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Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 4011

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In-book entry
86

Chapter 20

Chapter context: Enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil

باب الأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْىِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ دِينَارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَادَةَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ الْعَوْفِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

‏ أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ كَلِمَةُ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ ‏

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Translation

English translation

It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“The best of jihad is a just word spoken to an unjust ruler.”

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 4011 in Sunan Ibn Majah. It appears in Book 36, Tribulations, as in-book entry 86 under the chapter “Enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil.”

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Reference details

Collection
Sunan Ibn Majah
In-book entry
86

Source and grading notes

Sunan Ibn Majah 4011 In-book : Book 36, Hadith 86 English translation : Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 4011

Al-Albani:
Sahih
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi:
Sahih
Shuaib Al Arnaut:
Sahih Lighairihi
Zubair Ali Zai:
Hasan

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