Dawud (45). And from Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "A night of guarding in the path of Allah is better than a thousand nights of standing in prayer and days of fasting (46), (47)." Recorded by Ibn Sanjar (48).
1625 - Issue: He said: (If his parents are Muslims, he shall not engage in voluntary Jihad except with their permission.)
Something similar to this was narrated from Umar and Uthman. This is also the view of Malik, al-Awza'i, al-Thawri, al-Shafi'i, and the rest of the scholars. It has been narrated from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, shall I engage in Jihad? He said: "Do you have two parents?" He said: Yes. He said: "Then struggle for them (i.e., serve them)." (2). A similar report is narrated from Ibn Abbas from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), recorded by al-Tirmidhi (3), who said: It is a hasan sahih (good and authentic) hadith. In another narration, he said: I came to pledge allegiance to you for Hijra (emigration), and I left my parents weeping. He said: "Return to them and make them laugh as you made them weep." From Abu Sa'id, that a man migrated to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him:
(45) In: The Chapter on the merit of guarding in the path of Allah, the Almighty, from the Book of Jihad. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/9, 10. (46) In the original: "nafliha" (its voluntary prayer). (47) In the original: "fardiha" (its obligatory prayer). (48) He is Muhammad ibn Sanjar, or Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Sanjar al-Jurjani, author of the Musnad, who died in the year 258 AH. Al-Dhahabi said: It is rare for us to possess his hadith. Tadhkirat al-Huffaz 2/578, 579. The hadith was recorded by Imam Ahmad in: Al-Musnad 1/61, 64, 65. (1) In [M]: "hadha" (this). (2) Recorded by Sa'id ibn Mansur, in: The Chapter on one who engages in battle while his parents dislike it, from the Book of Jihad. Al-Sunan 2/132. And by Ibn Abi Shaybah, in: The Chapter on a man who engages in battle while his parents are alive..., from the Book of Jihad. Al-Musannaf 12/474, 475. (3) In: The Chapter on what has been reported regarding one who leaves for battle while leaving his parents behind, from the chapters on Jihad. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 7/169. It was also recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on Jihad with the permission of parents, from the Book of Jihad, and in: The Chapter on not engaging in Jihad except with the permission of parents, from the Book of Etiquette (Adab). Sahih al-Bukhari 4/71, 8/3. And by Muslim, in: The Chapter on dutifulness to parents and that they are most entitled to it, from the Book of Righteousness, Relations, and Etiquette. Sahih Muslim 4/1975. And by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on a man who engages in battle while his parents dislike it, from the Book of Jihad. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/16, 17. And by al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the concession for remaining behind for one who has parents, from the Book of Jihad. Al-Mujtaba 6/10. And by Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/188, 193, 197, 221.
