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darimi:2437Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Mālik b. Mighwal > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

“I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ He said: ‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse is wounded.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2794)   

الدارمي:٢٤٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ عُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَأُهْرِيقَ دَمُهُ»  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:2794Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > Ḥajjāj b. Dīnār > Muḥammad b. Dhakwān > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > ʿAmr b. ʿAbasah

“I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ He said: ‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse is wounded.’”  

ابن ماجة:٢٧٩٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ مَنْ أُهْرِيقَ دَمُهُ وَعُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ  

ahmad:14727Mūsá > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Saʾalt Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best form of jihad is when a horse is wounded and its blood is spilled." Jabir replied, "Yes."  

أحمد:١٤٧٢٧حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا

أَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ مَنْ عُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَأُرِيقَ دَمُهُ ؟ فَقَالَ جَابِرٌ نَعَمْ  

ahmad:14210Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

“I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ He said: ‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse is wounded.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2794)   

أحمد:١٤٢١٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ مَنْ عُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَأُهْرِيقَ دَمُهُ  

ahmad:14233Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked, "Which jihad is the best?" He replied, "The one in which the horse is injured and its blood is spilled." He was then asked, "Which prayer is the best?" He replied, "Protracted bowing."  

أحمد:١٤٢٣٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ مَنْ عُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَأُهْرِيقَ دَمُهُ قَالَ وَسُئِلَ أَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ أَفْضَلَ الْجِهَادِ مَا رُزِقَ الْمَرْءُ فِيهِ الشَّهَادَةَ

ibnhibban:4639al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] "A man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, which type of jihad is the best?' He replied, 'Striving with your wealth and sacrificing your life.'"  

ابن حبّان:٤٦٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «أَنْ يُعْقَرَ جَوَادُكَ وَيُهْرَاقَ دَمُكَ»  

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"أفْضَلُ الجهادِ: أن يُعْقَرَ جوادُك، ويُهْرَاقَ دَمُك".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد وعبد بن حميد، والدارمي، [ع] أبو يعلى [حب] ابن حبّان [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن جابر