Sayyidina Abu Sa’eed Khudri (RA) reported that someone asked Allah’s Messenger (SAW) Which man is most excellent? He said, The man who wages jihad in Allah’s cause. He was asked, “Who next? He said, “A Believer in one of the mountain passes, who fears his Lord and keeps people safe from his mischief.”
[Bukhari 2786, Nisai 1888]