97 – The Sunnah has clarified that mere fear warrants abbreviating the actions, whereas mere travel warrants reducing the number of units.

98 – All of this shows that, although the prayer is the finest of deeds, when it coincides with jihad neither of the two is to be neglected; one prays to the extent possible while pursuing the interests of jihad to the extent possible.

99 – Allah, the Exalted, has said: “O you who believe, when you encounter a host, stand firm and remember Allah much, so that you may prosper” (Al-Anfal 8:45). Thus He commanded both steadfastness and remembrance together.

100 – During the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, his caliphs and Companions, the Umayyad caliphs, and many of the Abbasid caliphs, the established Sunnah was that the military commander also led the prayer, whether at home or on campaign.

The wisdom behind the Prophet ﷺ and the Emigrants taking Medina as their domicile

101 – What we have mentioned makes clear part of the wisdom for which, according to one of the scholarly views, the Prophet ﷺ and the Emigrants’ residence in Medina was superior: there they were emigrants, combatants, and frontier sentinels, unlike in Mecca.

102 – Whenever a person is in such a position, remaining there is better than staying in either of the two sanctuaries; indeed, Mālik—may Allah have mercy on him—despite his profound veneration of Medina, his preference for it over Mecca, and his reluctance to leave it, when he was asked