Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2830
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمٌ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الطَّاعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ ".
Translation
Bishr ibn Muhammad informed us; ʿAbd Allah informed us; ʿAsim informed us, from Hafsa bint Sirin, from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet, who said: “Plague is martyrdom for every Muslim.”
Translation notes
The statement is general in its Arabic wording; the English rendering specifies one who dies of plague.