205curated hadith rotate here, mostly from Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, each from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or the Sunan collections with its reference cited.

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The best jihad

Wednesday, August 13, 2003

أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ كَلِمَةُ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ

Transliteration

Afdalu-l-jihadi kalimatu adlin inda sultanin ja'ir.

Translation

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

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