سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الجهادJihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
باب فِي مَنْ يَغْزُو وَيَلْتَمِسُ الدُّنْيَاChapter: Regarding A Person Who Fights For Worldly Gain.
Hadith 2516
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ ، عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ ، عَنْ ابْنِ مِكْرَزٍ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ يَبْتَغِي عَرَضًا مِنْ عَرَضِ الدُّنْيَا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " " لَا أَجْرَ لَهُ ، فَأَعْظَمَ ذَلِكَ النَّاسُ وَقَالُوا لِلرَّجُلِ : عُدْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَعَلَّكَ لَمْ تُفَهِّمْهُ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ يَبْتَغِي عَرَضًا مِنْ عَرَضِ الدُّنْيَا ، فَقَالَ : لَا أَجْرَ لَهُ ، فَقَالُوا لِلرَّجُلِ : عُدْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : الثَّالِثَةَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : لَا أَجْرَ لَهُ .
Narrated Abu Hurairah: A man said: Messenger of Allah, a man wishes to take part in jihad in Allah's path desiring some worldly advantage? The Prophet ﷺ said: He will have not reward. The people thought it terrible, and they said to the man: Go back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, for you might not have made him understand well. He, therefore, (went and again) asked: Messenger of Allah, a man wishes to take part in jihad in Allah's path desiring some worldly advantage? He replied: There is no reward for him. They again said to the man: Return to the Messenger of Allah. He, therefore, said to him third time. He replied: There is no reward for him.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
If the intention of the mujahid is fundamentally showing off (riya) and acquiring wealth, then all his actions are invalid.
There is no reward for him.
But if the original and fundamental intention is jihad and raising the word of Allah, and along with that, an intention such as acquiring wealth also becomes mixed in, then this causes a reduction in the reward.
The action does not become invalid.
As has been mentioned in the previous hadith 2497,
that if the mujahideen receive spoils of war (ghanimah), then they obtain two-thirds of their reward in this world itself.
Otherwise, their entire reward remains preserved.
Imam Ahmad (rahimahullah) states that in jihad, the reward of traders, laborers, and those who work for hire is according to the measure of their own intention.
The matter of intention and sincerity (ikhlas) is extremely difficult and requires attention.
On this issue, the explanation of the hadith "Actions are only by intentions" (innama al-a‘malu bi’l-niyyat) in Jami‘ al-‘Ulum wa’l-Hikam (by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali rahimahullah) is worth reading repeatedly.
If the intention of the mujahid is fundamentally showing off (riya) and acquiring wealth, then all his actions are invalid.
There is no reward for him.
But if the original and fundamental intention is jihad and raising the word of Allah, and along with that, an intention such as acquiring wealth also becomes mixed in, then this causes a reduction in the reward.
The action does not become invalid.
As has been mentioned in the previous hadith 2497,
that if the mujahideen receive spoils of war (ghanimah), then they obtain two-thirds of their reward in this world itself.
Otherwise, their entire reward remains preserved.
Imam Ahmad (rahimahullah) states that in jihad, the reward of traders, laborers, and those who work for hire is according to the measure of their own intention.
The matter of intention and sincerity (ikhlas) is extremely difficult and requires attention.
On this issue, the explanation of the hadith "Actions are only by intentions" (innama al-a‘malu bi’l-niyyat) in Jami‘ al-‘Ulum wa’l-Hikam (by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali rahimahullah) is worth reading repeatedly.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2516
