Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was asked: "Which deed is the best, or which deed is the most excellent?" He replied: "To have faith in Allah and His Messenger." It was asked: "Then which?" He said: "Jihad, it is the hump of righteousness." It was asked: "O Messenger of Allah! Then which?" He said: "An accepted (Mabroor) Hajj." Imam Tirmidhi says:
1- This hadith is Hasan Sahih,
2- This hadith has come through several chains in a Marfu' manner from Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him).

Abu Bakr bin Abu Musa Ash'ari says: I heard my father say in the presence of the enemies: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Indeed, the gates of Paradise are under the shade of swords." 1 A man from the people, who had a disheveled appearance, asked: Did you hear the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say this while describing it? He said: Yes. So that man returned to his companions and said: I bid you all peace, then he broke the sheath of his sword and fought with it until he was martyred. Imam Tirmidhi says:
This hadith is Hasan Gharib; we know it only from the narration of Ja'far bin Sulaiman Duba'i.

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: "Which person is the best?" He replied: "The one who strives in the way of Allah." The companions asked: "Then who?" He said: "Then a believer who is alone in a mountain pass, fears his Lord, and keeps people safe from his own evil." Imam Tirmidhi says: This hadith is Hasan Sahih.

Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No one who is in Paradise wishes to return to the world except the martyr. He wishes to return to the world and says: (I wish) to be killed ten times in the way of Allah, because of the honor he sees which Allah has bestowed upon him." Imam Tirmidhi says:
This hadith is hasan sahih.

`With this chain also, a similar hadith is narrated from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him). Imam Tirmidhi says:
This hadith is Hasan Sahih.

Miqdam bin Ma’dikarib (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“There are six rewards for the martyr with Allah: (1) With the first drop of his blood, his sins are forgiven; (2) he sees his place in Paradise; (3) he is protected from the punishment of the grave; (4) «فزع الأكبر» (on the Day of Great Terror) he will be safe; (5) a crown of honor will be placed on his head, a single ruby of which is better than the world and all that is in it; (6) he will be married to seventy-two (72) heavenly maidens, and his intercession will be accepted for seventy of his relatives.”1. Imam Tirmidhi says: This hadith is hasan ghareeb.

Narrated from Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“Guarding the frontier for one day in the way of Allah is better than the world and all that is in it. A place in Paradise as small as the whip of one of you is better than the world and all that is in it, and a servant’s going forth in the morning or evening in the way of Allah is better than the world and all that is in it.”

‘Muhammad bin Munkadir says that’ Salman al-Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by Shurahbil bin Simt, who was at his «مرابط» (a place of guarding on the frontier), and staying there was burdensome for him and his companions. Salman al-Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Ibn Simt? Shall I not narrate to you the hadith which I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)? He said: Why not. Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say:“Guarding for one day in the way of Allah is better than fasting for a month and standing in prayer at night. Sometimes he said «أفضل» instead of «خير» (is better). And whoever dies in this state will be safe from the punishment of the grave, and his deeds will continue to increase until the Day of Resurrection.”1. Imam Tirmidhi says:
This hadith is Hasan Sahih.

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever meets Allah without any mark of jihad, he will meet Allah with a defect (shortcoming and fault) in him." Imam Tirmidhi says:
1- This hadith, through the chain of Walid bin Muslim from Ismail bin Rafi', is weak; some hadith scholars have declared Ismail bin Rafi' weak. I heard Muhammad bin Ismail Bukhari say: Ismail is trustworthy, close to being sound in hadith,
2- This hadith has also come through another chain from Abu Hurairah in a marfu' manner,
3- The chain of Salman’s hadith is not connected. Muhammad bin Munkadir did not meet Salman. This hadith is also narrated through the chain of «عن أيوب بن موسى عن مكحول عن شرحبيل بن السمط عن سلمان عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم» .

Abu Salih, the freed slave of Uthman, says: I heard Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) saying from the pulpit: I had concealed a hadith from you which I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) out of fear that you would separate from me. Then it occurred to me that I should narrate it to you so that everyone may choose for himself what he understands. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "Guarding the frontier for one day in the way of Allah is better than guarding for a thousand days elsewhere." __REF_N__ Imam Tirmidhi says: This hadith is hasan sahih gharib.