The best jihad
أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ كَلِمَةُ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ
Afdalu-l-jihadi kalimatu adlin inda sultanin ja'ir.
"The best jihad is a word of justice spoken to a tyrannical ruler."
Narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri. Sunan at-Tirmidhi 2174, Sunan Abi Dawud 4344
A short reflection
The Prophet ﷺ ranked moral courage above battlefield exploits. The hard sentence delivered to the powerful is named first.