سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الجهادFrom the Book of Jihad
باب فَضْلِ مَنْ رَابَطَ يَوْماً وَلَيْلَةً:Chapter: Virtue of Guarding for a Day and Night
Hadith 2461
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ: زُهْرَةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ كَتَمْتُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَرَاهِيَةَ تَفَرُّقِكُمْ عَنِّي، ثُمَّ بَدَا لِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمُوهُ لِيَخْتَارَ امْرُؤٌ لِنَفْسِهِ مَا بَدَا لَهُ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: "رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَنَازِلِ".
Abu Salih, the freed slave of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), said: I heard the Commander of the Faithful, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), saying on the pulpit: I concealed from you a hadith which I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and this was because I feared you might leave me. Then I thought that I should narrate that hadith before you so that a person may choose for himself what he deems appropriate. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Standing guard for one day in the way of Allah is better than a thousand years and better than standing guard in homes."
