Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "Tell me of an action that is equal in reward to jihad." The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "I do not find any such action." Then he (peace be upon him) said, "Can you do this: when a mujahid goes out (for jihad), you go to your mosque and keep offering prayers continuously without feeling any laziness or slackness in between, and in the same way, keep fasting so that not a single day passes without fasting?" That man said, "Who can do such a thing?"

Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A morning or an evening spent in the path of Allah is better than the world and whatever is in it.

Hazrat Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: A morning or evening spent in the way of Allah is better than the world and whatever is in it.

Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: To set out in the way of Allah in the morning or in the evening is better than all those things upon which the sun rises and sets.

Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that it was asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Which person is the best?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "A believer who strives in the way of Allah with his life and wealth." The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked, "And after him, who?" He replied, "A believer who chooses to live in a mountain valley, fears Allah, and keeps people safe from his own evil by staying away from them."

Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: (On the Day of Resurrection) Allah will smile at two men, one of whom killed the other, yet both will enter Paradise. The first fought in the way of Allah and was martyred, then Allah granted the killer the ability to repent (i.e., the killer became a Muslim), and he too was martyred in the way of Allah. (Thus, in the end, both the killer and the killed entered Paradise.)

Hazrat Zaid bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever equips a warrior in the path of Allah, it is as if he himself participated in the battle; and whoever looks after the family and property of a warrior with goodwill, it is as if he himself participated in the battle.

Hazrat Bara bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that when the verse (Those of the believers who sit [at home] ) was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) called Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him), who was the scribe of revelation. He came with a broad bone and wrote down this verse. And when Ibn Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him) complained about his blindness, the verse was revealed as follows: (Those of the believers who sit [at home] , except those who are disabled). The believers who strive in the way of Allah with their lives and wealth and those believers who sit without excuse are not equal. (An-Nisa: 95)

Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that a companion asked the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at the time of the Battle of Uhud, "O Messenger of Allah! If I am killed, where will I go?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "To Paradise." He then threw away the dates that were in his hand and began to fight until he was martyred.

Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) sent seventy men from Banu Sulaim (who were Qurra) to Banu Amir. When all these people reached (Bir Ma'una), my maternal uncle Haram bin Milhan (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I will go ahead (to Banu Amir). If they grant me security so that I can convey the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to them, then it is good; otherwise, you people are near me anyway." So he went to them, and they granted him security. While he was reciting the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to the people of the tribe, the people of the tribe signaled to one of their men (Amir bin Tufail), and he pierced him (Haram, may Allah be pleased with him) with a spear, which went through him. At that moment, these words came from his tongue: "Allahu Akbar! I have succeeded, by the Lord of the Ka'bah!" After that, the people of the tribe advanced towards the other companions of Haram (may Allah be pleased with him), who were seventy in number, and killed all of them. However, one person who was lame climbed up the mountain. Hammam (the narrator of the hadith) said, "I think that one person and his companion (climbed the mountain)." After that, Jibreel informed the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) that your companions have met Allah, so Allah Himself is pleased with them and has made them pleased as well. After that, we used to recite (this verse along with other verses of the Qur'an): (translation) "Convey this message to our people that we have met our Lord, so our Lord is pleased with us and we are pleased with Him." After that, this verse was abrogated. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated against the tribes of Ri'l, Dhakwan, Banu Lihyan, and Banu Usayyah for forty days in the morning prayer, those who had disobeyed Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).