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Sunan an-Nasa'i 4209

A man asked the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), when he had put his leg in the stirrup: “Which kind of Jihad is best?” He said: “ a word of truth spoken before an unjust rulers.”

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أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَدْ وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ أَىُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ: «كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ»

A man asked the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), when he had put his leg in the stirrup: “Which kind of Jihad is best?” He said: “ a word of truth spoken before an unjust rulers.”

ইসহাক ইবন মানসূর (রহঃ) ... তারিক ইবন শিহাব (রহঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত যে, এক ব্যক্তি রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম-কে জিজ্ঞাসা করলো, আর তখন তিনি তাঁর পদদ্বয় ঘোড়র পাদানীতে রেখেছিলেন, কোন্ জিহাদ সর্বোত্তম? তিনি বললেনঃ অত্যাচারী শাসকের সামনে সত্য কথা বলা।

Telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Ishaq bin Manshur], ia berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdurrahman] dari [Sufyan] dari ['Alqamah bin Martsad] dari [Thariq bin Syihab] bahwa seorang laki bertanya kepada Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam dan ia telah meletakkan kakinya di batang kayu yang ditancapkan di tanah; jihad apakah yang paling utama? Beliau bersabda: "Perkataan yang benar dihadapan penguasa yang zhalim

Sunan an-Nasa'i 4209, Book 39, The Book of al-Bay'ah, Hadith 61. 1 min read

What it means

A man who was set for travel asked the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him): Which type of Jihad is much rewarded? The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) told him that it is to enjoin an oppressive ruler to do good or to forbid him from doing evil. Jihad is not restricted to fighting the disbelievers; rather, it has levels.

The type mentioned in this Hadīth is the highest level in terms of reward, because it makes one vulnerable to being killed or imprisoned because of the ruler's injustice, or because it is seldom that someone takes it upon himself to undertake this perilous task.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nasa'i back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam an-Nasa'iCompiler, died 303 AH
  2. 2Ishaq ibn Mansur al-KawsajInformed us, Fourth generation, died 251 AH
  3. 3Abd ar-Rahman ibn MahdiTold us, Third generation, died 198 AH
  4. 4Sufyan ath-ThawriFrom, Third generation, died 159 AH
  5. 5Alqamah ibn MarthadFrom, Successor, died 120 AH
  6. 6Tariq ibn ShihabFrom, Companion, died 80 AH

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