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suyuti:3758a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٣٧٥٨a –

"أفضلُ الشُّهداءِ: أن يُعْقَر جَوادُك، ويُهْرَاقَ دَمُكَ".

[ط] الطيالسي عن ابن عمر

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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ أَفْضَلَ الْجِهَادِ مَا رُزِقَ الْمَرْءُ فِيهِ الشَّهَادَةَ

ibnhibban:4639 – al-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:٤٦٣٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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»

suyuti:3730a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٣٧٣٠a –

"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