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السيوطي:١٣٩٩a –

"إذا انتاطَ غَزْوُكمُ، وكثُرت العزائمُ واستُحِلَّتُ الغنائم فخير جهادكِم الرِّباطُ" .  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير وابن مندة، والخطيب، والديلمى عن عتيبة بن النُّدر

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ لُزُومِ الرِّبَاطِ عِنْدَ اسْتِحْلَالِ الْغَزَاةِ الْغَنَائِمَ

ibnhibban:4856 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Salām Bibayrūt > Muḥammad b. Hāshim al-Baʿlabakkī > Sūwayd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Wahb > Makḥūl > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿUtbah b. al-Nuddar al-Sulamī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When your expeditions become frequent, and battles intensify, and spoils of war become permissible, the best of your jihad is steadfastness."  

ابن حبّان:٤٨٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بِبَيْرُوتَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْبَعْلَبَكِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَبِي وَهْبٍ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ النُّدَّرِ السُّلَمِيُّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا انْتَاطَ غَزْوُكُمْ وَكَثُرَتِ الْعَزَائِمُ * وَاسْتُحِلَّتِ الْغَنَائِمُ فَخَيْرُ جِهَادِكُمُ الرِّبَاطُ»  

tabarani:14463 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿAlī b. Baḥr > Sūwayd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū WahbʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUbayd al-Kalāʿī > Makḥūl > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿUtbah b. al-Nuddar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you prepare for war and the spoils are allowed, and the battle intensifies, the best form of jihad is to be steadfast in your position."  

الطبراني:١٤٤٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ ثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثَنَا أَبُو وَهْبٍ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْكَلَاعِيُّ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ النُّدَّرِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا انْتَاطَ غَزْوُكُمْ وَاسْتُحِلَّتِ الْغَنَائِمُ وَكَثُرَتِ الْعَزَائِمُ فَخَيْرُ جِهادِكُمْ الرِّبَاطُ»