Hadith 233

Sahih Muslim

Book 33: The Book on Government

Chapter 50

The virtue of guarding the frontier in the cause of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)

باب فَضْلِ الرِّبَاطِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 1913a
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ بَهْرَامَ الدَّارِمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ - عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ السَّمِطِ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صِيَامِ شَهْرٍ وَقِيَامِهِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ جَرَى عَلَيْهِ عَمَلُهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَعْمَلُهُ وَأُجْرِيَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقُهُ وَأَمِنَ الْفَتَّانَ ‏"
It has been narrated on the authority of Salman

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Keeping watch for a day and a night is better (in point of reward) than fasting for a whole month and standing in prayer every night. If a person dies (while, performing this duty), his (meritorious) activity will continue and he will go on receiving his reward for it perpetually and will be saved from the torture of the grave.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Sharhbayl bin al-Samat

شرحبيل بن السمط

12 narrations

follower
2

Makhul al-Shamial-Damashiqi

/ مكحول الشامي

69 narrations

follower
3

Ayoub bin Musa bin 'Amr bin Sa'id

أيوب بن موسى بن عمرو

48 narrations

successor
4

al-Laith bin Sa'd

الليث بن سعد

1,313 narrations

successor
5

Hisham bin 'Abdul Malik al-Tayalasi

هشام بن عبد الملك أبو الوليد الطيالسي

195 narrations