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رياض الصالحين

Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 194

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In-book entry
194

Chapter 22

Chapter context: Enjoining Good and forbidding Evil

- باب الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

الحادي عشر‏:‏ عن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏

‏أفضل الجهاد كلمة عدل عند سلطان جائر‏

‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه أبو داود، والترمذي وقال‏:‏ حديث حسن‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Translation

English translation

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah bepleased with him) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The best type of Jihad (striving in the way of Allah) is speaking a true word in the presence of a tyrant ruler." [Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi, who categorized it as Hadith Hasan].

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 194 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 194 under the chapter “Enjoining Good and forbidding Evil.”

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Reference details

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194

Source and grading notes

Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 194

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