Hadith 29904

Muwatta Malik

موطأ مالك

61
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ سُمَىٍّ، مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرِ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، كَانَ يَقُولُ مَنْ غَدَا أَوْ رَاحَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ لاَ يُرِيدُ غَيْرَهُ لِيَتَعَلَّمَ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيُعَلِّمَهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ كَانَ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ رَجَعَ غَانِمًا .


Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of AbuBakr, that Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman used to say, "Someone who goesto the mosque in the morning or the afternoon with no intention ofgoing anywhere else, either to learn good or teach it, is like someonewho does jihad in the way of Allah and returns with booty."

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 9, Hadith 56

Arabic reference: Book 9, Hadith 387