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1644. Faḍālah bin 'Ubaid narrated that he heard 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb saying: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: 'The martyrs are four: A believing man whose faith is good, he meets the enemy and proves faithful to Allāh until he is killed. That is the one to whom the people will raise up their eyes like this on the Day of Judgement' and he raised his head until his Qalansūwah fell - [he said:] I do not know if it was 'Umar's Qalansūwah or the Qalansūwah of the Prophet ﷺ that fell - he said: 'And a believing man whose faith is good (but not as brave as the first), he meets the enemy, but due to cowardice, it only appears that he was struck with a thorn of an acacia tree when an unexpected arrow comes to him, yet it kills him. He is among the second level. And a believing man who has mixed a righteous deed with another evil one, he meets his enemy and proves faithful to Allāh until he is killed. This one is in the
third level. And a believing man who wasted himself (in wrongdoing), he meets the enemy and proves faithful to Allāh until he is killed. This one is in the fourth level.” (Da’if)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb, it is not known except as a narration of ‘Aṭā’ bin Dīnār.
He said: I heard Muḥammad saying: “Sa’eed bin Abī Ayyūb reported this Hadīth from ‘Aṭā’ bin Dīnār – from some Shaikhhs of Khawlān – and he did not mention ‘from Abū Yazīd’ in it.” And he said: “‘Aṭā’ bin Dīnār; there is no harm in him.”
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Commentary
The Hadīth indicates that all the four martyrs are equal in faith. Yet the first one is courageous while the second is not as courageous as the first. Being a little below the first in rank, he is in the second level. The third and fourth are, likewise, equal in faith. However, the fourth has more wrongdoings in his account; therefore he ranks fourth in status.
