Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Our Lord Most High is pleased with a man who fights in the path of Allah, the Exalted; then his companions fled away (i. e. retreated). But he knew that it was a sin (to flee away from the battlefield), so he returned, and his blood was shed. Thereupon Allah, the Exalted, says to His angels: Look at My servant; he returned seeking what I have for him (i. e. the reward), and fearing (the punishment) I have, until his blood was shed.
Read More..Narrated Abu Hurairah: Amr ibn Uqaysh had given usurious loans in pre-Islamic period; so he disliked to embrace Islam until he took them. He came on the day of Uhud and asked: Where are my cousins? They (the people) replied: At Uhud. He asked: Where is so-and-so? They said: At Uhud. He asked: Where is so-and-so? They said: At Uhud. He then put on his coat of mail and rode his horse; he then proceeded towards them. When the Muslims saw him, they said: Keep away, Amir. He said: I have become a believer. He fought until he was wounded. He was then taken to his family wounded. Saad ibn Muadh came to his sister: Ask him (whether he fought) out of partisanship, out of anger for them, or out of anger for Allah. He said: Out of anger of Allah and His Messenger. He then died and entered Paradise. He did not offer any prayer for Allah.
Read More..Salamah bin Al Akwa said “On the day of the battle of the Khaibar, my brother fought desperately. But his sword fell back on him and killed him. The Companions of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم talked about him and doubted it (his martyrdom) saying “A man who died with his own weapon”. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said “he died as a warrior striving in the path of Allaah. Ibn Shihab said “I asked the son of Salamah bin Al Akwa. ” He narrated to me on the authority of his father similar to that except that he said “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said “They told a lie, he died as a warrior striving in the path of Allaah. There is a double reward for him. ””
Read More..Narrated Abu Salam: Abu Salam reported on the authority of a man from the companion of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. He said: We attacked a tribe of Juhaynah. A man from the Muslims pursued a man of them, and struck him but missed him. He struck himself with the sword. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Your brother, O group of Muslims. The people hastened towards him, but found him dead. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم wrapped him with his clothes and his blood, and offered (funeral) prayer for him and buried him. They said: Messenger of Allah, is he a martyr? He said: Yes, and I am witness to him.
Read More..Narrated Sahl ibn Saad: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Two (prayers) are not rejected, or seldom rejected: Prayer at the time of the call to prayer, and (the prayer) at the time of fighting, when the people grapple with each other. Musa said: Rizq ibn Saeed ibn Abdur Rahman reported from Abu Hazim on the authority of Sahl ibn Saad from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: And while it is raining.
Read More..Narrated Muadh ibn Jabal: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: If anyone fights in Allah's path as long as the time between two milkings of a she-camel, Paradise will be assured for him. If anyone sincerely asks Allah for being killed and then dies or is killed, there will be a reward of a martyr for him. Ibn al-Musaffa added from here: If anyone is wounded in Allah's path, or suffers a misfortune, it will come on the Day of resurrection as copious as possible, its colour saffron, and its odour musk; and if anyone suffers from ulcers while in Allah's path, he will have on him the stamp of the martyrs.
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