This tradition has been narrated on the authority of Abu Ayyub through a different chain of transmitters having the same wording.
Read More..It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Sa`id al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said (to him): Abu Sa`id, whoever cheerfully accepts Allah as his Lord, Islam as his religion and Muhammad as his Apostle is necessarily entitled to enter Paradise. He (Abu Sa`id) wondered at it and said: Messenger of Allah, repeat it for me. He (the Messenger of Allah) did that and said: There is another act which elevates the position of a man in Paradise to a grade one hundred (higher), and the elevation between one grade and the other is equal to the height of the heaven from the earth. He (Abu Sa`id) said: What is that act? He replied: Jihad in the way of Allah! Jihad in the way of Allah!
Read More..It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Qatada that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) stood up among them (his Companions) to deliver his sermon in which he told them that Jihad in the way of Allah and belief in Allah (with all His Attributes) are the most meritorious of acts. A man stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, do you think that if I am killed in the way of Allah, my sins will be blotted out from me? The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Yes, in case you are killed in the way of Allah and you were patient and sincere and you always fought facing the enemy, never turming your back upon him. Then he added: What have you said (now)? (Wishing to have further assurance from him for his satisfaction), he asked (again): Do you think if I am killed in the way of Allah, all my sins will be obliterated from me? The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Yes, it you were patient and sincere and always fought facing the enemy and never turning your back upon him, (all your lapses would be forgiven) except debt. Gabriel has told me this.
Read More..The tradition has been narrated through a different chain of transmitters on the authority of Abu Qatada who said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) while he was on the pulpit and said: Do you think if I am killed in the way of Allah... (except this difference in its beginning, the rest of the tradition is the same as the previous one).
Read More..Another version of the tradition differently transmitted begins with the words: A man came to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he was sitting on the pulpit.... He said: What do you find if I strike with the sword? (The rest of the tradition is the same as the previous one.)
Read More..It has been reported on the authority of 'Amr b. al-'As that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: All the sins of a Shahid (martyr) are forgiven except debt.
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