Arabic (Original)
أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الرَّجُلُ يُقَاتِلُ شَجَاعَةً وَيُقَاتِلُ حَمِيَّةً وَيُقَاتِلُ رِئَاءً فَأِيُّ ذَلِكَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ قَاتَلَ لِتَكُونَ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا فَهُوَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ 18546 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ ؓ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ
English Translation
A man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, a man fights out of bravery, another fights out of tribal zeal, and another fights to show off — which of these is in the cause of Allah? The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Whoever fights so that the word of Allah is supreme — he is in the cause of Allah. And Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abdan informed us, from Ahmad ibn Ubayd al-Saffar, from Uthman ibn Umar al-Dabbi, from Ibn Kathir, from Sufyan, from al-A'mash, from Abu Wa'il, from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) — and he mentioned a similar narration. Al-Bukhari narrated it in his Sahih from Muhammad ibn Kathir, and Muslim narrated it from Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and others from Abu Mu'awiyah.