“If youarecalled to arms then go forth.”

“Thedust(of Jihad) in the cause of Allah and the smoke of Hell will neverbecombined in the interior of a Muslim.”

“A man came to theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I havecomeseeking to go out in Jihad with you, seeking thereby the Face ofAllahand the Hereafter. I have come even though my parents areweeping.’ Hesaid: ‘Go back to them and make them smile as youhave made themweep.’”

“There is goodness in the forelocks of horses until theDay of Resurrection.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used todislikehorses that had three legs with white markings on them, andone legthe same color as the rest of the body.”

“I heard the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever ties a horse in the cause of Allah, thenfeedsit with his own hand, he will have one merit for every grain.’”

“I was present in a war, and‘Abdullah bin Rawahah said:O soul of mine! I see that you doNot want to go to Paradise.I swear by Allah that you surelyWill enter it, willingly orUnwillingly.’”

“There is no one who is wounded in the cause of Allah – andAllahknows best of who is wounded in His cause – but he will come ontheDay of Resurrection with his wounds looking as they did on the dayhewas wounded; their color will be the color of blood but their smellwill be the fragrance of musk.”

“When ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amrbin Haram was killed, on the Day of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said: ‘O Jabir, shall I not tell you what Allah said to yourfather?’I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Allah does not speak toanyone except frombehind a screen, but He spoke to your father faceto face and said: “OMy slave, ask Me and I shall give you.” Hesaid: “O my Lord, bring meback to life so that I may be killed forYour sake a second time.” Hesaid: “I have already decreed thatthey will not return (to the worldafter death).” He said: “OLord, convey (the good news about my state)to those whom I have leftbehind.” So Allah revealed this Verse:‘Think not of those asdead who are killed in the way ofAllah.’”[3:169]

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had anArabian bow in his hand, and he saw a man who had a Persian bow inhishand. He said: ‘What is this? Throw it away. You should usethis andothers like it, and Qana* spears. Perhaps Allah will supportHisreligion thereby and enable you to conquer lands.’”

“I heard the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever shoots an arrow at the enemy and hisarrowreaches the enemy, whether it hits him or not, that isequivalent tohim freeing a slave.’”

“I heard theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever learns how to shoot (arrows)then abandons it, has disobeyed me.’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) passed bysomepeople who were shooting (arrows) and said: ‘Shoot, Banu Isma’il,for your father was an archer.’”

“I askedtheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the food of the Christians and hesaid: ‘Do not have any doubt about food, (thereby) following thewayof the Christians in that.’”

“Ifought a man and killed him, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)awardedme his spoils.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever kills, the spoilsare his.’”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)sent me to a village called Ubna, and said: “Go to Ubna in themorning and burn it.’”

“And a slave of his absconded and joined up with the Romans, then the Muslims defeated them, and Khalid bin Walid returned him to me, after the death of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”

It wasnarrated from Habib bin Maslamah that the Prophet (ﷺ) awarded onethird (of the spoils of war) after the one fifth (had been taken).

“There is no awarding of the spoils after the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ), rather whatever the army acquires (of spoils of war) will bedistributed among strong and weak alike.”