# Sunan al-Nasa'i - The Book of Jihad

*Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 23, 2026*

**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #3175

**Book:** The Book of Jihad | **Narrator(s):** Asad bin Musa - Asad al-Sunnah أسد بن موسى بن إبراهيم - أسد السنة, Baqiyya bin al-Walid bin Sa'aid بقية بن الوليد بن صائد, Lqman bin 'Amir al-Wsaby لقمان بن عامر الوصابي

“Abu Salih, the freed slave of ‘Uthman, said: ‘I heard ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Ribat (guarding the frontier) for one day in the cause of Allah is better in rank than a thousand days spent within the residence.'”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-3175/)*

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