Hawala to pay one hundred every year? Then he started telling us about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us on foot around Medina to gain spoils, but we arrived without gaining anything. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw our effort, he said, 'O Allah, do not entrust them to me, so I will be lenient with them. Do not entrust them to people, so they will treat them lightly and oppress them. Do not entrust them to themselves, so they will be unable to fulfill it. Rather, unite them with their provisions.' Then he said, 'The Sham will be opened for you, and the treasures of Persia and Rome will be divided among you. And each one of you will have a certain amount of wealth, until one of you will be given a hundred dinars and he will become displeased and will put his hand on my head and say, 'O Ibn Hawala, if you see the Khilafah being established on the Holy Land, then earthquakes, blasts, and great matters have come, and the Hour is closer to people than my hand is to your head."  

نَزَلَ بِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ حَوَالَةَ صَاحِبُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ فَرَضَ لَهُ فِي الْمِائَتَيْنِ فَأَبَى إِلَّا مِائَةً قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَحَقٌّ مَا بَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ فَرَضَ لَكَ فِي مِائَتَيْنِ فَأَبَيْتَ إِلَّا مِائَةً؟ وَاللهِ مَا مَنَعَهُ وَهُوَ نَازِلٌ عَلَيَّ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَا أُمَّ لَكَ أَوَلَا يَكْفِي ابْنَ حَوَالَةَ مِائَةٌ كُلَّ عَامٍ ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَنَا عَلَى أَقْدَامِنَا حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ لِنَغْنَمَ فَقَدِمْنَا وَلَمْ نَغْنَمْ شَيْئًا فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الَّذِي بِنَا مِنَ الْجَهْدِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُمَّ لَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلِيَّ فَأَضْعُفَ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَى النَّاسِ فَيَهُونُوا عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَسْتَأْثِرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَيَعْجِزُوا عَنْهَا وَلَكِنْ تَوَحَّدْ بِأَرْزَاقِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَيُفْتَحَنَّ لَكُمُ الشَّامُ ثُمَّ لَتُقْسَمَنَّ كُنُوزُ فَارِسَ وَالرُّومِ وَلَيَكُونَنَّ لِأَحَدِكُمْ مِنَ الْمَالِ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَتَّى إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيُعْطَى مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَيَسْخَطُهَا ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِي فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ حَوَالَةَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْخِلَافَةَ قَدْ نَزَلَتِ الْأَرْضَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ فَقَدْ أَتَتِ الزَّلَازِلُ وَالْبَلَابِلُ وَالْأُمُورُ الْعِظَامُ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ يَدِي هَذِهِ مِنْ رَأْسِكَ