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in the cause of Allah is like that of one devoutly obedient, fasting continually, never ceasing from prayer or fasting, until Allah returns him to his family with whatever booty and reward He returns him with, or causes him to die and admits him into Paradise.” (1)
(1) Reported by al-Bukhari in al-Jihad, chapter: “The Best of People Is a Believing Mujahid,” 6:6; by Muslim in al-Imarah, chapter: “The Virtue of Martyrdom in the Way of Allah Most High,” no. 1878, p. 1498; and by the compiler in Sharh al-Sunnah, 10:348-349.
فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ الْقَانِتِ الصَّائِمِ الَّذِي لَا يَفْتُرُ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ وَلَا صِيَامٍ حَتَّى يُرْجِعَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ بِمَا يُرْجِعُهُ مِنْ غَنِيمَةٍ وَأَجْرٍ، أَوْ يَتَوَفَّاهُ فَيَدْخُلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ" (١) .
(١) أخرجه البخاري في الجهاد - باب أفضل الناس مؤمن مجاهد: ٦ / ٦، ومسلم في الإمارة، باب فضل الشهادة في سبيل الله تعالى، برقم (١٨٧٨) : ١٤٩٨، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ١٠ / ٣٤٨ - ٣٤٩.