With the Hadith
A morning or evening journey in the path of Allah
Dear listeners,
Peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you.
Imam Al-Bukhari, may Allah have mercy on him, narrated in his Sahih from Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, from the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who said:
"A morning or evening journey in the cause of Allah is better than the world and what is in it."
Imam Ibn Hajar said in explaining the Hadith:
"Al-Ghadwa" with a فتحه (fatha) is: the single instance, from "Al-Ghudu": which is going out at any time from the beginning of the day until its midpoint, and "Ar-Rawha": the single instance, from "Ar-Rawah": which is going out at any time from when the sun passes its zenith until it sets.
His saying: (in the path of Allah) means: Jihad.
As for his saying: (better than the world and what is in it) Ibn Daqiq Al-Eid explained it by saying:
It can be interpreted in two ways, one of which is: that it is from the باب (chapter) of bringing down the unseen to the level of the tangible, to establish it in the mind because the world is tangible in the mind and magnified in nature, so that is why the comparison is made with it, otherwise it is known that everything in the world is not equal to an atom of what is in Paradise. And the second: is that what is meant is that this amount of reward is better than the reward that would be obtained by someone who, if he had the whole world, would spend it in obedience to Allah Almighty.
I say: This second interpretation is supported by what Ibn al-Mubarak narrated in the book of Jihad from the mursal of al-Hasan, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, sent an army in which Abdullah bin Rawahah was present, but he was late to witness the prayer with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, so the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to him: By the One in whose hand is my soul, if you spent what is in the earth, you would not attain the virtue of their morning journey, and the conclusion is that what is meant is to make the matter of the world easy and to magnify the matter of Jihad, and that whoever obtains from Paradise the size of a whip becomes as if he has obtained something greater than everything in the world, so how about the one who obtains from it the highest degrees, and the point in that is that the reason for delaying Jihad is the inclination towards a reason from the reasons of the world, so this delayed person is alerted that this small amount of Paradise is better than everything in the world. End quote from the words of Imam Ibn Daqiq Al-Eid.
The truth is that Muslims have been afflicted for nearly a hundred years with rulers who have neglected the obligation of Jihad, so there are no longer any morning or evening journeys in the path of Allah, and this honor is only attained by the work of a few individuals here and there, and since Jihad and its morning and evening journeys have this virtue and that status, then it is worthy of Muslims to change their rulers, and to change against them, so they establish for themselves one ruler, who rules them with the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, and establishes in them the laws of Islam, the pinnacle of which is Jihad in the path of Allah, and to this we call you, O Muslims, to work with those who work to establish the law of Allah on earth by establishing the state of Islam and appointing one caliph for all Muslims, to fight from behind him and be protected by him.
Dear listeners: Until another meeting, we entrust you to Allah, and peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you.
