“Allah has prepared (reward) for those who go out (to fight) inHiscause: ‘And do not go out except (to fight) for Jihad in My cause,out of faith in Me and belief in My Messengers, but he has aguaranteefrom Me that I will admit him to Paradise, or I will returnhim to hisdwelling from which he set out, with the reward that heattained, orthe spoils that he acquired.’ Then he said: ‘By theOne in Whose Handis my soul, were it not that it would be toodifficult for theMuslims, I would never have stayed behind from anyexpedition thatwent out in the cause of Allah. But I could not findthe resources togive them mounts and they could not find theresources to follow me,nor would they be pleased to stay behind if Iwent. By the One inWhose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, I wish Icould fight in the causeof Allah and be killed, then fight and bekilled, then fight and bekilled.’”

“The one who fights in the cause of Allah has a guarantee fromAllah. Either He will raise him to His forgiveness and mercy, or Hewill send him back with reward and spoils of war. The likeness of theone who fights in the cause of Allah is that of one who fasts andprays at night without ceasing, until he returns.”

“Going out in the morning in the cause of Allah, or in theevening,is more virtuous than the world and what is in it.”

“Going out in the morning in the cause of Allah, orinthe evening, is better than the world and what is in it.”

“Going out in the morning in the cause of Allah, or in theevening,is better than the world and what is in it.”

“I heard the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever equips a warrior in the cause of Allahuntil he is fully equipped, he will have a reward like his, until hedies or returns.”

“Whoever equips a warrior in the cause of Allah, hewill have a reward like his, without that detracting from thewarrior’s reward in the slightest.”

“Thebest Dinar that a man can spend is a Dinar that he spends on hisfamily, a Dinar that he spends on a horse in the cause of Allah, andaDinar that a man spends on his companions in the cause of Allah.”

“Whoever sends financialsupport in thecause of Allah and stays at home, for every Dirham hewill have (thereward of) seven hundred Dirham. Whoever fightshimself in the causeof Allah, and spends on that, for every Dirhamhe will have (thereward of) seven hundred thousand Dirham.” Thenhe recited the Verse:“Allah gives manifold increase to whom Hewills.”[2:261]

“Whoeverdoesnot fight, or equip a fighter, or stay behind to look after afighter’s family, Allah will strike him with a calamity before theDayof Resurrection.”

“Whoever meets Allah with no mark on him (as a result offighting)in His cause, he will meet Him with a deficiency.”

“When the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) was returning from the campaign of Tabuk, and had drawncloseto Al-Madinah, he said: ‘In Al-Madinah there are people who, asyoutraveled and crossed valleys, were with you.’ They said: ‘OMessenger of Allah, even though they are in Al-Madinah?’ He said:‘Even though they were in Al-Madinah. They were kept behind by(legitimate) excuses.’”

“inAl-Madinah there are men who, every time you crossed a valley ortravelled a road, they shared with you in the reward. They were keptbehind by (legitimate) excuses.”

“Uthman bin ‘Affanaddressed the people and said: ‘O people! I heard a Hadith from theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) and nothing kept me from narrating it to youexcept for the fact that I did not want to lose you and yourcompanionship. So it is up to you. I heard the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) saying: “Whoever spends a night guarding the frontier in thecause of Allah, it will be like a thousand nights spent in fastingandprayer.”

“Whoever dies being prepared in the cause of Allah, will begivencontinuously the reward for the good deeds that he used to do,and hewill be rewarded with provision, and he will be kept safe fromFattan,* and Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection free offright.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said: ‘For guarding the frontier for a day in the cause ofAllah,defending the Muslims, seeking reward, apart from in the monthofRamadan, there is a reward granted greater than worshipping for ahundred years, fasting and praying. Guarding the frontier for a dayinthe cause of Allah, defending the Muslims, seeking reward, in themonth of Ramadan, is better before Allah and brings a greater reward”– I think he said – “than worshipping for a thousand years,fastingand praying. If Allah returns him to his family safe andsound, no baddeed will be recorded for him for a thousand years, buthis good deedswill be recorded, and the reward for guarding thefrontier will cometo him until the Day of Resurrection.”

“May Allah have mercy on the one who keeps watchover the troops.”

I heardAnasbin Malik saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:“Standingguard one night in the cause of Allah is better than a manfastingand praying, among his family, for a thousand years. The yearisthree hundred and sixty days and a day is like a thousand years.”

“I advise you to fear Allah and to say the Takbir(AllahuAkbar) in every high place.”