Hadith #148
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّ بِشِعْبٍ فِيهِ عَيْنٌ عَذْبَةٌ قَ
الَ فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ يَعْنِي طِيبَ الشِّعْبِ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَقَمْتُ هَاهُنَا وَخَلَوْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ مُقَامُ أَحَدِكُمْ يَعْنِي فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي أَهْلِهِ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً أَمَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَتَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ جَاهِدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ
Isnad Chain
وكيع
هشام بن سعد
سعيد بن أبي هلال
ابن أبي ذباب
أبو هريرة
English Translation
Waki' narrated to us, who said: Hisham ibn Sa'd narrated to us from Sa'id ibn Abi Hilal, from Ibn Abi Dhubab, from Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) that a man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ passed by a mountain pass with a sweet spring of water. He was impressed by the beauty of the pass and thought: 'What if I settle here and live in seclusion?' Then he said: 'No, not until I ask the Prophet ﷺ.' He asked him and he ﷺ said: 'The station of one of you — meaning in the cause of Allah — is better than the worship of one of you among his family for sixty years. Do you not wish that Allah forgives you and admits you to Paradise? Strive in the cause of Allah. Whoever fights in the cause of Allah for the time it takes to milk a she-camel, Paradise is guaranteed for him.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 21, Hadith 148
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 9386
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-45776