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Bayhaqi 17794 — The basis of the obligation of jihad

قَالَ اللهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ: {كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَكُمْ وَعَسَى أَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ وَعَسَى أَنْ تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَكُمْ} [البقرة: 216]، مَعَ مَا ذُكِرَ فِيهِ فَرْضُ الْجِهَادِ مِنْ سَائِرِ الْآيَاتِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ.
Allah, exalted be His praise, says: "Fighting has been prescribed for you though it is hateful to you; and it may be that you dislike a thing while it is good for you, and it may be that you love a thing while it is bad for you." [Surah al-Baqarah: 216]
Along with this, there are other verses of the Noble Qur'an in which the obligation of jihad is mentioned.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكٍ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ، ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، ثنا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ، عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ حِمَارٍ الْمُجَاشِعِيِّ، أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ: " أَلَا إِنَّ رَبِّي أَوْ إِنَّ رَبِّي أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَعَلِّمَكُمْ مَا جَهِلْتُمْ مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِي يَوْمِي هَذَا ". فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّمَا بَعَثْتُكَ لِأَبْتَلِيَكَ وَأَبْتَلِيَ بِكَ وَأَنْزَلْتُ عَلَيْكَ كِتَابًا لَا يَغْسِلُهُ الْمَاءُ تَقْرَؤُهُ نَائِمًا وَيَقْظَانَ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُحَرِّقَ قُرَيْشًا، فَقُلْتُ: " رَبِّ إِذًا يَثْلَغُوا رَأْسِي فَيَدَعُوهُ خُبْزَةً "، فَقَالَ: اسْتَخْرِجْهُمْ كَمَا أَخْرَجُوكَ وَاغْزُهُمْ نُغْزِكَ وَأَنْفِقْ فَنُنْفِقَ عَلَيْكَ، وَابْعَثْ جَيْشًا نَبْعَثْ خَمْسَةَ أَمْثَالِهِ، وَقَاتِلْ بِمَنْ أَطَاعَكَ مَنْ عَصَاكَ ". وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ. أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ، مِنْ حَدِيثِ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ.
Sayyiduna Iyad bin Himar al-Mujashi'i (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in a sermon: "Listen! My Lord has commanded me to teach you what you do not know, from what He has taught me this day." Then he narrated the hadith and said that Allah Almighty said: "O Muhammad, I have sent you only to test you and to test (others) through you, and I have revealed to you a Book which water cannot wash away or erase; you will recite it while asleep and while awake." And (he said): Indeed, Allah Almighty has commanded me to burn Quraysh. I said: "O my Lord, then they will crush my head and leave it like a loaf of bread." And Allah Almighty said: "Drive them out as they drove you out. Fight them and We will support you; spend and We will spend on you; send an army and We will send five like it; and, together with those who obey you, fight those who disobey you."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السير / 17794
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «صحيح۔ مسلم ٢٨٦٥»

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