The virtue of martyrdom in the cause of Allah Sunan Ibn Majah 2800
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحَرَامِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَرَامِيُّ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، سَمِعْتُ طَلْحَةَ بْنَ خِرَاشٍ، سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ لَمَّا قُتِلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَرَامٍ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا جَابِرُ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكَ مَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لأَبِيكَ " . قُلْتُ بَلَى . قَالَ " مَا كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ أَحَدًا إِلاَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ وَكَلَّمَ أَبَاكَ كِفَاحًا . فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدِي تَمَنَّ عَلَىَّ أُعْطِكَ . قَالَ يَا رَبِّ تُحْيِينِي فَأُقْتَلُ فِيكَ ثَانِيَةً . قَالَ إِنَّهُ سَبَقَ مِنِّي أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهَا لاَ يُرْجَعُونَ . قَالَ يَا رَبِّ فَأَبْلِغْ مَنْ وَرَائِي . فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ {وَلاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا} " . الآيَةَ كُلَّهَا
Translation
It wasnarrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah
“When ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amrbin Haram was killed, on the Day of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said: ‘O Jabir, shall I not tell you what Allah said to yourfather?’I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Allah does not speak toanyone except frombehind a screen, but He spoke to your father faceto face and said: “OMy slave, ask Me and I shall give you.” Hesaid: “O my Lord, bring meback to life so that I may be killed forYour sake a second time.” Hesaid: “I have already decreed thatthey will not return (to the worldafter death).” He said: “OLord, convey (the good news about my state)to those whom I have leftbehind.” So Allah revealed this Verse:‘Think not of those asdead who are killed in the way ofAllah.’”[3:169]