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1847. It was narrated from Jābir bin 'Abdullāh bin 'Aṭik that 'Aṭik bin Al-Hārith - who was the grandfather of 'Abdullāh bin 'Abdullāh, his mother's father - told him that Jābir bin 'Aṭik told him that the Prophet ﷺ came to visit 'Abdullāh bin Thābit (when he was sick) and found him very close to death. He called out to him and he did not respond, so the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Truly, to Allāh we belong and truly, to Him we shall return," and said: "We wanted you to live but we were overtaken by the decree of Allāh, O Abū Ar-Rabī'." The women screamed and wept, and Ibn 'Aṭik started telling them to be quiet. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Leave them; when the inevitable comes, no one should weep." They said: "What is the inevitable, O Messenger of Allāh?"
He said: "Death." His daughter said: "I had hoped that you would become a martyr, for you had prepared yourself for it." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, has rewarded him according to his intention. What do you think martyrdom is?" They said: "Being killed for the sake of Allâh." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "Martyrdom is of seven types besides being killed for the sake of Allâh. The one who dies of the plague is a martyr; the one who dies of an abdominal illness is a martyr; the one who drowns is a martyr; the one who is crushed by a falling building is a martyr; the one who dies of pleurisy is a martyr; the one who is burned to death is a martyr, and the woman who dies in pregnancy is a martyr." (Sâhîh)
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"The martyrs are seven or there are seven kinds of martyrdom": in some narrations several other types of martyrdom are mentioned.
