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tabarani:12436Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Tustarī > Banān b. Muḥammad al-Daqqāq > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAṭiyyah > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ > Abū Isḥāq > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days." It was said, "Not even Jihad, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Not even Jihad, except for a man who goes out with himself and his wealth and does not return with anything."  

الطبراني:١٢٤٣٦حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا بَنَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدَ الدَّقَّاقُ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ أَيَّامٍ يُتَقَرَّبُ إِلَى اللهِ فِيهَا بِعَمَلٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامِ الْعَشْرِ» قِيلَ وَلَا الْجِهَادُ؟ قَالَ «وَلَا الْجِهَادُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ هُوَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَلَا يَرْجِعُ مِنْهُ بِشَيْءٍ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī

No deed is better than the one done during the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah

bukhari:969Muḥammad b. ʿArʿarah > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Muslim al-Baṭīn > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah)." Then some companions of the Prophet ﷺ said, "Not even Jihad?" He replied, "Not even Jihad, except that of a man who does it by putting himself and his property in danger (for Allah's sake) and does not return with any of those things."  

البخاري:٩٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَرْعَرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «مَا الْعَمَلُ فِي أَيَّامِ الْعَشْرِ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ فِي هَذِهِ۔» [يعني: أَيامَ العشرِ] قَالُوا: وَلاَ الْجِهَادُ؟ قَالَ: «وَلاَ الْجِهَادُ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ يُخَاطِرُ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ بِشَىْءٍ۔»  

ibnmajah:1727ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Muslim al-Baṭīn > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

“There are no days during which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these days,” meaning the (first) ten days of Dhul- Hijjah. They said: “O Messenger of Allah! Not even Jihad in the cause of Allah?” He said: “Not even Jihad in the cause of Allah, unless a man goes out with himself and his wealth and does not bring anything back.”  

ابن ماجة:١٧٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ أَيَّامٍ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ فِيهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَيَّامِ يَعْنِي الْعَشْرَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! وَلاَ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ وَلاَ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِشَىْءٍ  

ahmad:3228Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Muslim al-Baṭīn > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these days." It was asked, "Not even Jihad in the cause of Allah?" He replied, "Not even Jihad in the cause of Allah, except for a man who leaves with himself and his wealth and does not return with anything from it."  

أحمد:٣٢٢٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ أَيَّامٌ الْعَمَلُ فِيهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامِ قِيلَ وَلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ؟ قَالَ وَلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهُ  

ahmad:3139Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Muslim al-Baṭīn > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ that he said: "There is no deed superior to him in these days," meaning the ten days (of Dhul-Hijjah). It was said: "Not even Jihad in the cause of Allah?" He said: "Not even Jihad in the cause of Allah, except for the one who sets out with his self and his wealth and does not return with anything from it."  

أحمد:٣١٣٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا عَمَلٌ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ فِي هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامِ يَعْنِي أَيَّامَ الْعَشْرِ قَالَ فَقِيلَ وَلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ؟ قَالَ وَلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ إِلَّا مَنْ خَرَجَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ  

ذِكْرُ اسْتِحْبَابِ الِاجْتِهَادِ فِي أَنْوَاعِ الطَّاعَاتِ فِي أَيَّامِ الْعَشْرِ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ

ibnhibban:324Jaʿfar b. Aḥmad b. Sinān al-Qaṭṭān Biwāsiṭ from my father > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Muslim al-Baṭīn > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There is no virtue more to the liking of Allah in any day than in these days, that is, the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah. They (the Companions) asked: Messenger of Allah, not even the struggle in the path of Allah (Jihad) ? He said: (Yes), not even the struggle in the path of Allah, except a man who goes out (in the path of Allah) with his life and property, and does not return with any of them. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2438)  

ابن حبّان:٣٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سِنَانٍ الْقَطَّانُ بِوَاسِطَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ أَيَّامٍ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ فِيهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامِ الْعَشْرِ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «وَلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِشَيْءٍ»  

suyuti:19272a
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السيوطي:١٩٢٧٢a

"مَا منْ أَيَّامٍ أَفْضَلُ فيهِنَّ العَمَلُ مِنْ هَذه العشْرِ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُول الله، وَلا الجِهَادُ؟ قَال: وَلا الجهَادُ إِلا أَنْ يَخْرجُ رَجُلٌ بِنَفْسه وَمَاله في سَبِيل الله، ثُمَّ يكونَ مهجةُ نفسه فيه".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن ابن عمرو
suyuti:423-73bʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr
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السيوطي:٤٢٣-٧٣b

"عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْن عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسولُ الله ﷺ مَا منْ عَمَلٍ أفْضَل منْ عَمَلٍ فِى هَذه الأيام العَشْرِ، قَالُوا: وَلاَ الجِهَادُ؟ قَالَ وَلاَ الجِهَادُ، إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ بمَالهِ وَنَفْسه فَلَمْ يَرْجعْ بِشَىْءٍ مِنْهُ بِشَئٍ".  

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