RESEARCH · UNREVIEWED. Source publication is not a certification of authenticity.
hadith
ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT
10ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ أَتَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ الله إِنِّي رَاغِبٌ فِي الْجِهَادِ نَشِيطٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) فَجَاهِدْ فِي سَبِيلِ الله فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تُقْتَلْ تَكُنْ حَيّاً عِنْدَ الله تُرْزَقْ وَإِنْ تَمُتْ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُكَ عَلَى الله وَإِنْ رَجَعْتَ رَجَعْتَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ كَمَا وُلِدْتَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ الله إِنَّ لِي وَالِدَيْنِ كَبِيرَيْنِ يَزْعُمَانِ أَنَّهُمَا يَأْنَسَانِ بِي وَيَكْرَهَانِ خُرُوجِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) فَقِرَّ مَعَ وَالِدَيْكَ فَوَ الَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لأنْسُهُمَا بِكَ يَوْماً وَلَيْلَةً خَيْرٌ مِنْ جِهَادِ سَنَةٍ.
Arabic source transcription, not a back-translation. Text nodes are preserved without spelling or diacritic changes. Printed-edition comparison is pending.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
10. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn Salim from Ahmad ibn al- Nadr from ‘Amr ibn Shamir from Jabir from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who has said the following: “Once a man came to the Messenger of Allah and said, ‘I am interested in Jihad (joining the army) O Messenger of Allah. I am active and light.’ The Imam said, ‘The Holy Prophet said, “Do Jihad (join the army) in the way of Allah, if you will be killed you will be living with Allah and will receive sustenance. If you die you will receive your reward from Allah, and if you return you will return free from sins as in the day you were born.” The man then said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, my parents are old and they think my presence is a comfort for them and they do not like my going out.’ The Messenger of Allah then said, ‘Stay with your parents, I swear by the One in whose hand is my soul, that your parents’ receiving comfort from your presence with them for one day and night is more virtuous than Jihad for one year.’”
Source & scholarly assessments
Al-Kafi, vol. 2, book 1, chapter 69, report 10
Open original digital source ↗
Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · ضعيف · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/422)
Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · لم يخرجه · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī
Digital-source transcription only. The recorded assessment is attributed to the named scholar; it does not establish absolute historical certainty.
Arabic witness SHA-256: 120f71d4aac9353299641d41a4191e27625955c42eb3cfb88adf1cc1b3622776
Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/2/1/69/10. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.
Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/2/1/69/10. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.
