“The martyr has six things (in store) with Allah: Heisforgiven from the first drop of his blood that is shed; he is shownhis place in Paradise; he is spared the torment of the grave; he iskept safe from the Great Fright; he is adorned with a garment offaith; he is married to (wives) from among the wide-eyed houris; andhe is permitted to intercede for seventy of his relatives.”

“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.”

“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.’”

“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.”

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

“Amilitary expedition by sea is like ten expeditions by land.The onewho suffers from seasickness is like one who gets drenched inhis ownblood in the cause of Allah.”

“Even if there was only one day left of this world, Allah wouldmake it last until a man from my household took possession of (themountain of) Dailam and Constantinople.”

Another chain reports a similar hadith.

Ibn Majah said: This is Jahimah bin 'Abbas bin Mirdas As-Sulaimi who criticized the Prophet ﷺ the Day of Hunain.

“The Prophet (ﷺ) was askedabout aman who fights to prove his courage, or out of pride andhonour forhis close relatives, or to show off. The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said: ‘Whoever fights so that the Word of Allah may be supremeisthe one who (is fighting) in the cause of Allah.’”

“I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘Thereis noband of warriors that fights in the cause of Allah and acquireswarspoils, but they have been given two thirds of their reward, butifthey do not get any spoils of war, then they will have theirreward infull (in the Hereafter).’”

“AnyMuslimwho fights in the cause of Allah for the time between twomilkings ofa she-camel, he will be guaranteed Paradise.”

“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.’”

“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.”

“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.”

“He was thebest ofpeople, the most generous of people, the most courageous ofpeople.The people of Al-Madinah became alarmed one night, and he wasthefirst of them to investigate the noise and din. He was riding ahorsebelonging to Abu Talhah, bareback, with no saddle. His sword washanging from his neck and he was saying: ‘O people, do not beafraid,’sending them back to their houses. Then he said of thehorse, ‘Wefound it like a sea,’ or, ‘It is a sea.’”*