Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3128

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ، أَنَّ ذَكْوَانَ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ يَعْدِلُ الْجِهَادَ قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ أَجِدُهُ هَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ إِذَا خَرَجَ الْمُجَاهِدُ تَدْخُلُ مَسْجِدًا فَتَقُومُ لاَ تَفْتُرُ وَتَصُومُ لاَ تُفْطِرُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ

Translation

Ubaydullah ibn Said informed us; he said: Affan narrated to us; he said: Hammam narrated to us; he said: Muhammad ibn Juhadah narrated to us; he said: Abu Husayn narrated to me that Dhakwan told him that Abu Hurayrah related to him: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: Show me a deed equal to striving in the cause of Allah. He said: I cannot find one. Can you, when the one striving goes out, enter a mosque and stand in prayer without tiring, and fast without breaking your fast? The man said: Who is able to do that?