Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)

كتاب الجهاد والسير

Chapter 33: Rousing and exhorting people to fight

And the Almighty says: {Incite the believers to fight}.
Narrated Anas

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went towards the Khandaq (i.e. Trench) and saw the Emigrants and the Ansar digging in a very cold morning as they did not have slaves to do that for them. When he noticed their fatigue and hunger he said, "O Allah! The real life is that of the Here-after, (so please) forgive the Ansar and the Emigrants." In its reply the Emigrants and the Ansar said, "We are those who have given a pledge of allegiance to Muhammad that we will carry on Jihad as long as we live."

Chapter 35: Whoever is held back from Jihad by a legal cause

Narrated Anas

We returned from the Ghazwa of Tabuk along with the Prophet. (See Hadith No. 92 below) .

Chapter 36: The superiority of observing Saum in Allah's Cause

Narrated Abu Sa`id

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Indeed, anyone who fasts for one day for Allah's Pleasure, Allah will keep his face away from the (Hell) fire for (a distance covered by a journey of) seventy years."

Chapter 10: (The superiority of) the wounded in Allah's Cause

Narrated Abu Huraira

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is! Whoever is wounded in Allah's Cause....and Allah knows well who gets wounded in His Cause....will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wound having the color of blood but the scent of musk."

Chapter 12: The Statement of Allah Aza wa'jal: "Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah..."

Narrated Kharija bin Zaid

Zaid bin Thabit said, "When the Qur'an was compiled from various written manuscripts, one of the Verses of Surat Al-Ahzab was missing which I used to hear Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) reciting. I could not find it except with Khuza`ima bin Thabjt Al-Ansari, whose witness Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) regarded as equal to the witness of two men. And the Verse was:-- "Among the believers are men who have been true to what they covenanted with Allah." (33.23)

Chapter 13: Practising good deeds before taking part in a battle

Abu al-Darda said, "You are fighting with your deeds." And he said: "O you who believe, you did not say what you do not do, grow up abhorring Allah to say what you do not do, for Allah loves those who fight for him in a row as if they were a solid structure."
Narrated Al-Bara

A man whose face was covered with an iron mask (i.e. clad in armor) came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall I fight or embrace Islam first? "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Embrace Islam first and then fight." So he embraced Islam, and was martyred. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, A Little work, but a great reward. "(He did very little (after embracing Islam), but he will be rewarded in abundance).

Chapter 18: To take a bath after fighting

Narrated `Aisha

When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) returned on the day (of the battle) of Al-Khandaq (i.e. Trench), he put down his arms and took a bath. Then Gabriel whose head was covered with dust, came to him saying, "You have put down your arms! By Allah, I have not put down my arms yet." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Where (to go now)?" Gabriel said, "This way," pointing towards the tribe of Bani Quraiza. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out towards them .

Chapter 22: Paradise is under the blades of swords

Narrated Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba: Our Prophet told us about the message of our Lord that "Whoever amongst us is killed will go to Paradise." Umar asked the Prophet, "Is it not true that our men who are killed will go to Paradise and their's (i.e. those of the Pagan's) will go to the (Hell) fire?" The Prophet said, "Yes."

Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi `Aufa

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Know that Paradise is under the shades of swords."

Chapter 25: Seeking refuge with Allah from cowardice

Narrated `Amr bin Maimun Al-Audi

Sa`d used to teach his sons the following words as a teacher teaches his students the skill of writing and used to say that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to seek Refuge with Allah from them (i.e. the evils) at the end of every prayer. The words are: 'O Allah! I seek refuge with You from cowardice, and seek refuge with You from being brought back to a bad stage of old life and seek refuge with You from the afflictions of the world, and seek refuge with You from the punishments in the grave.'

Chapter 26: Whoever described what he has witnessed in the war

Abu Othman said it about Saad.
Narrated As-Sa'-ib bin Yazid

I was in the company of Talha bin 'Ubaidullah, Sa`d, Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad and `Abdur Rahman bin `Auf and I heard none of them narrating anything from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) but Talha was talking about the day (of the battle) of Uhud.

