Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3112
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَفْعَلْ فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ لِمَنْ مَاتَ بِهَا " .
Translation
Bakr ibn Khalaf narrated to us: Muʿādh ibn Hishām narrated to us: my father narrated to us, from Ayyūb, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Whoever among you is able to die in Madinah, let him do so, for I will bear witness for anyone who dies there.”