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Musnad Ahmad 79

Which deed is best? He was told: Jihad for the sake of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. He wanted to go for jihad, but it was said to him: Have you done Hajj?

Abu Wail Shaqiqnarrated it
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ

أَنَّ الصُّبَيَّ بْنَ مَعْبَدٍ، كَانَ نَصْرَانِيًّا تَغْلِبِيًّا أَعْرَابِيًّا فَأَسْلَمَ فَسَأَلَ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ حَجَجْتَ فَقَالَ: لَا فَقِيلَ حُجَّ وَاعْتَمِرْ ثُمَّ جَاهِدْ فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِالْحَوَابِطِ أَهَلَّ بِهِمَا جَمِيعًا فَرَآهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ صُوحَانَ وَسَلْمَانُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ فَقَالَا لَهُوَ أَضَلُّ مِنْ جَمَلِهِ أَوْ مَا هُوَ بِأَهْدَى مِنْ نَاقَتِهِ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِقَوْلِهِمَا فَقَالَ هُدِيتَ لِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ الْحَكَمُ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي وَائِلٍ حَدَّثَكَ الصُّبَيُّ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ

Which deed is best? He was told: Jihad for the sake of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. He wanted to go for jihad, but it was said to him: Have you done Hajj?

He said no. So it was said to him: Go for Haji and Umrah, then go for jihad. So he set out and when he was in al-Hawait, he entered ihram for both Haji and Umrah together, Zaid ibn Soohan and Salman ibn Rabeeah saw him and said: He is more astray than his camel, or he is no more guided than his camel.

He went to Umar and told him what they had said. He said: You have been guided to the Sunnah of your Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). Al-Hakam said: I said to Abu Wail. Did as-Subayy tell you that? He said: Yes.

Musnad Ahmad 79, Book 2, Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra), Hadith 2. 1 min read

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Ahmad back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam AhmadCompiler, died 241 AH
  2. 2مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍTold us
  3. 3Shubah ibn al-HajjajTold us, Third generation, died 160 AH
  4. 4Al-Hakam ibn UtaybahFrom, Successor, died 113 AH
  5. 5Abu Wail Shaqiq ibn SalamahFrom, Successor, died 82 AH

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