"uthman bin 'Affan said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A day in the cause of Allah is better than a thousand days doing anything else.'"
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ
"uthman bin 'Affan said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A day in the cause of Allah is better than a thousand days doing anything else.'"
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ
"Abu Salih, the freed slave of 'Uthman, said: 'I heard 'Uthman bin 'Affan say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Ribat (guarding the frontier) for one day in the cause of Allah is better in rank than a thousand days spent within the residence.'"
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَنَازِلِ
[Machine] "Narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'A day in the way of Allah is better than a thousand days in what is other than it, so let everyone look to himself.'"
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَوْمٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ فَلْيَنْظُرْ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ لِنَفْسِهِ»
[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying: "One day spent in the cause of Allah is better than a thousand in other places." Sahih.
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ» صحيح
[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Guarding a frontier in the cause of Allah for a day is better than the world and whatever is in it. Have I conveyed this to you?" They said, "Yes." He said, "O Allah, bear witness to this."
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُكُمْ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ»
[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The station of one of you in the cause of Allah is better than the world and everything in it."
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَمُقَامُ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا»
"Abu Salih, the freed slave of 'Uthman, said: 'I heard 'Uthman bin 'Affan say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Ribat (guarding the frontier) for one day in the cause of Allah is better in rank than a thousand days spent within the residence.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3169)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَنَازِلِ»
"uthman bin 'Affan said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A day in the cause of Allah is better than a thousand days doing anything else.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3170)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَوْمٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ»
"رباطُ يوْمٍ فِى سبيل اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يوْمٍ فِيما سِواهُ مِنَ المنَازل".
"يَوْمٌ فِى سَبِيلِ اللَّه خَيْرٌ مِنْ ألفِ يومٍ فِيمَا سِواه".