Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1520
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، نَرَى الْجِهَادَ أَفْضَلَ الْعَمَلِ، أَفَلاَ نُجَاهِدُ قَالَ " لاَ، لَكِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الْجِهَادِ حَجٌّ مَبْرُورٌ ".
Translation
ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn al-Mubarak related to us: Khalid related to us: Habib ibn Abi ʿAmra informed us, from ʿAʾisha bint Talha, from ʿAʾisha, Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, we see striving in the way of Allah as the best deed. Should we not strive?’ He said, ‘No, but the best striving is a Hajj accepted by Allah.’