Explanation of Riyad al-Salihin-72a
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The reciter: The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted in the context of the hadiths in the Book of Jihad: "From Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Mishkat al-Masabih 253 Narrated by Muslim. And from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1668Da'if (Darussalam) Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who said: It is a good, authentic hadith. And from Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with them both) Riyad as-Salihin 1324 Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. And from Sahl ibn Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Mishkat al-Masabih 672 Narrated by Abu Dawud with a sound chain. And from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Mishkat al-Masabih 2440 Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi, who said: It is a good hadith. And from Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) Mishkat al-Masabih 2441 Narrated by Abu Dawud with a sound chain. And from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. And from Urwah al-Barqi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection: the reward and the spoils. Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. And from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Sahih al-Bukhari 2853 Narrated by al-Bukhari. And from Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Mishkat al-Masabih 3799 Narrated by Muslim. And from Uqbah ibn Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Riyad as-Salihin 1332 Narrated by Muslim."
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
These are hadiths that al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) cited in Riyad al-Salihin, some of which explain the virtue of martyrs. Many hadiths on this topic have preceded, and some are about the virtue of participating in jihad with a mount and an arrow. As for the first, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) mentioned that if a person is martyred in the cause of Allah, what he experiences from the killing is like a pinch, meaning like the pinch of an ant or a gnat or something similar. This means that Allah the Exalted makes death easy for him, just as He makes the exit of the soul easy, because the soul is greeted with the pleasure of Allah the Mighty and Majestic and with Paradise, so its exit is made easy, as is the case with other deceased people. Among these is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) clarified, when he addressed the people, the ruling in his saying:Sahih Muslim 1742a The evidence from this hadith is his saying: Sahih al-Bukhari 2818 And among the virtues of jihad in the cause of Allah the Mighty and Majestic is that a person who participates with a mount is written the reward of it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 3574Sahih (Darussalam) The intended meaning of "horses" is the horses of jihad, because he explained this goodness by his saying: And this only occurs with the horses of jihad, so the horses of jihad have goodness tied to their forelocks until the Day of Resurrection. It is also possible that the hadith is general, meaning all horses, whether they are used for jihad or not, due to the generality. And among them is also that a man came with a camel that had a halter on it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and said: This is, O Messenger of Allah, in the cause of Allah. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) informed him that Allah has prepared for him on the Day of Resurrection seven hundred camels, all with halters, because Allah the Exalted multiplies a good deed by ten times its like, up to seven hundred times, to many times. And among them is that helping with arrows and archery is part of jihad in the cause of Allah. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) addressed the people one day and said, regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Anfal 8:60] He said: Sahih Muslim 1917 Archery is according to its time. In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), archery was with the bow and arrows. In our current time, archery is with bombs and missiles and the like, because every type of archery is according to the time in which the person is. We ask Allah the Exalted to make us and you among those who strive in His cause with wealth and self, for He is capable of all things.
Wathila b. al-Asqa‘ reported God’s messenger as saying, “He who seeks knowledge and attains it will have a double portion of reward, but if he does not attain it he will have a single portion of reward." Darimi transmitted it.
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: من طلب الشهادة صادقا أعطيها ولو لم تصبهThat the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The martyr does not sense the touch of death except as one of you senses the touch of a (bug) bite.
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: ما يجد الشهيد من مس القتل إلا كما يجد أحدكم من مس القرصةthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was confronting the enemy. He waited until the sun had declined. Then he stood up to address the people and said, "O people! Do not wish for an encounter with the enemy. Pray to Allah to grant you safety; (but) when you encounter them, show patience, and know that Jannah is under the shades of the swords." Then he (ﷺ) said: "Allahumma munzilal-kitab, wa mujriyas- sahab, wa hazimal-Ahzab, ihzimhum wansurna alaihim (O Allah, Revealer of the Book, Disperser of the clouds, Defeater of the Confederates, put our enemy to rout and support us against them)."
أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في بعض أيامه التي لقي فيها العدو انتظر حتى مالت الشمس ثم قام في الناس فقال: أيها الناس لا تتمنوا لقاء العدو واسألوا الله العافية فإذا لقيتموهم فاصبروا واعلموا أن الجنة تحت ظلال السيوف، ثم قال: اللهم منزل الكتاب ومجري السحاب وهازم الأحزاب اهزمهم وانصرنا عليهمGod’s Messenger as saying, “Two things are not rejected, or are seldom rejected: a supplication when the call to prayer is made, and in stress when people are locked in battle.”
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: ثنتان لا تردان أو قلما تردان الدعاء عند النداء وعند البأس حين يلحم بعضهم بعضًاwhen God’s messenger went on an expedition he said, "O God, Thou art my aider and helper; by Thee I move, by Thee I attack, and by Thee I fight."
كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا غزا قال: اللهم أنت عضدي ونصيري بك أحول وبك أصول وبك أقاتلthat when the Prophet feared a people he said, "O God, we put Thee in front of them, and we seek refuge in Thee from their evils."
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا خاف قومًا قال: اللهم إنا نجعلك في نحورهم ونعوذ بك من شرورهمThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If somebody keeps a horse in Allah's Cause motivated by his faith in Allah and his belief in His Promise, then he will be rewarded on the Day of Resurrection for what the horse has eaten or drunk and for its dung and urine."
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: من احتبس فرسًا في سبيل الله إيمانًا بالله وتصديقًا بوعده فإن شبعه وريه وروثه وبوله في ميزانه يوم القيامةAbu Mas'ud al-Ansari told that a man brought a she-camel with a rope through its nose-ring and said, “This is to be devoted to God’s path." God’s Messenger replied to him, “On the day of resurrection you will get for it seven hundred she-camels each with a rope through its nose-ring.” Muslim transmitted it.
جاء رجل إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بناقة مخطومة فقال: هذه في سبيل الله، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: لك بها يوم القيامة سبعمئة ناقة كلها مخطومةI heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying from the pulpit, "Prepare to meet them (the enemy) with as much strength as you can afford. Verily! Strength is in archery, strength is in archery, strength is in archery."
سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو على المنبر يقول: وأعدوا لهم ما استطعتم من قوة ألا إن القوة الرمي ألا إن القوة الرمي ألا إن القوة الرميThe Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
These are hadiths that al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) cited in Riyad al-Salihin, some of which explain the virtue of martyrs. Many hadiths on this topic have preceded, and some are about the virtue of participating in jihad with a mount and an arrow. As for the first, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) mentioned that if a person is martyred in the cause of Allah, what he experiences from the killing is like a pinch, meaning like the pinch of an ant or a gnat or something similar. This means that Allah the Exalted makes death easy for him, just as He makes the exit of the soul easy, because the soul is greeted with the pleasure of Allah the Mighty and Majestic and with Paradise, so its exit is made easy, as is the case with other deceased people. Among these is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) clarified, when he addressed the people, the ruling in his saying: