Muwatta Malik
Book 21, Hadith 34
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، كَانَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ شَهَادَةً فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَوَفَاةً بِبَلَدِ رَسُولِكَ .
Translation
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Umar ibnal-Khattab used to say, "O Allah! I ask you for martyrdom in Your wayand death in the city of Your Messenger!"