مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 22291
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَانُ بْنُ رِفَاعَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ: خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ مِنْ سَرَايَاهُ قَالَ: فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ بِغَارٍ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ قَالَ: فَحَدَّثَ، ، نَفْسَهُ بِأَنْ يُقِيمَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْغَارِ فَيَقُوتُهُ مَا كَانَ فِيهِ مِنْ مَاءٍ وَيُصِيبُ مَا حَوْلَهُ مِنَ الْبَقْلِ، وَيَتَخَلَّى مِنَ الدُّنْيَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَوْ أَنِّي أَتَيْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَإِنْ أَذِنَ لِي فَعَلْتُ، وَإِلَّا لَمْ أَفْعَلْ. فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، إِنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِغَارٍ فِيهِ مَا يَقُوتُنِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَالْبَقْلِ، فَحَدَّثَتْنِي نَفْسِي بِأَنْ أُقِيمَ فِيهِ وَأَتَخَلَّى مِنَ الدُّنْيَا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنِّي لَمْ أُبْعَثْ بِالْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَلَا بِالنَّصْرَانِيَّةِ، وَلَكِنِّي بُعِثْتُ بِالْحَنِيفِيَّةِ السَّمْحَةِ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَغَدْوَةٌ أَوْ رَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا، وَلَمُقَامُ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي الصَّفِّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً " (١)، ،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we set out with the Noble Prophet (ﷺ) for a jihad. A man passed by a cave where there was some water. He thought to himself that he should settle in that cave, sustain his life with the water present there, eat the vegetables growing nearby, and adopt seclusion from the world. Then he thought that first he should present this matter to the Noble Prophet (ﷺ); if he granted permission, he would do so, otherwise not. So he came to the Noble Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! I passed by a cave in which there is enough water and vegetables for my sustenance. I have thought of settling there and withdrawing from the world." The Noble Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I have not been sent with Judaism or Christianity; I have been sent with the pure, upright religion of Hanifiyyah. By the One in whose hand is the life of Muhammad (ﷺ), going out in the way of Allah in the morning or evening is better than the world and whatever is in it, and for any one of you to stand in the ranks of jihad is better than sixty years of prayer."
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This is Hadith 22291 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 972, Hadith of Abu Umamah al-Bahili, as in-book entry 155.
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مسند احمد / مسند الأنصار رضي الله عنهم / 22291
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