Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1664
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَمَوْضِعُ سَوْطِ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَلَرَوْحَةٌ يَرُوحُهَا الْعَبْدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ لَغَدْوَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا " . هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi al-Nadr reported to us from Abu al-Nadr al-Baghdadi, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah ibn Dinar, from Abu Hazim, from Sahl ibn Sad, that the Messenger of Allah said: Guarding the frontier for a day in the cause of Allah is better than the world and all it contains. The space occupied by one of your whips in Paradise is better than the world and all it contains. An evening outing a servant makes in the cause of Allah—or a morning outing—is better than the world and all it contains.
This hadith is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Ribat refers here to guarding the frontier.