Chapter 29: Whoever preferred Jihad to Saum (fasting)

Narrated Anas bin Malik

In the life-time of the Prophet, Abu Talha did not fast because of the Jihad, but after the Prophet (ﷺ) died I never saw him without fasting except on `Id-ul-Fitr and `Id-ul-Aclha.

Chapter 30: There are seven martyrs other than killed in Jihad

Narrated Abu Huraira

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Five are regarded as martyrs: They are those who die because of plague, Abdominal disease, drowning or a falling building etc., and the martyrs in Allah's Cause."

Chapter 31: The Statement of Allah Aza wa'jal: "Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home),..."

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d As-Sa`idi

I saw Marwan bin Al-Hakam sitting in the Mosque. So I came forward and sat by his side. He told us that Zaid bin Thabit had told him that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had dictated to him the Divine Verse: "Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and those who strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allah with their wealth and lives.' (4.95) Zaid said, "Ibn-Maktum came to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was dictating to me that very Verse. On that Ibn Um Maktum said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! If I had power, I would surely take part in Jihad." He was a blind man. So Allah sent down revelation to His Apostle while his thigh was on mine and it became so heavy for me that I feared that my thigh would be broken. Then that state of the Prophet (ﷺ) was over after Allah revealed "...except those who are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame etc.) (4.95)

Chapter 34: The digging of the Khandaq (trench)

Narrated Al-Bara

The Prophet (ﷺ) went on carrying (i.e. the earth) and saying, "Without You (O Allah!) we would have got no guidance."

Chapter 38: The superiority of the one who prepares a Ghazi or looks after his dependents

Narrated Zaid bin Khalid

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, " He who pre pares a Ghazi going in Allah's Cause is given a reward equal to that of) a Ghazi; and he who looks after properly the dependents of a Ghazi going in Allah's Cause is (given a reward equal to that of) Ghazi."

Chapter 9: (The reward of) the injured in Allah's Cause

Narrated Jundab bin Sufyan

In one of the holy Battles a finger of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (got wounded and) bled. He said, "You are just a finger that bled, and what you got is in Allah's Cause."

Chapter 11: The Statement of Allah Aza wa'jal: "Say: Do you wait for us except one of the two best things (martyrdom or victory)?..."

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas

That Abu Sufyan told him that Heraclius said to him, "I asked you about the outcome of your battles with him (i.e. the Prophet (ﷺ) ) and you told me that you fought each other with alternate success. So the Apostles are tested in this way but the ultimate victory is always theirs.

Chapter 20: The shade of angels on the martyr

Narrated Jabir

My father's mutilated body was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and was placed in front of him. I went to uncover his face but my companions forbade me. Then mourning cries of a lady were heard, and it was said that she was either the daughter or the sister of `Amr. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Why is she crying?" Or said, "Do not cry, for the angels are still shading him with their wings." (Al-Bukhari asked Sadqa, a sub-narrator, "Does the narration include the expression: 'Till he was lifted?' " The latter replied, "Jabir may have said it.")

Chapter 27: The obligation of going out for Jihad

And he said: {Spend light and heavy and strive with your money and yourselves for the sake of Allah that is better for you if you know if it was a close offer and intentional travel to follow you, but the apartment is far from them and they will swear by God} verse. And saying: "O you who believe, what if it is said to you, go out for the sake of Allah you have committed to the earth, and you will be satisfied with the worldly life of the hereafter} to his saying: "Over all things is powerful." It is mentioned from Ibn 'Abbas that they were separated by two separate companies, and it is said that one of the steadfastness is a blow.
Narrated Ibn `Abbas

On the day of the Conquest (of Mecca) the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is no emigration after the Conquest but Jihad and intentions. When you are called (by the Muslim ruler) for fighting, go forth immediately." (See Hadith No. 42)

Chapter 28: A disbeliever kills a Muslim and later on embraces Islam

Narrated Abu Huraira

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah welcomes two men with a smile; one of whom kills the other and both of them enter Paradise. One fights in Allah's Cause and gets killed. Later on Allah forgives the 'killer who also get martyred (In Allah's Cause)."