Volume 4, 56 Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)
Hadith Number 2955
Chapter: 108 Listening to and obeying the Imam
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The ‘Prophet said, “It is obligatory for one to listen to and obey (the ruler’s orders) unless these orders involve one disobedience (to Allah); but if an act of disobedience (to Allah) is imposed, he should not listen to or obey it.”
Hadith Number 2956-2957
Chapter: 109 The Imam should be defended
Narrated Abu Huraira: That heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “We are the last but will be the foremost to enter Paradise).” The Prophet added, “He who obeys me, obeys Allah, and he who disobeys me, disobeys Allah. He who obeys the chief, obeys me, and he who disobeys the chief, disobeys me. The Imam is like a shelter for whose safety the Muslims should fight and where they should seek protection. If the Imam orders people with righteousness and rules justly, then he will be rewarded for that, and if he does the opposite, he will be responsible for that.”
Hadith Number 2958
Chapter: 110 To give a Bai’a for not to flee during a battle
Narrated Ibn `Umar: When we reached (Hudaibiya) in the next year (of the treaty of Hudaibiya), not even two men amongst us agreed unanimously as to which was the tree under which we had given the pledge of allegiance, and that was out of Allah’s Mercy. (The sub narrator asked Naf’i, “For what did the Prophet (ﷺ) take their pledge of allegiance, was it for death?” Naf’i replied “No, but he took their pledge of allegiance for patience.”)
Hadith Number 2959
Narrated `Abdullah bin Zaid: that in the time (of the battle) of Al-Harra a person came to him and said, “Ibn Hanzala is taking the pledge of allegiance from the people for death.” He said, “I will never give a pledge of allegiance for such a thing to anyone after Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).”
Hadith Number 2960
Narrated Yazid bin Ubaid: Salama said, “I gave the Pledge of allegiance (Al-Ridwan) to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and then I moved to the shade of a tree. When the number of people around the Prophet (ﷺ) diminished, he said, ‘O Ibn Al-Akwa` ! Will you not give to me the pledge of Allegiance?’ I replied, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I have already given to you the pledge of Allegiance.’ He said, ‘Do it again.’ So I gave the pledge of allegiance for the second time.” I asked ‘O Abu Muslim! For what did you give he pledge of Allegiance on that day?” He replied, “We gave the pledge of Allegiance for death.”
Hadith Number 2961
Narrated Anas: On the day (of the battle) of the Trench, the Ansar were saying, “We are those who have sworn allegiance to Muhammad for Jihaid (for ever) as long as we live.” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied to them, “O Allah! There is no life except the life of the Hereafter. So honor the Ansar and emigrants with Your Generosity.”
Hadith Number 2962-2963
Narrated Mujashi: My brother and I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and I requested him to take the pledge of allegiance from us for migration. He said, “Migration has passed away with its people.” I asked, “For what will you take the pledge of allegiance from us then?” He said, “I will take (the pledge) for Islam and Jihad.”
Hadith Number 2964
Chapter: 111 The Imam should order the people to do only within their ability
Narrated `Abdullah: Today a man came to me and asked me a question which I did not know how to answer. He said, “Tell me, if a wealthy active man, well-equipped with arms, goes out on military expeditions with our chiefs, and orders us to do such things as we cannot do (should we obey him?)” I replied, “By Allah, I do not know what to reply you, except that we, were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he used to order us to do a thing once only till we finished it. And no doubt, everyone among you will remain in a good state as long as he obeys Allah. If one is in doubt as to the legality of something, he should ask somebody who would satisfy him, but soon will come a time when you will not find such a man. By Him, except Whom none has the right to be worshipped. I see that the example of what has passed of this life (to what remains thereof) is like a pond whose fresh water has been used up and nothing remains but muddy water.
Hadith Number 2965-2966
Chapter: 112 Delay of the fighting
Narrated Salim Abu An-Nadr: The freed slave of `Umar bin ‘Ubaidullah who was `Umar’s clerk: `Abdullah bin Abi `Aufa wrote him (i.e. `Umar) a letter that contained the following:– “Once Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (during a holy battle), waited till the sun had declined and then he got up among the people and said, “O people! Do not wish to face the enemy (in a battle) and ask Allah to save you (from calamities) but if you should face the enemy, then be patient and let it be known to you that Paradise is under the shades of swords.” He then said,, “O Allah! The Revealer of the (Holy) Book, the Mover of the clouds, and Defeater of Al-Ahzab (i.e. the clans of infidels), defeat them infidels and bestow victory upon us.”
