THE BEST LIFE H 1327 "The best life is that of a person who is ready and alert grasping the reins of his horse in the Way of Allah, and charges forth on its back to the place where he has heard the voice of war, anxiously seeking to kill (the enemy) or to be martyred. Or, that of a person with goats on the top of these hills or in a valley among these valleys, who prays, pays the obligatory charity and worships his Lord till he is overtaken by the certainty of death and has not concerned himself with the affairs of anyone except by doing good." R 1327 Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
1299- وعنه : أنَّ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ، قَالَ : "مِنْ خَيْرِ مَعَاشِ النَّاسِ لَهُمْ ، رَجُلٌ مُمْسِكٌ عِنَانَ فَرَسِهِ في سَبِيلِ اللهِ ، يَطِيرُ عَلَى مَتْنِهِ ، كُلَّمَا سَمِعَ هَيْعَةً أَوْ فَزْعَةً طَارَ عَلَيْهِ يَبْتَغِي القَتْلَ وَالمَوْتَ مَظَانَّهُ أَوْ رَجُلٌ في غُنَيْمَةٍ في رَأسِ شَعَفَةٍ مِنْ هَذَا الشَّعَفِ ، أَوْ بَطْنِ وَادٍ مِن الأَوْدِيَةِ ، يُقِيمُ الصَّلاَةَ ، وَيُؤتي الزَّكَاةَ ، وَيَعْبُدُ رَبَّهُ حَتَّى يَأتِيَهُ اليَقِينُ ، لَيْسَ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلاَّ في خَيْرٍ" رواه مسلم .