I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever equips a warrior in the path of Allah until he sets out fully prepared will have a reward equal to his, until the warrior dies or returns."
حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة حدثنا يونس بن محمد حدثنا ليث بن سعد عن يزيد بن عبد الله بن الهاد عن الوليد بن أبي الوليد عن عثمان بن عبد الله بن سراقة
سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول من جهز غازيا في سبيل الله حتى يستقل كان له مثل أجره حتى يموت أو يرجع
Takhrij, [sahih] Ahmad narrated it, 1/20, from Yunus and others through him. It is also found in Musannaf of Ibn Abu Shayba, 5/351. Ibn Hibban graded it sahih (Mawarid), no. 1654, as did Hakim, 2/89, and Dhahabi.I say, Walid bin Abu Walid is trustworthy. Abu Zura, Ajli, Ibn Shahin, Ibn Hibban, Dhahabi in Kashif, and others deemed him trustworthy. Uthman explicitly stated that he heard it from his maternal grandfather, Umar , according to Tabari in Tahzib Athar, though Ibn Madini and others denied this. The hadith has many corroborating narrations, see the following hadith.