صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإمارة
The Book on Government
باب فَضْلِ الْجِهَادِ وَالرِّبَاطِ:
Chapter: The virtue of Jihad and keeping watch over the frontier
Hadith 1888
This hadith is listed as number 4886 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي مُزَاحِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَي بْنُ حَمْزَةَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ ، فَقَالَ : " رَجُلٌ يُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِمَالِهِ وَنَفْسِهِ " ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ مَنْ ؟ ، قَالَ : " مُؤْمِنٌ فِي شِعْبٍ مِنَ الشِّعَابِ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ رَبَّهُ وَيَدَعُ النَّاسَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ " .
It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id Khudri that a man came to the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Who is the best of men? He replied: A man who fights in the way of Allah spending his wealth and staking his life. The man then asked: Who is next to him (in excellence)? He said: Next to him is a believer who lives in a mountain gorge worshipping hid Lord and sparing men from his mischief.
