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tirmidhi:1650ʿUbayd

A man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ passed by ravine containing a small spring of thirst quenching water, so he was amazed by how pleasant it was. So he said: 'I should leave the people and stay in this ravine. But I will not do it until I seek permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' So he mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: 'Do not do so. For indeed one of you standing in the cause of Allah is more virtuous that his Salat in his house for seventy years. Do you not love that Allah forgive your sins and admit you into Paradise ? Then fight in the cause of Allah, for whoever fights in Allah's cause for the time it takes for two milkings of a camel, then Paradise is obligatory for him.'"  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan.
الترمذي:١٦٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْبَاطِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

مَرَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِشِعْبٍ فِيهِ عُيَيْنَةٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ عَذْبَةٌ فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ لِطِيبِهَا فَقَالَ لَوِ اعْتَزَلْتُ النَّاسَ فَأَقَمْتُ فِي هَذَا الشِّعْبِ وَلَنْ أَفْعَلَ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْذِنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لاَ تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ مَقَامَ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ فِي بَيْتِهِ سَبْعِينَ عَامًا أَلاَ تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمُ الْجَنَّةَ اغْزُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ

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ahmad:9762Wakīʿ > Hishām b. Saʿd > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Ibn Abū Dhubābʿan Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ passed by a valley in which there was a fresh water spring. He was amazed by the beauty of the valley and said, "If I stay here and isolate myself, it would be better than worshipping in my own home for sixty years." Then he added, "But I will not do so until I ask the Prophet ﷺ about it." So he asked the Prophet ﷺ about his idea, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "The station of one of you, meaning in the way of Allah, is better than the worship of one of you in his own home for sixty years. Don't you want Allah to forgive you and enter Paradise? Therefore, strive in the way of Allah and whoever fights in the way of Allah for as long as the distance of two hooves of a she-camel, Paradise is guaranteed for him."  

أحمد:٩٧٦٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشِعْبٍ فِيهِ عَيْنٌ عَذْبَةٌ قَالَ فَأَعْجَبَهُ يَعْنِي طِيبَ الشِّعْبِ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَقَمْتُ هَاهُنَا وَخَلَوْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ مُقَامُ أَحَدِكُمْ يَعْنِي فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي أَهْلِهِ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً أَمَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللهُ لَكُمْ وَتَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ؟ جَاهِدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ  

ahmad:10786ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > Hishām b. Saʿd > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Ibn Abū Dhubāb > Abū Hurayrah

A man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ passed by ravine containing a small spring of thirst quenching water, so he was amazed by how pleasant it was. So he said: 'I should leave the people and stay in this ravine. But I will not do it until I seek permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' So he mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: 'Do not do so. For indeed one of you standing in the cause of Allah is more virtuous that his Salat in his house for seventy years. Do you not love that Allah forgive your sins and admit you into Paradise ? Then fight in the cause of Allah, for whoever fights in Allah's cause for the time it takes for two milkings of a camel, then Paradise is obligatory for him.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1650)   

أحمد:١٠٧٨٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشِعْبٍ فِيهِ عُيَيْنَةُ مَاءٍ عَذْبٍ فَأَعْجَبَهُ طِيبُهُ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَقَمْتُفِي هَذَا الشِّعْبِ فَاعْتَزَلْتُ النَّاسَ وَلَا أَفْعَلُ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْمِرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ مَقَامَ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَلَاةِ سِتِّينَ عَامًا خَالِيًا أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللهُ لَكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمُ الْجَنَّةَ؟ اغْزُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ  

hakim:2382Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Wahb > Hishām b. Saʿd > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Ibn Abū Dhubāb > Abū Hurayrah

A man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ passed by ravine containing a small spring of thirst quenching water, so he was amazed by how pleasant it was. So he said: 'I should leave the people and stay in this ravine. But I will not do it until I seek permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' So he mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: 'Do not do so. For indeed one of you standing in the cause of Allah is more virtuous that his Salat in his house for seventy years. Do you not love that Allah forgive your sins and admit you into Paradise ? Then fight in the cause of Allah, for whoever fights in Allah's cause for the time it takes for two milkings of a camel, then Paradise is obligatory for him.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1650)   

الحاكم:٢٣٨٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أَنْبَأَ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشِعْبٍ فِيهِ عُيَيْنَةُ مِنْ مَاءٍ عَذْبٍ فَأَعْجَبَهُ طِيبُهُ وَحُسْنُهُ فَقَالَ لَوِ اعْتَزَلْتُ النَّاسَ وَأَقَمْتُ فِي هَذَا الشِّعْبِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا أَفْعَلُ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْمِرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ مَقَامَ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ فِي أَهْلِهِ سِتِّينَ عَامًا أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمُ الْجَنَّةَ اغْزُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم
bayhaqi:18503[Chain 1] Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Qaṭṭān > Abū al-Azhar > Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī > Hishām b. Saʿd [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Umawī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Wahb > Hishām b. Saʿd > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Ibn Abū Dhubāb > Abū Hurayrah ؓ

A man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ passed by ravine containing a small spring of thirst quenching water, so he was amazed by how pleasant it was. So he said: 'I should leave the people and stay in this ravine. But I will not do it until I seek permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' So he mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: 'Do not do so. For indeed one of you standing in the cause of Allah is more virtuous that his Salat in his house for seventy years. Do you not love that Allah forgive your sins and admit you into Paradise ? Then fight in the cause of Allah, for whoever fights in Allah's cause for the time it takes for two milkings of a camel, then Paradise is obligatory for him.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1650)   

البيهقي:١٨٥٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا أَبُو الْأَزْهَرِ ثنا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأُمَوِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشِعْبٍ فِيهِ عُيَيْنَةٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ عَذْبٍ فَأَعْجَبَهُ طِيبُهُ وَحُسْنُهُ فَقَالَ لَوِ اعْتَزَلْتُ النَّاسَ وَأَقَمْتُ فِي هَذَا الشِّعْبِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا أَفْعَلُ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْمِرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَا تَفْعَلْ؛ فَإِنَّ مُقَامَ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ فِي أَهْلِهِ سِتِّينَ عَامًا أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللهُ لَكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمُ الْجَنَّةَ؟ اغْزُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فُوَاقَ نَاقَتِهِ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ  

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"لا تَفْعَلْ؛ فَإِنَّ مُقَامَ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي سَبيلِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلاتِهِ فِي بَيتِهِ سَبْعِينَ عَامًا، أَلا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللهُ لَكُمْ، ويُدْخِلَكُمُ الْجَّنَةَ؟ اغْزُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَوَاقَ نَاقَة وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الجَنَّةُ".  

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