Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 2541

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Regarding A Person Who Asks Allāh For Martyrdom

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Darussalam · Volume 3

15. The Book Of Jihād

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الحديث: 2541 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 21

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2541. It was reported from Mu'ādḥ bin Jabal that he heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Whoever fights in the cause of Allāh as long as the time between two milkings of a she-camel, Paradise is guaranteed for him. And whoever asks Allāh with sincerity in his soul to be killed, and then dies, or is killed, he will have the reward of a martyr." (One of the narrators) Ibn Al-Muṣaffā added in his narration from here onwards: "And whoever gets wounded in the cause of Allāh, or suffers injury, it (the injury) will come on the Day of Resurrection flowing more abundantly than ever, its color will be the color of saffron, and its fragrance the fragrance of musk. And whoever suffers from an ulcerated wound in the cause of Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, then upon him will be the stamp of the martyrs." (Sāhiḥ)

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2541 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ أَبُو مَرْوَانَ، وَابْنُ الْمُصَفَّى، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنِ ابْنِ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، يُرَدُّ إِلَى مَكْحُولٍ، إِلَى مَالِكِ بْنِ يُخَامِرَ، أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ فَقَدْ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ، وَمَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الْقَتْلَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ صَادِقًا، ثُمَّ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ، فَإِنَّ لَهُ أَجْرَ شَهِيدٍ» زَادَ ابْنُ الْمُصَفَّى مِنْ هُنَا: " وَمَنْ جُرِحَ جُرْحًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، أَوْ نُكِبَ نَكْبَةً، فَإِنَّهَا تَجِيءُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كَأَغْزَرِ مَا كَانَتْ: لَوْنُهَا لَوْنُ الزَّعْفَرَانِ وَرِيحُهَا رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ، وَمَنْ خَرَجَ بِهِ خُرَاجٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهَ، فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ طَابَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ "

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A she-camel once milked is given a few minutes' respite before being milked again. The Arabic term for this interval is Fuwāq. Sincerity of intention can take a man to such great height and ranks where no one, in the ordinary course of action, would even hope to reach.