3168 - ‘Amr ibn Mansur informed us, saying: ‘Abdullah ibn Yusuf narrated to us, saying: Al-Layth narrated to us, saying: Ayyub ibn Musa narrated to me, from Mak-hul, from Shurahbil ibn al-Simt, from Salman, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "Whoever stands guard in the path of Allah for a day and a night, it will be for him like the fasting and night prayer of a month. If he dies, the deeds he used to do will continue to be recorded for him, he will be safe from the two tormentors, and his provision will be continued for him."

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= Ibn al-Simt, and it is found in his [account of] standing guard... and he mentioned something similar. Al-Tirmidhi said: Its chain of transmission is not continuous; Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir did not meet Salman al-Farisi. This hadith has also been narrated from Ayyub ibn Musa, from Mak-hul, from Shurahbil ibn al-Simt, from Salman, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. End quote. And it is the hadith that follows, as previously mentioned.

Some of its chains are to be found in the Musnad of Ahmad (23727), (23735), and (23736).

His saying: "Whoever stands guard" — that is, remains stationed at the frontier for the sake of jihad. "The like of that will be recorded for him" — that is, despite the cessation of deeds, as a favor from Allah Almighty. "Al-Fattan" — with a damma on the first letter and a shadda on the second, it is the plural of fatin (one who causes trials). It is also said: with a fatha on the first letter and a shadda, for intensification. It has been interpreted, according to the first reading, as Munkar and Nakir; and according to the second, as Satan and the like — those who subject a person to the trial of the grave — or as the angel of punishment. Al-Sindi said this.

(1) In (R) and (M): kana. Above it in (M): kanat.
(2) In (M): wa-umina, and above it: wa-umina.
(3) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Al-Layth: he is Ibn Sa‘d, and Mak-hul: he is Abu ‘Abdullah al-Shami. It is in al-Sunan al-Kubra under number (4362).

Muslim also transmitted it (1913): (163), and Ibn Hibban (4623) and (4626), via two paths, from al-Layth ibn Sa‘d, with this chain. Muslim's wording is: "A day and a night of standing guard is better than a month of fasting and its night prayer..." Ibn Hibban's first narration is limited to its first part, like Muslim's wording, and the second narration is limited to its second part.

A similar version of its second part was transmitted by Ibn Hibban (4625) via the path of al-Nu‘man ibn Mundhir al-Ghassani, from Mak-hul, with it.

It has preceded earlier via the path of Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn ‘Uqbah, from Shurahbil ibn al-Simt, with it.