Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 13

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بَابُ وُجُوبِ الْجِهَادِ وَفَضْلِ الْغُدْوَةِ وَالرَّوْحَةِ.

(from previous page) ⟵ As will come, God willing, in the third verse: (Indeed, Allah has purchased the chapter on the obligation of jihad and the virtue of going forth in the morning and evening).

إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشْتَرَى مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُم بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيَقْتُلُونَ وَيُقْتَلُونَ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنجِيلِ وَالْقُرْءَانِ وَمَنْ أَوْفَى بِعَهْدِهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَاسْتَبْشِرُوا بِبَيْعِكُمُ الَّذِي بَايَعْتُم بِهِ وَذَلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ.

Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and wealth in exchange for Paradise. They fight in His cause, killing and being killed—a true promise binding upon Him in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Quran. Who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? Rejoice in the bargain you have made, for that is the ultimate triumph.

أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الْمُسْلِمُ، إِذَا قَاتَلْتَ، وَجُرِحْتَ أَوِ اسْتُشْهِدْتَ، أَنَظُنُّ أَنَّ عَدُوَّكَ سَالِمٌ؟

Muslim, if you fight and are wounded or martyred, do you imagine your enemy escapes unscathed?

وَلَا تَهِنُوا فِي ابْتِغَاءِ الْقَوْمِ إِن تَكُونُوا تَأْلَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَأْلَمُونَ كَمَا تَأْلَمُونَ.

Do not falter in your pursuit of the enemy. If you are suffering, they are suffering just as you are.

هَذَا الْجُرْحُ الَّذِي جُرِحْتَهُ، كَمَا جُرِحَ عَدُوُّكَ وَكِلَاكُمَا يَأْلَمُ، وَلَكِنْ وَتَرْجُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَرْجُونَ.

The wound you sustained is like the wound your enemy sustained; you both feel the pain, yet you hope for something from Allah that they do not.

لِأَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْكُفَّارَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ إِلَّا النَّارُ، أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَرْجُو مِنَ اللَّهِ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ، وَتَرْجُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَرْجُونَ، وَلَمَّا قَامَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ فِي يَوْمِ أُحُدٍ يَقُولُ: يَوْمٌ بِيَوْمِ بَدْرٍ، وَالْحَرْبُ سِجَالٌ، يَعْنِي يَفْتَخِرُ وَيَقُولُ: أَنْتُمْ فِي بَدْرٍ غَلَبْتُمُونَا، وَالْآنَ غَلَبْنَاكُمْ، فَمَاذَا قَالَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ؟

These disbelievers have nothing but the Fire, while you hope for the stations of the martyrs. Before he embraced Islam, Abu Sufyan stood on the day of Uhud and declared, 'A day for the day of Badr, and war is a seesaw.' He was boasting, meaning, 'You defeated us at Badr, and now we have defeated you.' What was the Muslims' reply?

قَالُوا: لَا سَوَاءَ، قَتْلَانَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَقَتْلَاكُمْ فِي النَّارِ.

They said, 'They are not the same. Our dead are in Paradise, and yours are in the Fire.'

فَرْقٌ عَظِيمٌ، فَالْقِتَالُ نَكْرَهُهُ، وَيَكْرَهُهُ الْعَدُوُّ، لَكِنْ هُنَاكَ فَرْقٌ عَظِيمٌ بَيْنَ مَا إِذَا قُتِلَ الْوَاحِدُ مِنَّا أَوْ مِنْهُمْ، أَوْ جُرِحَ الْوَاحِدُ مِنَّا أَوْ مِنْهُمْ، فَنَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُقِيمَ عَلَمَ الْجِهَادِ، جِهَادِ الْأَنْفُسِ وَجِهَادِ الْأَعْدَاءِ، وَأَنْ يَهْدِيَ وُلَاةَ أُمُورِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لِإِقَامَةِ دِينِ اللَّهِ ظَاهِرًا وَبَاطِنًا، وَأَنْ يُعِيذَهُمْ مِنَ الشُّرُورِ، وَأَنْ يُعِيذَهُمْ مِنَ الْبِطَانَةِ السَّيِّئَةِ الَّتِي تَضُرُّهُمْ، وَلَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ، إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.

The difference is immense. We dislike fighting, and so does the enemy, yet there is a vast gulf between the death or injury of one of us and one of them. We ask Allah to raise the banner of Jihad—both the struggle against the self and the struggle against enemies—and to guide the leaders of the Muslims to uphold His religion, both outwardly and inwardly. May He protect them from evil and from the corrupt inner circles that harm rather than help them. He has power over all things.

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى: كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَى أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَى أَن تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ.

The Almighty said, 'Fighting has been enjoined upon you, though it is hateful to you. You may hate a thing that is good for you, and you may love a thing that is bad for you. Allah knows, and you do not know.'

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى: انْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا وَجَاهِدُوا بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنفُسِكُمْ فِي

And Allah Almighty said: "Go forth, whether light or heavy, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the cause of Allah." ⟶ (sentence continues on next page)

Vocabulary · المفردات (30 verbs · 49 nouns)

• اشْتَرَى — to buy
• قَاتَلَ — to fight
• قَتَلَ — to kill
• وَفَى — to fulfill
• اسْتَبْشَرَ — to rejoice
• بَايَعَ — to pledge allegiance
• جَرَحَ — to wound
• اسْتَشْهَدَ — to be martyred
• ظَنَّ — to think
• وَهَنَ — to weaken
• أَلِمَ — to feel pain
• رَجَا — to hope
• قَامَ — to stand
• سَلِمَ — to be safe
• عَنَى — to mean
• افْتَخَرَ — to boast
• قَالَ — to say
• غَلَبَ — to defeat
• كَرِهَ — to hate
• سَأَلَ — to ask
• أَقَامَ — to establish
• هَدَى — to guide
• أَعَاذَ — to protect
• ضَرَّ — to harm
• نَفَعَ — to benefit
• كَتَبَ — to write
• عَلِمَ — to know
• حَبَّ — to love
• نَفَرَ — to march forth
• جَاهَدَ — to struggle
• بَاب — chapter
• وُجُوب — obligation
• جِهَاد — struggle
• فَضْل — virtue
• غُدْوَة — morning journey
• رَوْحَة — evening journey
• مُؤْمِن — believer
• نَفْس — soul
• مَال — wealth
• جَنَّة — paradise
• سَبِيل — path
• وَعْد — promise
• حَقّ — truth
• تَوْرَاة — Torah
• إِنْجِيل — Gospel
• قُرْءَان — Quran
• عَهْد — covenant
• بَيْع — transaction
• فَوْز — success
• عَظِيم — great
• مُسْلِم — Muslim
• عَدُوّ — enemy
• سَالِم — safe
• ابْتِغَاء — seeking
• قَوْم — people
• جُرْح — wound
• كَافِر — disbeliever
• نَار — fire
• مَنْزِل — station
• شَهِيد — martyr
• يَوْم — day
• حَرْب — war
• سِجَال — alternating
• سَوَاء — equal
• قَتِيل — killed person
• فَرْق — difference
• عَلَم — banner
• وَلِيّ — guardian
• أَمْر — matter
• دِين — religion
• ظَاهِر — outward
• بَاطِن — inward
• شَرّ — evil
• بِطَانَة — entourage
• سَيِّئ — bad
• قَدِير — all-powerful
• خَيْر — good
• خَفِيف — light
• ثَقِيل — heavy