مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ سُوَيْدٍ الْقَلَانِسِيِّ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ:
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قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ مَنْ عُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَ أُهَرِيقَ دَمُهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ. بَابٌ
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Al-Husayn from Ali ibn al-Nu’man from Suwayd al-Qalanisiy from Sama‘ah from abu Basir who has said the following: “I asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘Which kind of Jihad is more virtuous?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is the one in which the legs of one’s horse are cut off and his own blood is spilled for the cause of Allah.’”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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1- موثق على الظاهرAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/397)