عَنْ أَبِی ذَرٍّ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ نَبِيَّ اللہِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَىُّ الْعَمَلِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ إِيمَانٌ بِاللهِ وَجِهَادٌ فِىْ سَبِيْلِ اللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ
Hazrat Abu Dharrra narrates that he asked the Holy Prophetsa which deed was best. The Holy Prophetsa replied, “Belief in Allah and jihad in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime.”
(Sunan al-Nasai, Kitab al-Jihad, Hadith 3129)