What is the meaning of the hadith, "Whoever dies without having gone on a jihad..."?
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Question:
The saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Does this mean any Muslim, or specifically a soldier?
Answer:
It means: he imagines it to himself; he has the intention that if the time for jihad were to come, he would go out to fight.
He did not go out to fight, nor did he imagine it to himself; it was not on his mind. It should be on his mind, imagining that if jihad were to occur, he would strive in it.
The saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whoever dies without having gone out to fight or imagining it to himself, he dies upon a branch of hypocrisy.
من مات ولم يغزُ مات علي شعبة من النفاقAnswer:
It means: he imagines it to himself; he has the intention that if the time for jihad were to come, he would go out to fight.
He did not go out to fight, nor did he imagine it to himself; it was not on his mind. It should be on his mind, imagining that if jihad were to occur, he would strive in it.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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