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nasai-kubra:3594 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm b. Rāhūwayh > Jarīr / Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > Ḥabīb Wahū Ibn Abū ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah b. Ṭalḥah > ʿĀʾishah

"I said: 'O Messenger of allah, shall we not go out and fight in jihad with you, for I do not think there is any deed in the qur'an that is better than jihad.' He said: 'No. the best and most beautiful (type) of jihad is Hajj to the House; Hajj Al-Mabrur. ''(sahih) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2628)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٥٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ رَاهُوَيْهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ قَالَتْ أَخْبَرَتْنِي أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَائِشَةُ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا نَخْرُجُ فَنُجَاهِدُ مَعَكَ فَإِنِّي لَا أَرَى عَمَلًا فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْجِهَادِ؟ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكُنَّ أَحْسَنُ الْجِهَادِ وَأَجْمَلُهُ حَجُّ الْبَيْتِ حَجٌّ مَبْرُورٌ»  

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nasai:2628 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > Ḥabīb / Ibn Abū ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah b. Ṭalḥah > ʿĀʾishah

"I said: 'O Messenger of allah, shall we not go out and fight in jihad with you, for I do not think there is any deed in the qur'an that is better than jihad.' He said: 'No. the best and most beautiful (type) of jihad is Hajj to the House; Hajj Al-Mabrur. ''(sahih)  

النسائي:٢٦٢٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ قَالَتْ أَخْبَرَتْنِي أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَائِشَةُ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ نَخْرُجُ فَنُجَاهِدَ مَعَكَ فَإِنِّي لاَ أَرَى عَمَلاً فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْجِهَادِ قَالَ لاَ وَلَكُنَّ أَحْسَنُ الْجِهَادِ وَأَجْمَلُهُ حَجُّ الْبَيْتِ حَجٌّ مَبْرُورٌ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْحَجَّ لِلنِّسَاءِ يَقُومُ مَقَامَ الْجِهَادِ لِلرِّجَالِ

ibnhibban:3702 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > Ḥabīb b. Abū ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah b. Ṭalḥah > ʿĀʾishah

"I said: 'O Messenger of allah, shall we not go out and fight in jihad with you, for I do not think there is any deed in the qur'an that is better than jihad.' He said: 'No. the best and most beautiful (type) of jihad is Hajj to the House; Hajj Al-Mabrur. ''(sahih) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2628)   

ابن حبّان:٣٧٠٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ قَالَتْ أَخْبَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَا نُخْرِجُ وَنُجَاهِدُ مَعَكَ فَإِنِّي لَا أَرَى عَمَلًا فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْجِهَادِ قَالَ «لَا إِنَّ لَكُنَّ أَحْسَنَ الْجِهَادِ حَجُّ الْبَيْتِ حَجٌّ مَبْرُورٌ»