English translation
[4918] 148 - (1903) It was narrated that Thâbit said: "Anas said: 'My paternal uncle after whom I was named was not present with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ at (the battle of) Badr, and he was upset about that. He said: "I have missed the first battle where the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ was present, but if Allâh gives me the opportunity to be at any other battle with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, Allâh, exalted is He, will see what I will do." He was afraid to say more than that. He was present with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ on the day of (the battle of) Uhud. He met Sa'd bin Mu'âdh, and Anas said to him: "O Abû 'Amr, where are you going?" He said: "I smell the fragrance of Paradise beside Uhud." He fought them until he was killed, and eighty-odd wounds were counted on his body, inflicted with swords, spears and arrows. [Anas bin Mâlik] said: "His sister, my paternal aunt Ar-Rubayyi' bint An-Nadr, said: 'I could not recognize my brother except by his finger tips.' Then this Verse was revealed: 'Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allâh [i.e. they have gone out for Jihâd, and showed not their backs to the disbelievers]; of them some have fulfilled their obligations (i.e. have been martyred); and some of them are still waiting, but they have never changed (i.e. they never proved treacherous to their covenant which they concluded with Allâh) in the least.'[1] And they thought that it had been revealed concerning him and his companions."