سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الجهادJihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
باب مَنْ قَاتَلَ لِتَكُونَ كَلِمَةُ اللَّهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَاChapter: Whoever Fights So That The Word Of Allah Is Uppermost.
Hadith 2518
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ مِنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ حَدِيثًا أَعْجَبَنِي فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ .
Amr said “I heard from Abu Wail a tradition which surprised me, he then narrated the tradition to the same effect (as mentioned before).
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
If the fundamental intention of the mujahid is to exalt the word of Allah, then the presence of other motives causes a reduction in his reward. Imam Bukhari has included this hadith under the following heading:
(Chapter: Whoever fights for the spoils of war, does his reward decrease?) (Sahih al-Bukhari, Obligatory Khums, Chapter: 10) — Does the reward of a person who fights for war booty become diminished?
If the fundamental intention of the mujahid is to exalt the word of Allah, then the presence of other motives causes a reduction in his reward. Imam Bukhari has included this hadith under the following heading:
(Chapter: Whoever fights for the spoils of war, does his reward decrease?) (Sahih al-Bukhari, Obligatory Khums, Chapter: 10) — Does the reward of a person who fights for war booty become diminished?
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2518
