Ahadith

Abu Hurairah relates that a man asked the Holy Prophet’s permission to travel and he told him: The travel for my people is striving in the cause of Allah, the Lord of honour and glory (Abu Daud). (Al-Baqarah 217, Hud 87)

Abdullah ibn Amr ibn ‘As relates that the Holy Prophet said: The return from an expedition after its completion is as meritorious as the fighting. (Al-Baqarah 217, Hud 87)

Saib ibn Yazid relates: When the Holy Prophet returned from the battle of Tabuk, people went out from Medina to meet him and I also met him with other boys at Thaniyyah-til-Wada‘a (Abu Daud). Bokhari’s version is: We went to Thaniyyah-til-Wada‘a with other boys to meet the Holy Prophet. (TaHa 116, Az-Zumar 11, Al-Mujadalah 13, Fatir 30)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who did not take part in fighting or equip a fighter or look well after the family of a fighter would be afflicted by severe misfortune before the Day of Judgment (Abu Daud). (TaHa 116, Az-Zumar 11, Al-Mujadalah 13, Fatir 30)

Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: Strive against the idolators with your belongings, your persons and your tongues (Abu Daud). (TaHa 116, Az-Zumar 11, Al-Mujadalah 13, Fatir 30)

Nu‘man ibn Mugarrin relates: I have witnessed that when the Holy Prophet did not begin fighting in the early part of the day, he postponed it till the declining of the sun and the starting of the breeze. Then help would arrive from Allah (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). (TaHa 116, Az-Zumar 11, Al-Mujadalah 13, Fatir 30)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Desire not an encounter with the enemy, but when you meet the enemy be steadfast (Bokhari and Muslim). (TaHa 116, Az-Zumar 11, Al-Mujadalah 13, Fatir 30)

Abu Hurairah and Jabir relate that the Holy Prophet said: War is a matter of tactics (Bokhari and Muslim). (TaHa 116, Az-Zumar 11, Al-Mujadalah 13, Fatir 30)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: There are five who are martyrs; he who dies of the plague, he who dies of cholera, he who dies of drowning, he who is killed by the falling of a wall and he who becomes a martyr by fighting in the cause of Allah (Bokhari and Muslim). (TaHa 116, Az-Zumar 11, Al-Mujadalah 13, Fatir 30)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet asked: Whom do you consider a martyr? He was answered: Messenger of Allah, he who is slain in the cause of Allah is a martyr. He said: Then there will be few martyrs among my people. He was asked: Messenger of Allah, who is then a martyr? He answered: He who is slain in the cause of Allah is a martyr, he who dies in the cause of Allah is a martyr, he who dies of the plague is a martyr, he who dies of cholera is a martyr, he who dies of drowning is a martyr (Muslim). (TaHa 116, Az-Zumar 11, Al-Mujadalah 13, Fatir 30)