The virtue of combining fasting and jihad
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: In the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Mishkat al-Masabih 2053, what is the meaning of this hadith? Is it about the obligatory fast in jihad, or about something else?
Answer:
Yes, on its apparent meaning, if the one fighting in the path of Allah combines fasting with jihad, he attains this reward. And if he delays the fasting, there is no harm in that for him. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: In the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
God’s messenger as saying, “If anyone fasts for a day while engaged in jihad , God will remove him* seventy years’ distance from hell.”
صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ صَامَ يَوْمًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بَعَّدَ اللَّهُ وَجْهَهُ عَنِ النَّارِ سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًاAnswer:
Yes, on its apparent meaning, if the one fighting in the path of Allah combines fasting with jihad, he attains this reward. And if he delays the fasting, there is no harm in that for him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [792\ 3436] فضل الجمع بين الصيام والجهاد|الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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