It was
narrated that ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah said: “I came to the Prophet
(ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ He
said:
‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse is
wounded.’”
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“There is no one who is wounded in the cause of Allah – and
Allah
knows best of who is wounded in His cause – but he will come on
the
Day of Resurrection with his wounds looking as they did on the day
he
was wounded; their color will be the color of blood but their smell
will be the fragrance of musk.”
Isma’il
bin Abu Khalid said: “I heard ‘Abdullah bin Abu Awfa say:
‘The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) supplicated to Allah against the
Confederates (Al-Ahzab) and said: ‘O Allah, Who has sent down the
Book
and is Swift in bringing to account, destroy the Confederates. O
Allah, destroy them and shake them.’”
Sahl bin
Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunaif narrated from his father,
from his
grandfather that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever asks Allah
for
martyrdom, sincerely from his heart, Allah will cause him to reach
the status of the martyrs even if he dies in his bed.”
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah: “Mention of the martyrs was made
in the
presence of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: ‘The earth does not
dry
of the blood of the martyr until his two wives rush to him like
two
wet nurses who lost their young ones in a stretch of barren land,
and
in the hand of each one of them will be a Hullah* that is better
than
this world and everything in it.’”
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي زَيْنَبَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ذُكِرَ الشُّهَدَاءُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ لاَ تَجِفُّ الأَرْضُ مِنْ دَمِ الشَّهِيدِ حَتَّى تَبْتَدِرَهُ زَوْجَتَاهُ كَأَنَّهُمَا ظِئْرَانِ أَضَلَّتَا فَصِيلَيْهِمَا فِي بَرَاحٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَفِي يَدِ كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا حُلَّةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا
Hadith 2799
Hasan — Darussalam
The virtue of martyrdom in the cause of Allah
It was
narrated from Miqdam bin Ma’dikarib that the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) said: “The martyr has six things (in store) with Allah: He
is
forgiven from the first drop of his blood that is shed; he is shown
his place in Paradise; he is spared the torment of the grave; he is
kept safe from the Great Fright; he is adorned with a garment of
faith; he is married to (wives) from among the wide-eyed houris; and
he is permitted to intercede for seventy of his relatives.”
It was
narrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah: “When ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr
bin Haram was killed, on the Day of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ)
said: ‘O Jabir, shall I not tell you what Allah said to your
father?’
I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Allah does not speak to
anyone except from
behind a screen, but He spoke to your father face
to face and said: “O
My slave, ask Me and I shall give you.” He
said: “O my Lord, bring me
back to life so that I may be killed for
Your sake a second time.” He
said: “I have already decreed that
they will not return (to the world
after death).” He said: “O
Lord, convey (the good news about my state)
to those whom I have left
behind.” So Allah revealed this Verse:
‘Think not of those as
dead who are killed in the way of
Allah.’”[3:169]
It was
narrated from ‘Abdullah concerning the Verse: “Think not of
those
as dead who are killed in the way of Allah. Nay, they are alive,
with
their Lord, and they have provision,”[3:169] that he said: “We
asked about that, and (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said: ‘Their souls are
like
green birds that fly wherever they wish in Paradise, then they
come
back to lamps suspended from the Throne. While they were like
that,
your Lord looked at them and said, “Ask me for whatever you
want.”
They said: “O Lord, what should we ask You for when we can
fly
wherever we wish in Paradise?” When they saw that they would
not be
left alone until they had asked for something, they said: “We
ask You
to return our souls to our bodies in the world so that we may
fight
for Your sake (again).” When He saw that they would not ask
for
anything but that, they were left alone.’”
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“The martyr does not feel anything more when he is killed than
one
of you feels if he is pinched (by a bug).”
It was
narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdullah bin Jabir bin ‘Atik, from
his father, that his grandfather fell sick and the Prophet (ﷺ) came
to visit him. One of his family members said: “We hoped that when
he died it would be as a martyr in the cause of Allah.” The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “In that case the martyrs of my
nation would be few. Being killed in the cause of Allah is martyrdom;
dying of the plague is martyrdom; when a pregnant woman dies in
childbirth that is martyrdom; and dying of drowning, or burning, or
of pleurisy, is martyrdom.”
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “What do
you say among yourselves about the martyr?” They said: “The one
who is killed in the cause of Allah.” He said: “In that case the
martyrs among my nation would be few. Whoever is killed in the cause
of Allah is a martyr; whoever dies in the cause of Allah is a martyr;
whoever dies of a stomach disease is a martyr; and whoever dies of
the plague is a martyr.”
Another chain narrates with the addition of "and the drowned is a martyr."
It was
narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Prophet (ﷺ) entered
Makkah on
the day of the Conquest, with a helmet on his head.
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَخَلَ مَكَّةَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ الْمِغْفَرُ
Hadith 2806
Sahih — Darussalam
Weapons
It was
narrated from Sa’ib bin Yazid, if Allah wills, that the
Prophet
(ﷺ) wore two coats of mail on the Day of Uhud, one over the
other.
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُصَيْفَةَ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ أَخَذَ دِرْعَيْنِ كَأَنَّهُ ظَاهَرَ بَيْنَهُمَا
Hadith 2807
Weapons
Sulaiman
bin Habib said: “We entered upon Abu Umamah and he saw some silver
ornaments on our swords. He got angry and said: ‘People conquered
lands and their swords were not adorned with gold and silver, but
with lead and iron and ‘Alabi.’”
It was
narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
acquired
his sword Dhulfiqar, from the spoils of war on the Day of
badr.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الصَّلْتِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَنَفَّلَ سَيْفَهُ ذَا الْفِقَارِ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ
Hadith 2809
Da’if — Darussalam
Weapons
It was
narrated that ‘Ali bin Abi Talib said: “When Mughirah bin
Shu’bah
fought alongside the Prophet (ﷺ) he would carry a spear, and
when
he would come back he would throw his spear down so that someone
would pick it up and give it back to him.” ‘Ali said to him: “I
will
tell the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about that.” He (the Prophet
(ﷺ))
said: “Do not do that, for it you do that it will not be
picked up as
a lost item to be returned.”
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ أَنْبَأَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ كَانَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ إِذَا غَزَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَمَلَ مَعَهُ رُمْحًا فَإِذَا رَجَعَ طَرَحَ رُمْحَهُ حَتَّى يُحْمَلَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ لأَذْكُرَنَّ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ لاَ تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ فَعَلْتَ لَمْ تُرْفَعْ ضَالَّةٌ
Hadith 2810
Da’if — Darussalam
Weapons
It was
narrated that ‘Ali said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had an
Arabian bow in his hand, and he saw a man who had a Persian bow in
his
hand. He said: ‘What is this? Throw it away. You should use
this and
others like it, and Qana* spears. Perhaps Allah will support
His
religion thereby and enable you to conquer lands.’”
It was
narrated from ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir Al-Juhani that the Prophet
(ﷺ)
said: “Allah will admit three people to Paradise by virtue of
one
arrow: The one who makes it, seeking reward by making it well; the
one who shoots it; and the one who hands it to him.” And the
Messenger
of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Shoot and ride, and if you shoot
that is dearer
to me than if you ride. All things that a Muslim man
does for
entertainment are in vain except for shooting arrows,
training his
horse and playing with his wife, for these are things
that bring
reward.”
It was
narrated that ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah said: “I heard the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever shoots an arrow at the enemy and his
arrow
reaches the enemy, whether it hits him or not, that is
equivalent to
him freeing a slave.’”