The Chapters on Jihad

Another chain reports a similar hadith.

“Whoever obeys me, obeys Allah, And whoever disobeys me,disobeysAllah. Whoever obeys the ruler, obeys me, and whoeverdisobeys theruler, disobeys me.”

“Among those in charge of you, after I am gone, will be men whoextinguish the Sunnah and follow innovation. They will delay theprayer from its proper time.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah, if Iliveto see them, what should I do?” He said: “You ask me, O Ibn‘Abd, whatyou should do? There is no obedience to one who disobeysAllah.”

“We gave our pledge totheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ), pledging to listen and obey in times ofhardship and times of ease, willingly or reluctantly, and when othersare shown preference over us, and that we would not dispute the orderof those in charge, that we would speak the truth wherever we are,andthat we would not fear the blame of anyone when acting orspeaking forthe sake of Allah.”

“The affairs of the Children of Israel were administered bytheirProphets. Every time a Prophet left, he was followed by another,butthere will be no Prophet among you after I am gone.” They said:“What will happen, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “There willbecaliphs and there will be many of them.” They said: “Whatshould wedo?” He said: “Fulfill your pledge to the first one,then the one whocomes after him, and do the duties required of you,for Allah willquestion them about the duties upon them.”

“Abanner will be set up for every traitor on the Day ofResurrection,and it will be said: ‘This is the treachery of so-and-so.’”

“For every traitor a banner will be set up on the DayofResurrection, commensurate with his treachery.”

“The martyr does not feel anything more when he is killed thanoneof you feels if he is pinched (by a bug).”

“We hoped that whenhe died it would be as a martyr in the cause of Allah.” TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “In that case the martyrs of mynation would be few. Being killed in the cause of Allah is martyrdom;dying of the plague is martyrdom; when a pregnant woman dies inchildbirth that is martyrdom; and dying of drowning, or burning, orof pleurisy, is martyrdom.”

“We entered upon Abu Umamah and he saw some silverornaments on our swords. He got angry and said: ‘People conqueredlands and their swords were not adorned with gold and silver, butwith lead and iron and ‘Alabi.’”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)acquiredhis sword Dhulfiqar, from the spoils of war on the Day ofbadr.

“Allah will admit three people to Paradise by virtue ofonearrow: The one who makes it, seeking reward by making it well; theone who shoots it; and the one who hands it to him.” And theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) said: “Shoot and ride, and if you shootthat is dearerto me than if you ride. All things that a Muslim mandoes forentertainment are in vain except for shooting arrows,training hishorse and playing with his wife, for these are thingsthat bringreward.”

“I heard theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting on the pulpit: ‘And make readyagainst them all you can of power.’[8:60] (And saying that) threetimes – ‘Power means shooting.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to wear this when he met the enemy.”

“It is asifI can see the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), wearing a black turban,withits two ends hanging between his shoulders.”

“I saw a man asking myfatherabout a man who goes out to fight and buys and sells and tradesduring his campaign. My father said to him: ‘We were with theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) in Tabuk, and we bought and sold, and he sawus and did not forbid us (to do that).’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)gaveme a send-off and said: ‘I command you to Allah’s keeping, Whosetrust is never lost.’”

“O Aktham! Fight alongsidepeople other than your own, it will improve your attitude and makeyougenerous to your companions. O Aktham, the best number ofcompanionsis four, the best number of troops on an expedition isfour hundred,the best number of an army is four thousand, and twelvethousand willnever be overpowered because of their small number.”

“We were talking abouthow,on the Day of Badr, the Companions of the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)numbered three hundred ten and something, the same number as theCompanions of (Talut) who crossed the river with him, and no onecrossed the river with him but a believer.”

“I heard Abul-Ward, theCompanion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), say: ‘Beware of thetroopwhich, when it meets (the enemy) it flees, and when it takesspoils ofwar, it steals from it.’”