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When Martyrdom Is Hoped For

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Darussalam · Volume 4

24. The ChaptersOn Jihâd

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الحديث: 2803 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 937

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2803. It was narrated from 'Abdullâh bin 'Abdullâh bin Jâbir 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 Allâh." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "In that case the martyrs of my nation would be few. Being killed in the cause of Allâh is martyrdom; dying of the plague is martyrdom; when a pregnant woman dies in childbirth that is martyrdom; and dying by drowning, or burning, or of pleurisy, is martyrdom." (Hasan)

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2803 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعُمَيْسِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَتِيكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّهُ مَرِضَ فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُودُهُ، فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ: إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ وَفَاتُهُ قَتْلَ شَهَادَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ شُهَدَاءَ أُمَّتِي إِذًا لَقَلِيلٌ، الْقَتْلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ شَهَادَةٌ، وَالْمَطْعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ تَمُوتُ بِجُمْعٍ شَهَادَةٌ - يَعْنِي الْحَامِلَ -، وَالْغَرِقُ، وَالْحَرِقُ وَالْمَجْنُوبُ، - يَعْنِي ذَاتَ الْجَنْبِ - شَهَادَةٌ»

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