حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Jihad and sacrifice in the cause of God: On the authority of Ishaq bin Saad bin Abi Waqqas: My father told me that Abdullah bin Jahsh, may God be pleased with him, said to him on the day of Uhud: Will you not supplicate to God? So they went aside and Abdullah bin Jahsh supplicated and said: O Lord, if I meet the enemy tomorrow, make me meet a man who is fierce in his strength and fierce in his anger, so that I fight him for Your sake and he fights me, then he seizes me and cuts off my nose and ears, so that if I meet You tomorrow You will say: O Abdullah, who cut off your nose and ears? And I will say: For Your sake and for the sake of Your Messenger, and You will say: You have spoken the truth. Saad said: I saw him at the end of the day and his nose and ears were hanging by a thread. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/104].

Jihad and sacrifice in the cause of God: On the authority of Anas, that Abu Talha al-Ansari, may God be pleased with him, recited Surah At-Tawbah, and when he came to this verse: “Go forth, whether light or heavy” [At-Tawbah: 41], he said: I see our Lord, the Exalted and Glorified, calling us, young and old, to arms. Prepare me, my sons. His sons said: May God have mercy on you, you fought with the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, until he died, and with Abu Bakr until he died, and with Umar, may God be pleased with them both, so we will fight in your place. But he refused, so they prepared him, and he embarked on the sea and died. They could not find an island to bury him on until after seven days, and he had not changed, so they buried him there. [Az-Zuhd by Imam Ahmad / 429-430].

Jihad and sacrifice in Allah's cause: Mis'ar said: On the day of al-Yamamah, people passed a man whose guts—meaning his intestines—were scattered on the ground. He said to some who passed him: Gather some of them back to me, so that perhaps I may advance a spear's length or two in Allah's cause!! [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 4/41].

Jihad and sacrifice in the cause of God: Yunus bin Ubaid, may God have mercy on him, looked at his feet at the time of his death, and he wept. He was asked: What makes you weep, Abu Abdullah? He said: My feet have not been covered in dust in the cause of God, the Almighty and Majestic. [Sifat al-Safwa 3/217].