Abu Bashir reported: Al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Verily, the servant may wage jihad for the sake of Allah, jihad as is due to Him, without ever striking anything with a sword.”
Source: Tafsīr Ibn Abī Ḥātim 29:6
عَنْ أَبِي بَشِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ الْبَصْرِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيُجَاهِدُ فِي اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ وَمَا ضَرَبَ بِسَيْفٍ
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