Hadith 183

Sahih Muslim

Book 33: The Book on Government

Chapter 34

The virtue of Jihad and keeping watch over the frontier

باب فَضْلِ الْجِهَادِ وَالرِّبَاطِ ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 1888b
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ، بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ أَىُّ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ مُؤْمِنٌ يُجَاهِدُ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ ‏"‏ ثُمَّ رَجُلٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي شِعْبٍ مِنَ الشِّعَابِ يَعْبُدُ رَبَّهُ وَيَدَعُ النَّاسَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏
It has been narrated (through a diferent chain of transmetters) on the same authority (i. e. Abu Sa'id Khadri)

A man asked: Messenger of Allah, which of men is the best? He said: A believer who fights staking his life and spending his wealth in the way of Allah. He asked: Who is next to him (in excellence)? He said: Next to him is a man who lives an isolated life in a mountain gorge, worshipping his Lord and sparing men from his mischief.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri

أبو سعيد سعد بن مالك بن سنان الخدري

875 narrations

follower
2

Ata'a bin Yazid al-Laithi al-Junda'i

عطاء بن يزيد الليثي الجندعي

84 narrations

follower
3

al-Zuhri ‎,

ابن شهاب الزهري محمد بن مسلم

3,342 narrations

successor
4

Ma'mar bin Rashid

معمر بن راشد

934 narrations

successor
5

'Abdur-Razzaq

عبد الرزاق بن همام

894 narrations

3rd Generation
6

'Abd bin Hameed bin Nasr

عبد بن حميد بن نصر

394 narrations