- "The example of the one who strives in the path of Allāh is like the example of the fasting, praying person who does not tire from prayer or fasting until he returns." It was recorded by Mālik in "al-Muwaṭṭaʾ" (2/2) and from him by Ibn Ḥibbān in "Ṣaḥīḥ" (7/68/4602 - al-Iḥsān) and Aḥmad (2/465) from Abū al-Zinād from al-Aʿraj from Abū Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said it: and he mentioned it. And through Mālik's route, it was also recorded by al-Baghawī in "Sharḥ al-Sunnah" (10/349-350) and he said: "It is agreed upon its authenticity, they both recorded it from the narration of Abū al-Zinād and others, and through various routes from Abū Hurayrah." And among its routes: from Suhayl ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ from his father from Abū Hurayrah who said: It was said to the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam): What equals striving in the path of Allāh? He said: "You cannot do it." He said: They repeated it to him two or three times, each time he said: "You cannot do it." And in the third time, he mentioned it. It was recorded by Muslim (6/35) and Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah (5/287) and through his route by Ibn Ḥibbān (4608) and al-Tirmidhī (1619) who authenticated it, and also by Aḥmad (2/424) and likewise al-Baghawī (number 2612) who said: "A ḥadīth agreed upon its authenticity, they both recorded it from various routes from Abū Hurayrah."