“AnyMuslimwho fights in the cause of Allah for the time between twomilkings ofa she-camel, he will be guaranteed Paradise.”

“I was present in a war, and‘Abdullah bin Rawahah said:O soul of mine! I see that you doNot want to go to Paradise.I swear by Allah that you surelyWill enter it, willingly orUnwillingly.’”

“I came to the Prophet(ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ Hesaid:‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse iswounded.’”

“There is no one who is wounded in the cause of Allah – andAllahknows best of who is wounded in His cause – but he will come ontheDay of Resurrection with his wounds looking as they did on the dayhewas wounded; their color will be the color of blood but their smellwill be the fragrance of musk.”

“I heard ‘Abdullah bin Abu Awfa say:‘TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) supplicated to Allah against theConfederates (Al-Ahzab) and said: ‘O Allah, Who has sent down theBookand is Swift in bringing to account, destroy the Confederates. OAllah, destroy them and shake them.’”

“Whoever asks Allahformartyrdom, sincerely from his heart, Allah will cause him to reachthe status of the martyrs even if he dies in his bed.”

“Mention of the martyrs was madein thepresence of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: ‘The earth does notdryof the blood of the martyr until his two wives rush to him liketwowet nurses who lost their young ones in a stretch of barren land,andin the hand of each one of them will be a Hullah* that is betterthanthis world and everything in it.’”

“The martyr has six things (in store) with Allah: Heisforgiven from the first drop of his blood that is shed; he is shownhis place in Paradise; he is spared the torment of the grave; he iskept safe from the Great Fright; he is adorned with a garment offaith; he is married to (wives) from among the wide-eyed houris; andhe is permitted to intercede for seventy of his relatives.”

“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]

“Think not ofthoseas dead who are killed in the way of Allah. Nay, they are alive,withtheir Lord, and they have provision,”[3:169] that he said: “Weasked about that, and (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said: ‘Their souls arelikegreen birds that fly wherever they wish in Paradise, then theycomeback to lamps suspended from the Throne. While they were likethat,your Lord looked at them and said, “Ask me for whatever youwant.”They said: “O Lord, what should we ask You for when we canflywherever we wish in Paradise?” When they saw that they wouldnot beleft alone until they had asked for something, they said: “Weask Youto return our souls to our bodies in the world so that we mayfightfor Your sake (again).” When He saw that they would not askforanything but that, they were left alone.’”

“The martyr does not feel anything more when he is killed thanoneof you feels if he is pinched (by a bug).”

“We hoped that whenhe died it would be as a martyr in the cause of Allah.” TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “In that case the martyrs of mynation would be few. Being killed in the cause of Allah is martyrdom;dying of the plague is martyrdom; when a pregnant woman dies inchildbirth that is martyrdom; and dying of drowning, or burning, orof pleurisy, is martyrdom.”

Another chain narrates with the addition of "and the drowned is a martyr."

It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that the Prophet (ﷺ) enteredMakkah onthe day of the Conquest, with a helmet on his head.

It wasnarrated from Sa’ib bin Yazid, if Allah wills, that theProphet(ﷺ) wore two coats of mail on the Day of Uhud, one over theother.

“We entered upon Abu Umamah and he saw some silverornaments on our swords. He got angry and said: ‘People conqueredlands and their swords were not adorned with gold and silver, butwith lead and iron and ‘Alabi.’”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)acquiredhis sword Dhulfiqar, from the spoils of war on the Day ofbadr.

“When Mughirah binShu’bahfought alongside the Prophet (ﷺ) he would carry a spear, andwhenhe would come back he would throw his spear down so that someonewould pick it up and give it back to him.” ‘Ali said to him: “Iwilltell the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about that.” He (the Prophet(ﷺ))said: “Do not do that, for it you do that it will not bepicked up asa lost item to be returned.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had anArabian bow in his hand, and he saw a man who had a Persian bow inhishand. He said: ‘What is this? Throw it away. You should usethis andothers like it, and Qana* spears. Perhaps Allah will supportHisreligion thereby and enable you to conquer lands.’”

“Allah will admit three people to Paradise by virtue ofonearrow: The one who makes it, seeking reward by making it well; theone who shoots it; and the one who hands it to him.” And theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) said: “Shoot and ride, and if you shootthat is dearerto me than if you ride. All things that a Muslim mandoes forentertainment are in vain except for shooting arrows,training hishorse and playing with his wife, for these are thingsthat bringreward.”