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ذِكْرُ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ مُجَاهَدَةِ الشَّيَاطِينِ، عِنْدَ تَزْيِينِهِمْ لَهُ الْمَعَاصِي كَمَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ مُجَاهَدَةُ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ الْكَفَرَةِ

ibnhibban:4706Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Junayd > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. ʿUbaydullāh al-ʿAtakī > ʿAbdullāh > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Abū Hāniʾ al-Khawlānī > ʿAmr b. Mālik al-Janbī > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] "He (Amr bin Malik al-Janbi) heard Fadalah bin Ubaid say, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "The true fighter (mujahid) is the one who struggles against his own self for the sake of Allah.'""  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَتَكِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ حَيْوَةَ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هَانِئٍ الْخَوْلَانِيُّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَمْرَو بْنَ مَالِكٍ الْجَنْبِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ فَضَالَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْمُجَاهِدُ مَنْ جَاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ فِي اللَّهِ»  


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ahmad:23965ʿAlī b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh / Ibn al-Mubārak > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Abū Hāniʾ al-Khawlānī > ʿAmr b. Mālik al-Janbī > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] "He heard 'Amr ibn Malik al-Janbi say, 'I heard Fadalah ibn 'Ubayd say, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'The true martyr is the one who strives against his own self in the way of Allah.'"  

أحمد:٢٣٩٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو هَانِئٍ الْخَوْلَانِيُّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَمْرَو بْنَ مَالِكٍ الْجَنْبِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ فَضَالَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ الْمُجَاهِدُ مَنْ جَاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ  

tabarani:15948Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Asad b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Abū Hānī al-Khawlānī > ʿAmr b. Mālik al-Janbī > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] He heard Amr ibn Malik al-Jawni saying, "I heard Fadalah ibn 'Ubayd saying, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The true Mujahid is the one who strives against his own self for the sake of Allah ﷻ."  

الطبراني:١٥٩٤٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ حَيْوَةَ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو هَانِي الْخَوْلَانِيُّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَمْرَو بْنَ مَالِكٍ الْجَنْبِيَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ فَضَالَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْمُجَاهِدُ مَنْ جَاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ فِي اللهِ ﷻ»