Abu Hurairah (RAA) narrated that The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“He who dies without having gone or thought of going out for Jihad in the Cause of Allah, will die while being guilty of having one of the qualities of hypocrisy.”Related by Muslim.

Anas (RAA) narrated that The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“Fight the disbelievers (polytheists) with your property, yourselves and your tongues.”Related by Ahmad, An-Nasa‘i and Al-Hakim graded it as Sahih.

'A’ishah (RAA) narrated, ‘I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )! Is Jihad prescribed (also) for women?’ Allah’s Messenger said,“Yes, a Jihad which is without fighting, it is Hajj and 'Umrah.”Related by Ibn Majah.

'Abdullah bin 'Umar (RAA) narrated ‘A man came to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) asking his permission to go out for Jihad. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) asked him,“Are your parents alive?”He replied, ‘Yes.' The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) then said to him,“Then your Jihad would be with them (i.e. in looking after them and being at their service.).”Agreed upon. Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted a similar hadith on the authority of Abu Sa’id, and they added the extra statement,“Go back and ask for their permission. If they permit you to go, then go for Jihad otherwise, be good to them (look after them).

Jarir (RAA) narrated that The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“Any Muslim who stays among the polytheists, does not belong to me.”Related by the three Imams with a sound chain of narrators. Imam Al-Bukhari considered it as Mursal (i.e. the companion is absent from the chain of narrators.

Ibn 'Abbas (RAA) narrated that The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“There is no emigration (from Makkah to al·Madinah) after the conquest of Makkah, but only Jihad (in the Cause of Allah) and a good intention.

Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (RAA) narrated that The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“The one who fights for Allah’s word to become Superior, is striving in Allah’s Cause.”Agreed upon.

’Abdullah bin As-Sa'di narrated that The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“Emigration (to fight the enemy) will continue as long as an enemy is fought.”Related by An-Nasa’i, and Ibn Hibban graded it as Sahih.

Nafi' (RAA) narrated, ‘The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) made an attack on Bani al-Mustaliq when they were unaware. He killed the men who were lighting and took the women and children as captives.’ 'Abdullah bin Umar told me about it. Agreed upon.

Sulaiman bin Buraidah narrated on the authority of his father on the authority of 'A’ishah (RAA),“Whenever Allah’s Messenger appointed a commander over an army or a Sariyah, he would instruct him to fear Allah in his own behavior and consider the welfare of the Muslims who were with him. He then used to say“Go out for Jihad in Allah’s name, in the Cause of Allah, and fight those who disbelieve in Allah. Go out for Jihad and do not indulge in Ghulul, or be treacherous or mutilate (dead bodies) or kill a child. When you meet your enemy, or the polytheists, invite them to three courses of action, and accept whichever of them they are willing to agree to, and withhold from doing anything else: Call them to Islam, and if they agree accept it from them. Then invite them to migrate from their land to the land of the Emigrants (i.e. al-Madinah), if they refuse, then tell them they will be like the Muslim desert Arabs, thus they will have no right in the Ghanimah or Fai’ unless they participate in Jihad with the Muslims. If they refuse (to accept Islam) order them to pay the Jizyah and if they agree, accept it from them. If they refuse, seek Allah, the Most High’s help against them and fight them. When you besiege a fortress, and its people wish you to grant them the protection of Allah and His Prophet, grant them neither but grant them your protection, for it is less serious (a lesser guilt) to break your guarantee of protection than to break that of Allah’s. And if they offer to capitulate under the condition that they are subjected to the judgment of Allah, do not grant them this, but judge according to your own command, for you do not know whether or not you will be able to carry out Allah, the Most High’s Judgment regarding them.”Related by Muslim.