Abu Hurairah used to narrate that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Whoever spends on a pair (of things) in the cause of Allah, he will be called in Paradise: 'O slave of Allah, here is prosperity.' Whoever is one of those who pray, he will be called from the gate of Paradise. Whoever is one of those who participated in Jihad, he will be called from the gate of Paradise. Whoever is one of those who fast, he will be called from the gate of Ar-Rayyan." Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said: "O Messenger of Allah! No distress, or need will befall the one who is called from those gates. Will there be anyone who will be called from all these gates? The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Yes, and I hope that you will be one of them."

Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari said: "A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: 'A man fights for fame, or he fights for the spoils of war, or he fights to show off. Who is the one who is fighting in the cause of Allah?' He said: 'The one who fights so that the word of Allah will be supreme is the one who is fighting in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime.'"

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah, that one of the people of Ash-Sham said to him: "O Shaikh, tell me of a Hadith that you heard from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )." (He said: "Yes; I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )) say: 'The first of people for whom judgment will be passed on the Day of Resurrection are three. A man who was martyred. He will be brought and Allah will remind him of His blessings and he will acknowledge them. He will say: What did you do with them? He will say: I fought for Your sake until I was martyred. He will say: You are lying. You fought so that it would be said that so-and-so is brave, and it was said. Then He will order that he be dragged on his face and thrown into the Fire. And (the second will be) a man who acquired knowledge and taught others,and read Qur'an. He will be brought, and Allah will remind him of His blessings, and he will acknowledge them. He will say: What did you do with them? He will say: I acquired knowledge and taught others, and read the Qur'an for Your sake. He will say: You are lying. You acquired knowledge so that it would be said that you were a scholar; and you read Qur'an so that it would be said that you were a reciter, and it was said. Then He will order that he be dragged on his face and thrown into the Fire. And (the third will be) a man whom Allah made rich and gave him all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will remind him of His blessings, and he will acknowledge them. he will say: What did you do with them? He will say: I did not leave any way that You like wealth to be spent - Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa'i) said: I did not understand "what You like" as I wanted to [1] - "but I spent it." He will say: "You are lying. You spent it so that it would be said that he was generous, and it was said." Then he will order that he be dragged on his face and thrown into the Fire.'" [1] That is, he did not hear or understand what came after it as well as he wanted to, but it was similar to what follows regarding the spending. Similar was stated by Shaikh 'Abdur-Rahman Al-punjani in his notes on the text, according to Al-Funjani in his commentary At-Ta'iqat As-Salafiyyah (2:51)

It was narrated from Yahya bin Al-Walid bin 'Ubadah bin As-Samit that his grandfather said: "The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: 'Whoever fights in the cause of Allah intending only to get an 'Iqal, he will have what he intended."

It was narrated from 'Ubadah bin As-Samit that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Whoever fights seeking only an 'Iqbal, then he will have what he intended."

It was narrated that Abu 'Umamah Al-Bahili said: "A man came to the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: 'What do you think of a man who fights seeking reward and fame - what will he have?' The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: 'He will not have anything.' He repeated it three times, and the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to him: 'He will not have anything.' Then he said: 'Allah does not accept any deed, except that which is purely for Him, and seeking His Face.'"

Mu'adh bin Jabal said that he heard the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: "Whoever fights in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, for the length of time between two milkings of a she-camel, Paradise is guaranteed for him. Whoever asks Allah to be killed (in Jihad) sincerely, from his heart, then he dies or is killed, he will have the reward of a martyr. Whoever is wounded or injured in the cause of Allah, it will come on the Day of Resurrection bleeding the most it ever bled, but its color will be like saffron, and its fragrance will be like musk. Whoever is wounded in the cause of Allah, upon him is the seal of the martyrs."

It was narrated from Shurahbil bin As-Simt that he said to 'Amr bin 'Abasah: "O 'Amr! Tell us a Hadith that you heard from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )." He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: 'Whoever develops one gray hair in the cause of Allah, Most High, it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever shoots an arrow in the cause of Allah, Most High, whether it reaches the enemy or not, it will be as if he freed a slave. Whoever frees a believing slave, it will be a ransom for him from the Fire, limb by limb.'"

It was narrated that Abu Najih As-Sulami said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: 'Whoever shoots an arrow in the cause of Allah and it hits the target, it will raise him one level in Paradise.' That day I shot sixteen arrows that hit their targets." He said: "And I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: 'Whoever shoots an arrow in the cause of Allah, it is equal to the reward of freeing a slave.'"

It was narrated that Shurahbil bin As-Simt said to Ka'b bin Murrah: "O Ka'b! Tell us a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and be careful." He said: "I heard him say: 'Whoever develops one gray hair in Islam, in the cause of Allah, it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection.'" He said to him: "Tell us about the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and be careful." He said: "I heard him say: 'Shoot, and whoever hits the enemy with an arrow, Allah will raise him one degree in status thereby.'" Ibn An-Nahhan said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is a degree?' He said: 'It is not like the doorstep of your mother; [1] rather (the distance) between two degrees is (that if) a hundred years.'" [1] As explained after it; the degree of distance is greater than such a degree in this world.