Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2785
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو حَصِينٍ، أَنَّ ذَكْوَانَ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ يَعْدِلُ الْجِهَادَ. قَالَ " لاَ أَجِدُهُ ـ قَالَ ـ هَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ إِذَا خَرَجَ الْمُجَاهِدُ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ مَسْجِدَكَ فَتَقُومَ وَلاَ تَفْتُرَ وَتَصُومَ وَلاَ تُفْطِرَ ". قَالَ وَمَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ إِنَّ فَرَسَ الْمُجَاهِدِ لَيَسْتَنُّ فِي طِوَلِهِ فَيُكْتَبُ لَهُ حَسَنَاتٍ.
Ishaq ibn Mansur informed us; ʿAffan informed us; Hammam narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Juhada narrated to us, who said: Abu Hasin informed me that Dhakwan told him that Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) told him: A man came to the Messenger of Allah and said, “Show me a deed equal to striving in Allah’s cause.” He replied, “I do not know of one.” Then he said, “Can you, when the fighter has gone out, enter your mosque and stand without tiring, and fast without breaking your fast?” The man said, “Who could do that?” Abu Hurayra said: The fighter’s horse moves about within its tether, and good deeds are recorded for him.
Translation notes
The first comparison is presented as an uninterrupted vigil and fast while the fighter is away.