Volume 4, 56 Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)
Hadith Number 2990
Chapter: 129 Not to travel to a hostile country carrying copies of the Qur’an
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the people to travel to a hostile country carrying (copies of) the Qur’an.
Hadith Number 2991
Chapter: 130 The recitation of Takbir (Allahu Akbar) in the war
Narrated Anas: The Prophet (ﷺ) reached Khaibar in the morning, while the people were coming out carrying their spades over their shoulders. When they saw him they said, “This is Muhammad and his army! Muhammad and his army!” So, they took refuge in the fort. The Prophet (ﷺ) raised both his hands and said, “Allahu Akbar, Khaibar is ruined, for when we approach a nation (i.e. enemy to fight) then miserable is the morning of the warned ones.” Then we found some donkeys which we (killed and) cooked: The announcer of the Prophet (ﷺ) announced: “Allah and His Apostle forbid you to eat donkey’s meat.” So, all the pots including their contents were turned upside down
Hadith Number 2992
Chapter: 131 Raising the voice when saying Takbir
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari: We were in the company of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (during Hajj). Whenever we went up a high place we used to say: “None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and Allah is Greater,” and our voices used to rise, so the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O people! Be merciful to yourselves (i.e. don’t raise your voice), for you are not calling a deaf or an absent one, but One Who is with you, no doubt He is All-Hearer, ever Near (to all things)
Hadith Number 2993
Chapter: 132 Reciting Subhan Allah when going down a valley
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: Whenever we went up a place we would say, “Allahu–Akbar (i.e. Allah is Greater)”, and whenever we went down a place we would say, “Subhan Allah.”
Hadith Number 2994
Chapter: 133 To say Takbir on ascending a high place
Narrated Jabir: Whenever we went up a place we would say Takbir, and whenever we went down we would say, “Subhan Allah.
Hadith Number 2995
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) returned from the Hajj or the `Umra or a Ghazwa, he would say Takbir thrice. Whenever he came upon a mountain path or wasteland, and then he would say, “None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, Alone Who has no partner. All the Kingdom belongs to Him and all the praises are for Him and He is Omnipotent. We are returning with repentance, worshipping, prostrating ourselves and praising our Lord. Allah fulfilled His Promise, granted victory to His slave and He Alone defeated all the clans.”
Hadith Number 2996
Chapter: 134 A traveller is granted reward
Narrated Ibrahim Abu Isma`il As-Saksaki: I heard Abu Burda who accompanied Yazid bin Abi Kabsha on a journey. Yazid used to observe fasting on journeys. Abu Burda said to him, “I heard Abu Musa several times saying that Allah’s Apostle said, ‘When a slave falls ill or travels, then he will get reward similar to that he gets for good deeds practiced at home when in good health.”
Hadith Number 2997
Chapter: 135 Travelling alone
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: On the day of the battle of the Trench, the Prophet (ﷺ) wanted somebody from amongst the people to volunteer to be a reconnoitre. Az-Zubair volunteered. He demanded the same again and Az-Zubair volunteered again. Then he repeated the same demand (thrice) and AzZubair volunteered once more. The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, ” Every prophet has a disciple and my disciple is Az-Zubair.”
Hadith Number 2998
Narrated Ibn’ `Umar: from the Prophet (ﷺ) the following Hadith (No. 242).
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If the people knew what I know about traveling alone, then nobody would travel alone at night.”
Hadith Number 2999
Chapter: 136 Hastening in travel
Narrated Abu Humaid: The Prophet ﷺ said, “I am in a hurry to reach Al-Madina; so whoever wants to hurry up with me, should hurry up”.
Narrated Hisham’s father: Usama bin Zaid was asked at what pace the Prophet (ﷺ) rode during Hajjat-ul-Wada` “He rode at a medium pace, but when he came upon an open way he would go at full pace.”
Hadith Number 3000
Narrated Aslam: While I was in the company of `Abdullah bin `Umar on the way to Mecca, he received the news of the severe illness of Safiya bint Abi Ubaid (i.e. his wife), so he proceeded at greater speed, and when the twilight disappeared, he dismounted and offered the Maghrib and `Isha ‘prayers together and said, ” I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) delaying the Maghrib prayer to offer it along with the `Isha’ when he was in a hurry on a journey.”
Hadith Number 3001
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Journey is a piece of torture, for it disturbs one’s sleep, eating and drinking. So, when you fulfill your job, you should hurry up to your family.”
Hadith Number 3002
Chapter: 137 If someone gives his horse for Allah’s Cause and then he sees it being sold
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Umar bin Al-Khattab gave a horse to be ridden in Allah’s Cause and then he found it being sold. He intended to purchase it. So, he consulted Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) who said, “Don’t buy it and don’t take back your gift of charity.”
Hadith Number 3003
Narrated Aslam: I heard `Umar bin Al-Khattab saying, “I gave a horse to be ridden in Allah’s Cause and the person who got it intended to sell it or neglected it. So, I wanted to buy it as I thought he would sell it cheap. I consulted the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, “Do not buy it even if for one Dirham, because he who takes back his gift is like a dog swallowing its vomit.”
Hadith Number 3004
Chapter: 138 Participation in Jihad with parent’s permission
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) asking his permission to take part in Jihad. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, “Are your parents alive?” He replied in the affirmative. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “Then exert yourself in their service.”
Hadith Number 3005
Chapter: 139 Hanging of bells round the necks of camels
Narrated Abu Bashir Al-Ansari: That he was in the company of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) on some of his journeys. (The sub-narrator `Abdullah adds, “I think that Abu Bashir also said, ‘And the people were at their sleeping places.”) Allah’s Apostle sent a messenger ordering: “There shall not remain any necklace of string or any other kind of necklace round the necks of camels except it is cut off.”
Hadith Number 3006
Chapter: 140 If a man has enlisted himself in the army and then his wife goes out for Hajj
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: That he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “It is not permissible for a man to be alone with a woman, and no lady should travel except with a Muhram (i.e. her husband or a person whom she cannot marry in any case for ever; e.g. her father, brother, etc.).” Then a man got up and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I have enlisted in the army for such-and-such Ghazwa and my wife is proceeding for Hajj.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Go, and perform the Hajj with your wife.”