The Chapters on Jihad
كتاب الجهاد
Chapter 42: Fulfilling the pledge
“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.”
Chapter 43: The pledge of women
“I cameto the Prophet (ﷺ) with some other women, to offer ourpledge tohim. He said to us: ‘(I accept your pledge) with regard towhat youare able to do. But I do not shake hands with women.’”
“When the believing womenemigrated to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), they would be tested inaccordance with Allah’s saying: ‘O Prophet! When believing womencome to you to give you the pledge...’”[60:12]‘Aishah said: “Whoever among the believing women affirmed this, passed the test. When they affirmed that, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say to them: ‘Go, for you have given your pledge.’ No, by Allah! The hand of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never touched the hand of any woman, rather he accepted their pledge in words only.”‘Aishah said: “By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not demand of women (in their pledge) anything other than that which Allah had commanded, and the hand of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never touched the hand of a woman. He would say to them, when he had accepted their pledge: ‘You have given your pledge,’ verbally.”
Chapter 44: Competitions and contests
“Whoever enters a horse (in a race) between two other horses,notknowing whether it will win, that is not gambling. But whoeverentersa horse (in race) between two other horses, certain that itwill win,that is gambling.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)madea horse lean, and he would send the horse that he had made leanfromHafya’ to Thaniyyatul-Wada’, and (he would send) the horse thathe had not made lean from Thaniyyatul-Wada’ to the mosque of BanuZuraiq.”
“There should be no prizes for racing except races with camelsandhorses.”
Chapter 45: Prohibition of traveling with the Qur’an to the land of the enemy
It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbadetraveling with the Qur’an to the land of the enemy, lest theenemygets hold of it.
It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) usedtoforbid traveling with the Qur’an to the land of the enemy, lest theenemy gets hold of it.
Chapter 46: The distribution of one fifth
“You have distributed it to our brothers Banu Hashim and BanuMuttalib, but we are related to you (to Banu Hashim) in the same way(as Banu Muttalib).” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Rather Ithink that Banu Hashim and Banu Muttalib are the same.”*