It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you of a night that is better than the Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr)? It is the night of a guard who keeps watch in a place of fear, without the hope that he will be able to return to his family." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. Waki' bin al-Jarrah narrated it from Thawr as mawquf (as the saying of a Companion), but Yahya bin Sa'id is an authority to be followed.

This same narration is also reported from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) as mawquf (as his own saying).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) that, while delivering a sermon on the pulpit, he said: I am telling you a hadith which nothing kept me from narrating to you except my fear of your excessive eagerness (for jihad). I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Keeping guard for one night in the path of Allah is better than a thousand nights whose nights are spent standing in prayer and whose days are spent fasting." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Wage jihad against the polytheists with your wealth, your lives and your tongues." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I was sitting at the side of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when the sakinah (the state of revelation) came over him (peace and blessings be upon him), and the thigh of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fell upon my thigh. I never felt anything heavier than the weight of the thigh of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then, when that state passed, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Write." So I wrote on a shoulder blade: "Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home) and those who strive in the way of Allah" [Surah al-Nisa: 95] , to the end of the verse. When Sayyiduna Ibn Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him), who was blind, heard of the virtue of the mujahidin, he stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah, what of those believers who are not able to wage jihad? When he had finished speaking, the sakinah came over the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) again, and his (peace and blessings be upon him) thigh fell upon my thigh, and the second time I felt the same weight that I had felt the first time. Then, when that state passed from him (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Zayd, read." I read: "Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home)," and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Except those who are disabled" (and then completed the whole verse). Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Allah Almighty revealed these words separately, so I attached them to the earlier words. By the One in whose Hand is my soul! It is as if I am still looking at those attached words beside the crack in the shoulder blade. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.