أَتَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي رَاغِبٌ فِي الْجِهَادِ نَشِيطٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَجَاهِدْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تُقْتَلْ تَكُنْ حَيّاً عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تُرْزَقْ وَ إِنْ تَمُتْ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ إِنْ رَجَعْتَ رَجَعْتَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ كَمَا وُلِدْتَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي وَالِدَيْنِ كَبِيرَيْنِ يَزْعُمَانِ أَنَّهُمَا يَأْنَسَانِ بِي وَ يَكْرَهَانِ خُرُوجِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَقِرَّ مَعَ وَالِدَيْكَ فَوَ الَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَأُنْسُهُمَا بِكَ يَوْماً وَ لَيْلَةً خَيْرٌ مِنْ جِهَادِ سَنَةٍ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Salim, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> having said: ‘A man came over to Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> and he said, ‘O Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup>! I am desirous regarding the <span class="iTxt">Jihād</span> actively’. So the Prophet<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> said: ‘So perform <span class="iTxt">Jihād</span> in the Way of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, and if you are killed, you would happen to be alive in the Presence of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> being Sustained, and if you were to die (beforehand), so your Recompense would occur upon Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, and if you were to return, you would return from the sins just as you were born’. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup>! For me there are parents who are aged, they claim that they are comforted by me and they dislike my going out’. So Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> said: ‘So stay with your parents, for by the One<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> is Whose Hand is my<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> soul, their being comforted by you for one day and night is better than a <span class="iTxt">Jihād</span> for a year’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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