Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3063
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " أَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ زَيْدٌ فَأُصِيبَ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَهَا جَعْفَرٌ فَأُصِيبَ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ فَأُصِيبَ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَهَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ غَيْرِ إِمْرَةٍ فَفُتِحَ عَلَيْهِ، وَمَا يَسُرُّنِي ـ أَوْ قَالَ مَا يَسُرُّهُمْ ـ أَنَّهُمْ عِنْدَنَا ". وَقَالَ وَإِنَّ عَيْنَيْهِ لَتَذْرِفَانِ.
Yaʿqub ibn Ibrahim narrated to us: Ibn ʿUlayya narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Humayd ibn Hilal, from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivered a sermon and said, “Zayd took the standard and was struck down. Then Jaʿfar took it and was struck down. Then ʿAbd Allah ibn Rawaha took it and was struck down. Then Khalid ibn al-Walid took it without being appointed, and victory was granted through him. I would not be pleased—or he said, they would not be pleased—if they were with us.” He said: His eyes were shedding tears.
Translation notes
The Arabic preserves an alternative attribution in the phrase “I would not be pleased—or, he said, they would not be pleased.” It does not explicitly say that the three men were martyred, though that is how the English witness renders “أُصِيبَ” here.
وَمَا يَسُرُّنِي ـ أَوْ قَالَ مَا يَسُرُّهُمْ ـ أَنَّهُمْ عِنْدَنَا
The subject and precise force of the statement are difficult to determine from this excerpt; the witness supplies “remain (alive)” as an implied phrase.
What sense of their being “with us” is intended in this statement?