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Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 195

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In-book entry
195

Chapter 22

Chapter context: Enjoining Good and forbidding Evil

- باب الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

الثاني عشر‏:‏ عن أبي عبد الله طارق بن شهاب البجلي الأحمسي رضي الله عنه أن رجلاً سأل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، وقد وضع رجله في الغرز‏:‏ أي الجهاد أفضل‏؟‏ قال‏:‏ “كلمة حق عند سلطان جائر‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه النسائي بإسناد صحيح‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Translation

English translation

Abu 'Abdullah Tariq bin Shihab (May Allah bepleased with him) reported:

A person asked the Prophet (ﷺ) (when he had just put his foot in the stirrup): "What is the highest form of Jihad?" He (ﷺ) said, "Speaking the truth in the presence of a tyrant ruler". [An-Nasa'i, with a sound chain].

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 195 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 195 under the chapter “Enjoining Good and forbidding Evil.”

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Reference details

In-book entry
195

Source and grading notes

Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 195

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