Hadith 2496

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ قَعْنَبٍ ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " حُرْمَةُ نِسَاءِ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ كَحُرْمَةِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ وَمَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْقَاعِدِينَ يَخْلُفُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ فِي أَهْلِهِ إِلَّا نُصِبَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ : هَذَا قَدْ خَلَفَكَ فِي أَهْلِكَ ، فَخُذْ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِ مَا شِئْتَ ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : مَا ظَنُّكُمْ ؟ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : كَانَ قَعْنَبٌ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا وَكَانَ ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى أَرَادَ قَعْنَبًا عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ فَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ ، وَقَالَ : أَنَا أُرِيدُ الْحَاجَةَ بِدِرْهَمٍ فَأَسْتَعِينُ عَلَيْهَا بِرَجُلٍ قَالَ : وَأَيُّنَا لَا يَسْتَعِينُ فِي حَاجَتِهِ قَالَ : أَخْرِجُونِي حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ فَأُخْرِجَ ، فَتَوَارَى قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : بَيْنَمَا هُوَ مُتَوَارٍ إِذْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ الْبَيْتُ فَمَاتَ .
Buraidah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying “Respect to be shown by those who stay at home to the women of those who are engaged in jihad is t be like that shown to their mothers. If any man among those who stay at home is entrusted with the oversight of one’s family who is engaged in jihad and betrays him, he will be setup for him on the Day of Resurrection and he (the mujahid) will be told “This (man) was entrusted with the oversight of your family, so take what you want from his good deeds. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned towards us and said “So what do you think. ” Abu Dawud said “Qa’nab (a narrator of this tradition) was a pious man. Ibn Abi Laila intended to appoint him a judge, but he refused and said “If I intend to fulfill my need of a dirham, I seek the help of a person for it. He said “Which of us does not seek the help in his need? He said “Bring me out so that I may see. So he was brought out, and he concealed himself. Sufyan said “While he was concealing himself. ” Sufyan said “While he was concealing himself the house suddenly fell on him and he died. ”
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الجهاد / 2496
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: صحيح مسلم (1897)
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The protection of the lives, wealth, and honor of the families of the mujahideen who are engaged and occupied in jihad and fighting, and serving them, is an act of immense reward and merit.
➋ And displaying betrayal or wickedness towards them is akin to someone behaving in such a manner with his own mother.
➌ And by analogy, this ruling applies to those who are absent from their homes for other intellectual boundaries of Islam, such as in the pursuit of teaching and learning.
➍ Therefore, it is obligatory upon their relatives and other members of society to fully safeguard and honor the families of such individuals, just as they would protect their own mothers.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2496
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
1) The concept of betrayal (khiyanat) is very broad. Mistreating them, deceiving them, or seducing his wife and leading her astray, etc.—all of these are included within it.

2) "He will leave it"—when every person will be in dire need of good deeds and each and every good deed will be precious, it is impossible that anyone would be negligent in taking a good deed, especially when he is given free rein to do so.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 3193
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
In this hadith, the virtue of the mujahideen is mentioned, and the women of their households who remain at home have been given the status of mothers. When a mujahid goes out for jihad or departs to serve the religion in any field for the sake of the religion, his family women should be shown great respect, and not, upon finding them alone, should anyone attempt to violate their honor.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 930