[Machine] We accompanied the Prophet ﷺ on a military expedition, and on our way, we passed by a cave in which there was some water. The man's inner self urged him to stay in that cave, drink the water, consume the dates around it, and forsake the worldly life. He said, "If I mention this to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he gives me permission, I will do it; otherwise, I will not." He went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I passed by a cave in which there is water and dates to sustain me. My inner self has advised me to stay there and forsake the worldly life." The Prophet ﷺ said, "I was not sent to adopt Judaism or Christianity, but rather I was sent with a pure and lenient Hanif religion. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, even if you were to remain in a state of prostration throughout the day and the night for sixty years, the rank of one of you standing in the ranks of Jihad is better than it."
خَرَجْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ مِنْ سَرَايَاهُ فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ بِغَارٍ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَجَذَبَتْهُ نَفْسُهُ أَنْ يُقِيمَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْغَارِ فَيَقُوتَ مَا فِيهِ مِنْ مَاءٍ وَيُصِيبُ مِمَّا حَوْلَهُ مِنَ الْبَقْلِ وَيَتَخَلَّى مِنَ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَوْ أَنِّي أَتَيْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَإِنْ أَذِنَ لِي فَعَلْتُ وَإِلَّا لَمْ أَفْعَلْ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِغَارٍ فِيهِ مَا يَقُوتُنِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَالْبَقْلِ فَحَدَّثَتْنِي نَفْسِي بِأَنْ أُقِيمَ وَأَتَخَلَّى مِنَ الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَمْ أُبْعَثْ بِالْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَلَا النَّصْرَانِيَّةِ وَلَكِنِّي بُعِثْتُ بِالْحَنِيفِيَّةِ السَّمْحَةِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَغَدَاةٌ أَوْ رَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَلَمَقَامُ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي الصَّفِّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً»