56. Jihạd (Fighting for the Cause of Allah)

٥٦۔ كتاب الجهاد والسير

56.38 The superiority of the one who prepares a Ghazi or looks after his dependents

٥٦۔٣٨ باب فَضْلِ مَنْ جَهَّزَ غَازِيًا أَوْ خَلَفَهُ بِخَيْرٍ

One who enables a soldier to fight in the path of Allah is like the one who fought

bukhari:2843Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > al-Ḥusayn > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah > Busr b. Saʿīd > Zayd b. Khālid

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever equips a fighter in the path of Allah has indeed fought, and whoever looks after the family of a fighter in the path of Allah in a good manner has ˹also˺ indeed fought.”

البخاري:٢٨٤٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بُسْرُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَنْ جَهَّزَ غَازِيًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ غَزَا، وَمَنْ خَلَفَ غَازِيًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِخَيْرٍ فَقَدْ غَزَا».

bukhari:2844Mūsá > Hammām > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ used not to enter any house in Medina except the house of Um Sulaim besides those of his wives when he was asked why, he said, "I take pity on her as her brother was killed in my company. "

البخاري:٢٨٤٤حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا بِالْمَدِينَةِ غَيْرَ بَيْتِ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ إِلاَّ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَرْحَمُهَا قُتِلَ أَخُوهَا مَعِي۔»