Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Who is the most virtuous believer?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "The believer who strives in the path of Allah with his wealth and his life, and the believer who withdraws from people and sits in a mountain pass."

Hazrat Abu Kabsha Bara bin Qais Sukooni, may Allah have mercy on him, says that I was sitting with Hazrat Saad, may Allah be pleased with him, and he was narrating to his companions. At the end of his narration, he said that Allah intends ease for you; Allah does not intend hardship for you. By God! By God! One expedition in the path of Allah is superior to performing Hajj twice; one Hajj, in my view, is better than performing Umrah twice, and one Umrah, in my view, is better than going to Bayt al-Maqdis three times.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Allah Almighty smiles at the people of the sea several times: once when they leave their family and wealth and sit on their boat, second when their boat rocks in the sea, and third when they see land and look towards it.

Hazrat Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood in a row during battle, he would not turn his attention to the other side.

Hazrat Ikrimah (may Allah be pleased with him) says regarding the verse of the Holy Qur’an { وَلاَ تَقُولُوا لِمَنْ یُقْتَلُ فِی سَبِیلِ اللہِ أَمْوَاتٌ بَلْ أَحْیَائٌ وَلَکِنْ لاَ تَشْعُرُونَ } that the souls of the martyrs are in white birds in Paradise, like bubbles of water.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Ateeq (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Pride is permissible on two occasions—one is the pride of a man who, at the time of battle, walks arrogantly with his sword raised, and the other is pride over charity given in the way of Allah. However, arrogance and conceit are not permissible.

Hazrat Simt bin Abdullah narrates that Hazrat Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) was with a Muslim army. When the Muslims faced a siege and hardship, Hazrat Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the commander of the army, "I will tell you a saying of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم which will be a means of help for you in this matter of the army." I heard the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: "Whoever spends a day or a night in the path of Allah for the purpose of jihad, it is for him equal to a month in which he fasts continuously and prays continuously. Whoever is martyred while striving in the path of Allah, he will continue to receive the reward of that martyrdom until Allah Almighty completes giving the recompense to the people of Paradise and the people of Hell."

Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding the verse of the Holy Qur'an { مَنْ ذَا الَّذِی یُقْرِضُ اللَّہَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا } that it means spending in the way of Allah.

Ayub bin Khalid Ansari (may Allah have mercy on him), regarding the saying of Allah Almighty { مَنْ ذَا الَّذِی یُقْرِضُ اللَّہَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا }, says that whoever keeps a horse to use in the way of Allah is one who gives a goodly loan.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Hakeem bin Hizam (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that whoever spends a pair in the way of Allah, any door of Paradise he wishes to enter from will be opened for him. The narrator Musa (may Allah have mercy on him) says that we have heard from our elders that by "pair" is meant dinar and dirham.