Hadith #684

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Chapter: The Book of Jihad

كتاب الجهاد

Arabic Text

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم :

Body (Matn)

"للعبد المملوك المصلح أجران، والذي نفس أبي هريرة بيده لولا الجهاد في سبيل الله والحج، وبر أمي لأحببت أن أموت وأنا مملوك" ((متفق عليه))

Isnad Chain

English Translation

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The faithful and diligent slave will have a double reward." (Abu Hurairah added:) By Him in Whose Hand the soul of Abu Hurairah is! but for Jihad in the Cause of Allah, and Hajj and kindness to my mother, I would have preferred to die as a slave..

Reference: Riyadh al-Salihin, Book 11, Hadith 684

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