Hadith Number 2967
Chapter: 113 Asking the permission of the Imam
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: I participated in a Ghazwa along with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) The Prophet (ﷺ) met me (on the way) while I was riding a camel of ours used for irrigation and it had got so tired that it could hardly walk. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked me, “What is wrong with the camel?” I replied, “It has got tired.” So. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came from behind it and rebuked it and prayed for it so it started surpassing the other camels and going ahead of them. Then he asked me, “How do you find your camel (now)?” I replied, “I find it quite well, now as it has received your blessings.” He said, “Will you sell it to me?” I felt shy (to refuse his offer) though it was the only camel for irrigation we had. So, I said, “Yes.” He said, “Sell it to me then.” I sold it to him on the condition that I should keep on riding it till I reached Medina. Then I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I am a bridegroom,” and requested him to allow me to go home. He allowed me, and I set out for Medina before the people till I reached Medina, where I met my uncle, who asked me about the camel and I informed him all about it and he blamed me for that. When I took the permission of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) he asked me whether I had married a virgin or a matron and I replied that I had married a matron. He said, “Why hadn’t you married a virgin who would have played with you, and you would have played with her?” I replied, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! My father died (or was martyred) and I have some young sisters, so I felt it not proper that I should marry a young girl like them who would neither teach them manners nor serve them. So, I have married a matron so that she may serve them and teach them manners.” When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) arrived in Medina, I took the camel to him the next morning and he gave me its price and gave me the camel itself as well.
Hadith Number 2968
Chapter: 114 Participation in the Jihad by the recently married
Jabir narrated a Hadith from the Prophet ﷺ related to this chapter.
Chapter: 115 Participation in Jihad after the consummation of marriage
Abu Hurairah narrated a Hadith from the Prophet ﷺ related to this chapter.
Chapter: 116 The setting out of the Imam, before the people at the time of fright
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Once there was a feeling of fright at Medina, so Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) rode a horse belonging to Abu Talha and (on his return) he said, “We have not seen anything (fearful), but we found this horse very fast.”
Hadith Number 2969
Chapter: 117 To be quick at the time of fright
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Once the people got frightened, so Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) rode a slow horse belonging to Abu Talha, and he set out all alone, making the horse gallop. Then the people rode, making their horses gallop after him. On his return he said, “Don’t be afraid (there is nothing to be afraid of) (and I have found) this horse a very fast one.” That horse was never excelled in running hence forward. (Qastalani Vol. 5)
Hadith Number 2970
Chapter: 118 Setting out alone at a time of fright
Chapter: 119 The wages given to fight on somebody else’s behalf
Mujahid said, “Once I said to Ibn ‘Umar, ‘Let us proceed for Jihad.’ Ibn ‘Umar replied, ‘I would like to support you with some of my money.’ I replied, ‘Allah has given me enough.’ He said, ‘Your wealth is for you, but I like that some of my money be spent in this cause.'”
‘Umar said, “Some people take money (from the Muslim’s Treasury) to strive in Allah’s Cause, but they don’t strive. So, if someone does so, we have the right to take back whatever he has taken.”
Tawus and Mujahid said, “If something is given to you, so that you may strive in Allah’s Cause, then do whatever you like with it and keep it with your family.”
Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab: I gave a horse to be used in Allah’s Cause, but later on I saw it being sold. I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) whether I could buy it. He said, “Don’t buy it and don’t take back your gift of charity.”
Hadith Number 2971
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Umar gave a horse to be used in Allah’s Cause, but later on he found it being sold. So, he intended to buy it and asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) who said, “Don’t buy it and don’t take back your gift of charity.”
Hadith Number 2972
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Were it not for the fear that it would be difficult for my followers, I would not have remained behind any Sariya, (army-unit) but I don’t have riding camels and have no other means of conveyance to carry them on, and it is hard for me that my companions should remain behind me. No doubt I wish I could fight in Allah’s Cause and be martyred and come to life again to be martyred and come to life once more.”
Hadith Number 2973
Chapter: 120 The labourer
Narrated Yali: I participated in the Ghazwa of Tabuk along with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and I gave a young camel to be ridden in Jihad and that was, to me, one of my best deeds. Then I employed a laborer who quarrelled with another person. One of them bit the hand of the other and the latter drew his hand from the mouth of the former pulling out his front tooth. Then the former instituted a suit against the latter before the Prophet who rejected that suit saying, “Do you expect him to put out his hand for you to snap as a male camel snaps (vegetation)?”