حَدَّثَنَا جَمِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُنْذِرِ الْهُذَيْلُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي رَوَّادٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ مَوْتُ غُرْبَةٍ شَهَادَةٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

It wasnarrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr said

“A man died inAl-Madinah, and he was one of those who were born in Al-Madinah. TheProphet (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer for him and said: “Wouldthathe had died somewhere other than his birthplace.” A man amongthepeople said: “Why, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “If aman diessomewhere other than his birthplace, a space will bemeasured for himin Paradise (as big as the distance) from the placewhere he was bornto the place where he died.”