The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 5 (#Ḥadīth #5)

5- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأصَمِّ عَنْ حَيْدَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ الْجِهَادُ أَفْضَلُ الأشْيَاءِ بَعْدَ الْفَرَائِضِ.

5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from certain individuals of his people from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Asamm from Haydarah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah , has said that Jihad (serving in the army) is the most virtuous task except obligatory (prayers) matters.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).