رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 8
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- 8
Chapter 1
Chapter context: Sincerity and Significance of Intentions and all Actions, Apparent and Hidden
- باب الإخلاص وإحضارالنية
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Original Arabic
وعن أبي موسى عبد الله بن قيس الأشعرى رضي الله عنه قال: سئل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن الرجل يقاتل شجاعة، ويقاتل حميةً، ويقاتل رياء، أى ذلك في سبيل الله؟ فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:
من قاتل لتكون كلمة الله هى العليا فهو في سبيل الله
((متفق عليه)).
Translation
English translation
Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about who fights in the battlefield out of valour, or out of zeal, or out of hypocrisy, which of this is considered as fighting in the cause of Allah? He said:
"He who fights in order that the Word of Allah remains the supreme, is considered as fighting in the cause of Allah". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 8 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 8 under the chapter “Sincerity and Significance of Intentions and all Actions, Apparent and Hidden.”
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