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bayhaqi:17828Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh > Bishr b. Mūsá > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī > al-Aʿmash > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Abū al-ʿAbbās > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I want to engage in jihad." The Prophet asked him, "Are your parents alive?" He replied, "Yes." The Prophet then said, "Go back to them, for indeed, in serving them, you will find the reward of jihad."  

البيهقي:١٧٨٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ؓ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ الْجِهَادَ قَالَ أَحَيٌّ أَبَوَاكَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمَا فَإِنَّ فِيهِمَا الْمُجَاهِدَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو