I heard Abu Umamah saying:
I
heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “The martyr at sea is like
two martyrs on land, and the one who suffers seasickness is like one
who gets drenched in his own blood on land. The time spent between
one
wave and the next is like a lifetime spent in obedience to Allah.
Allah has appointed the Angel of Death to seize souls, except for the
martyr at sea, for Allah Himself seizes their souls. He forgives the
martyrs on land for all sins except debt, but (He forgives) the
martyr
at sea all his sins and his debt.”
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“Even if there was only one day left of this world, Allah would
make it last until a man from my household took possession of (the
mountain of) Dailam and Constantinople.”
It was
narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“The horizons will be opened to you, and you will conquer a city
called Qazvin. Whoever is stationed there for forty days or forty
nights, will have pillars of gold in Paradise, with green chrysolite
and topped by a dome of rubies. It will have seventy thousand doors,
at each door will be a wife from among the wide-eyed houris.’”
It was
narrated that Mu’awiyah bin Jahimah As-Sulaimi said:
“I came
to
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I
want to go for Jihad with you, seeking thereby the Face of Allah and
the Hereafter.’ He said: ‘Woe to you! Is your mother still
alive?’ I
said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Go back and honor her.’
Then I approached him
from the other side and said: ‘O Messenger of
Allah, I want to go for
Jihad with you, seeking thereby the Face of
Allah and the Hereafter.’
He said: ‘Woe to you! Is your mother
still alive?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He
said: ‘Go back and honour
her.’ Then I approached him from in front
and said: ‘O Messenger
of Allah, I want to go for Jihad with you,
seeking thereby the Face
of Allah and the Hereafter.’ He said: ‘Woe to
you! Is your mother
still alive?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Go back and
serve her,
for there is Paradise.’”
Another chain reports a similar hadith.
Ibn Majah said: This is Jahimah bin 'Abbas bin Mirdas As-Sulaimi who criticized the Prophet ﷺ the Day of Hunain.
“A man came to the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have
come
seeking to go out in Jihad with you, seeking thereby the Face of
Allah
and the Hereafter. I have come even though my parents are
weeping.’ He
said: ‘Go back to them and make them smile as you
have made them
weep.’”
Chapter 13: The intention in fighting - كتاب الجهاد
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُقَاتِلُ شَجَاعَةً وَيُقَاتِلُ حَمِيَّةً وَيُقَاتِلُ رِيَاءً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" مَنْ قَاتَلَ لِتَكُونَ كَلِمَةُ اللَّهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا فَهُوَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ " .
It was
narrated that Abu Musa said:
“The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked
about a
man who fights to prove his courage, or out of pride and
honour for
his close relatives, or to show off. The Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ)
said: ‘Whoever fights so that the Word of Allah may be supreme
is
the one who (is fighting) in the cause of Allah.’”
Chapter 13: The intention in fighting - كتاب الجهاد
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عُقْبَةَ، - وَكَانَ مَوْلًى لأَهْلِ فَارِسَ - قَالَ شَهِدْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ فَضَرَبْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقُلْتُ خُذْهَا مِنِّي وَأَنَا الْغُلاَمُ الْفَارِسِيُّ . فَبَلَغَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ
" أَلاَ قُلْتَ خُذْهَا مِنِّي وَأَنَا الْغُلاَمُ الأَنْصَارِيُّ " .
It was
narrated that Abu ‘Uqbah, who was the freed slave of some
Persian
people, said:
“I was present with the Prophet (ﷺ) on the Day
of
Uhud. I struck a man from among the idolaters and said: ‘Take that!
And I am a Persian slave!’ News of that reached the Prophet (ﷺ)
and
he said: ‘Why did you not say: “Take that! And I am an Ansari
slave!?”
“I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘There
is no
band of warriors that fights in the cause of Allah and acquires
war
spoils, but they have been given two thirds of their reward, but
if
they do not get any spoils of war, then they will have their
reward in
full (in the Hereafter).’”
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“There is goodness in the forelocks of horses” – or he said:
“There is goodness tied in the forelocks of horses.” Suhail (one
of
the narrators) said: “I am not certain of” – “until the
Day of
Resurrection. And horses are of three types: those that bring
reward
to a man, those that are a means of protection for a man, and
those
that are a burden (of sin) for a man. As for those that bring
reward,
a man keeps them in the cause of Allah and keeps them
constantly ready
(for Jihad), so they do not take any fodder into
their stomachs but a
reward will be written for him, and if he puts
them out to pasture,
they do not eat anything but reward will be
written for him. If he
gives them to drink from a flowing river, for
every drop that enters
their stomachs there will be reward,”
(continuing) until he mentioned
reward in conjunction with their
urine and droppings, and even when
they run here and there by
themselves, for each step they take a
reward will be written for him
– ‘As for those that are a means of
protection, a man keeps them
because they are a source of dignity and
adornment, but he does not
forget the rights of their backs and
stomachs (i.e., their right not
to be overworked and their right to be
fed) whether at times of their
difficulty or ease. As for those that
bring a burden (of sin), the
one who keeps them for purposes of
wrongdoing or for pomp and show
before people, is the one for whom
they bring a burden of sin.”
It was
narrated from Abu Qatadah Al-Ansari that the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“The best of horses are those that are deep black,
with a
blaze on the forehead, white marks on the legs and white nose
and
upper lip, and with no whiteness on the right foreleg. If not
deep-black, then reddish-brown, with these markings.”
“I heard the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever ties a horse in the cause of Allah, then
feeds
it with his own hand, he will have one merit for every grain.’”
“I was present in a war, and
‘Abdullah bin Rawahah said:
O soul of mine! I see that you do
Not want to go to Paradise.
I swear by Allah that you surely
Will enter it, willingly or
Unwillingly.’”
“I came to the Prophet
(ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ He
said:
‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse is
wounded.’”
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“There is no one who is wounded in the cause of Allah – and
Allah
knows best of who is wounded in His cause – but he will come on
the
Day of Resurrection with his wounds looking as they did on the day
he
was wounded; their color will be the color of blood but their smell
will be the fragrance of musk.”
“I heard ‘Abdullah bin Abu Awfa say:
‘The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) supplicated to Allah against the
Confederates (Al-Ahzab) and said: ‘O Allah, Who has sent down the
Book
and is Swift in bringing to account, destroy the Confederates. O
Allah, destroy them and shake them.’”
Chapter 16: The virtue of martyrdom in the cause of Allah - كتاب الجهاد
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي زَيْنَبَ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ذُكِرَ الشُّهَدَاءُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ
" لاَ تَجِفُّ الأَرْضُ مِنْ دَمِ الشَّهِيدِ حَتَّى تَبْتَدِرَهُ زَوْجَتَاهُ كَأَنَّهُمَا ظِئْرَانِ أَضَلَّتَا فَصِيلَيْهِمَا فِي بَرَاحٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَفِي يَدِ كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا حُلَّةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا " .
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah:
“Mention of the martyrs was made
in the
presence of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: ‘The earth does not
dry
of the blood of the martyr until his two wives rush to him like
two
wet nurses who lost their young ones in a stretch of barren land,
and
in the hand of each one of them will be a Hullah* that is better
than
this world and everything in it.’”
It was
narrated from Miqdam bin Ma’dikarib that the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) said:
“The martyr has six things (in store) with Allah: He
is
forgiven from the first drop of his blood that is shed; he is shown
his place in Paradise; he is spared the torment of the grave; he is
kept safe from the Great Fright; he is adorned with a garment of
faith; he is married to (wives) from among the wide-eyed houris; and
he is permitted to intercede for seventy of his relatives.”
“When ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr
bin Haram was killed, on the Day of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ)
said: ‘O Jabir, shall I not tell you what Allah said to your
father?’
I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Allah does not speak to
anyone except from
behind a screen, but He spoke to your father face
to face and said: “O
My slave, ask Me and I shall give you.” He
said: “O my Lord, bring me
back to life so that I may be killed for
Your sake a second time.” He
said: “I have already decreed that
they will not return (to the world
after death).” He said: “O
Lord, convey (the good news about my state)
to those whom I have left
behind.” So Allah revealed this Verse:
‘Think not of those as
dead who are killed in the way of
Allah.’”[3:169]
It was
narrated from ‘Abdullah concerning the Verse:
“Think not of
those
as dead who are killed in the way of Allah. Nay, they are alive,
with
their Lord, and they have provision,”[3:169] that he said: “We
asked about that, and (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said: ‘Their souls are
like
green birds that fly wherever they wish in Paradise, then they
come
back to lamps suspended from the Throne. While they were like
that,
your Lord looked at them and said, “Ask me for whatever you
want.”
They said: “O Lord, what should we ask You for when we can
fly
wherever we wish in Paradise?” When they saw that they would
not be
left alone until they had asked for something, they said: “We
ask You
to return our souls to our bodies in the world so that we may
fight
for Your sake (again).” When He saw that they would not ask
for
anything but that, they were left alone.’”