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A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Who is the best of mankind!" The
Prophet said, "A man who strives for Allah's Cause with his life and property, and also a man who
lives (all alone) in a mountain path among the mountain paths to worship his Lord and save the people
from his evil."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 81, Hadith 83
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The Prophet (ﷺ) looked at a man fighting against the pagans and he was one of the most competent
persons fighting on behalf of the Muslims. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Let him who wants to look at a man
from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire, look at this (man)." Another man followed him and kept on
following him till he (the fighter) was injured and, seeking to die quickly, he placed the blade tip of
his sword between his breasts and leaned over it till it passed through his shoulders (i.e., committed
suicide)." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "A person may do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the
people of Paradise while in fact, he is from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire: and similarly a person may
do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the people of the (Hell) Fire while in fact, he is from
the dwellers of Paradise. Verily, the (results of) deeds done, depend upon the last actions."
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I heard from the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "There will come a time upon the people when the best property of a
Muslim will be sheep which he will take to the tops of mountains and to the places of rainfall, run
away with his religion (in order to save it) from afflictions."