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Sahih Muslim 1878a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked: What deed could be an equivalent of Jihad in the way of Allah, the Almighty and Exalted? He answered: You do not have the strength to do that deed.

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
6names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي، صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَا يَعْدِلُ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ: «لَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَهُ».

قَالَ فَأَعَادُوا عَلَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ: «لَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَهُ». وَقَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ «مَثَلُ الْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ الصَّائِمِ الْقَائِمِ الْقَانِتِ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَا يَفْتُرُ مِنْ صِيَامٍ وَلَا صَلَاةٍ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ الْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked: What deed could be an equivalent of Jihad in the way of Allah, the Almighty and Exalted? He answered: You do not have the strength to do that deed.

The narrator said: They repeated the question twice or thrice. Every time he answered: You do not have the strength to do it. When the question was asked for the third time, he said: One who goes out for Jihad is like a person who keeps fasts, stands in prayer (constantly), (obeying) Allah’s (behests contained in) the verses (of the Qur’an), and does not exhibit any lassitude in fasting and prayer until the Mujahid returns from Jihad in the way of Allah, the Exalted.

আহমাদ ইবনু ইউনুস (রহঃ) ..... আবদুর রহমান ইবনু ইয়াযীদ (রহঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমি বায়তুল্লাহর পাশে আবূ মাসউদ (রাযিঃ) এর সাথে সাক্ষাৎ পেয়ে তাকে বললাম সূরাহ আল বাকারার দু'টি আয়াত সম্পর্কে আপনার বর্ণিত একটি হাদীস আমি জানতে পেরেছি। আসলে সেটা হাদীস কিনা?

তিনি বললেনঃ হ্যাঁ। রসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ সূরাহ আল বাকারাহ এর শেষ দুটি আয়াত এমন যে, যে ব্যক্তি কোন রাতে ঐ দু'টি পড়বে তা তার সে রাতের জন্য যথেষ্ট হয়ে যাবে*। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ১৭৪৮, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

زہیر نے کہا : ہم سے منصور نے حدیث بیان کی ، انھوں نے ابراہیم سے اور انھوں نے عبدالرحما بن یزید سے ر وایت کی ، انھوں نے کہا : میں بیت اللہ کے پاس حضرت ابو مسعود رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ سے ملا تو میں نے کہا : مجھے آپ کے حوالے سے سورہ بقرہ کی دو آیتوں کے بارے میں حدیث پہنچی ہے ۔

تو انھوں نے کہا : ہاں ، رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا تھا : " سورہ بقرہ کی آخری دو آیتیں ، جو شخص رات میں انھیں پڑھے گا وہ اس کے لئے کافی ہوں گی ۔

Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ahmad bin Yunus] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Zuhair] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Manshur] dari [Ibrahim] dari [Abdurrahman bin Yazid] ia berkata; Saya menjumpai [Abu Mas'ud] di Baitullah, maka saya pun berkata, "Ada satu hadits dari Anda yang telah sampai kepadaku tentang dua ayat yang terdapat di dalam surat Al Baqarah."

Abu Mas'ud berkata; Ya, Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam telah bersabda: "Siapa yang membaca kedua ayat itu, yakni akhir dari surat Al Baqarah, niscaya keduanya akan memeliharanya dari bencana." Dan telah menceritakannya kepada kami [Ishaq bin Ibrahim] telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Jarir] -dalam jalur lain- Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Al Mutsanna] dan [Ibnu Basysyar] keduanya berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Ja'far] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Syu'bah] keduanya dari [Manshur] dengan isnad ini

Bize Ahmed b. Yûnus rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Züheyr rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Mansûr, İbrahim'den, o da Abdurrahmân b. Yezîd'den naklen rivayet etti. Abdurrahmân şöyle demiş: Beyt'in yanıında Ebû Mes'ûd'a rastladım ve: Sûre-i Bakara'daki iki âyet hakkında kulağıma senden bir hadîs ulaştı; dedim. Ebû Mes'ûd şu mukaabelede bulundu: — Evetî Resûlullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem): «Bakara sûresinin sonunda iki âyet vardır ki, kim onları bîr gecede okursa, o kimseye kâfî gelirler.» buyurdu

Sahih Muslim 1878a, Book 33, The Book on Government, Hadith 165. 1 min read

What it means

In both narrations of this Hadīth, the Companions asked the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about the deeds that would yield the same reward of going out for Jihad in the cause of Allah.

He replied: “You cannot bear it.” He meant that they could not do the deeds that would equal Jihad. When they repeated the question twice or thrice, he kept telling them that they are unable to do it. Then, he clarified to them that the only thing that would equal the reward of Jihad is that they keep performing prayers day and night and reciting the Qur'an continually, which is undoubtedly beyond the ability of humans.

In the version narrated by Al-Bukhāri, a man from the Companions of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) asked him to guide him to a deed that would equal the prestigious status of Jihad and the grand reward it entails, to which the Prophet replied: “I do not find one.” He meant that he could not find any deed that had the same merit of Jihad.

Another Hadīth narrated by Al-Bukhāri and Muslim confirms this meaning: “Verily, setting out in the early morning or evening for the sake of Allah is better than this whole world with all its pleasures.” Then, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) asked the man the following question: When the Mujāhid goes out for Jihad, can you go into your place of prayer and remain therein pray incessantly along with fasting without breaking your fast?

If you can do this, then this is the only thing that is equivalent to Jihad (in reward). At that point, the man said: “Who can do that?” He meant that it is undoubtedly beyond the human ability to keep praying without stopping and fasting without eating.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

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

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Said ibn MansurTold us, Fourth generation, died 226 AH
  3. 3Khalid ibn Abdullah at-TahhanTold us, Third generation, died 179 AH
  4. 4Suhayl ibn Abi SalihFrom, Successor, died 138 AH
  5. 5Abu Salih as-SammanFrom, Successor, died 101 AH
  6. 6Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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