Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 1876f

Arabic hadith text

وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ما قَعَدْتُ خِلاَفَ سَرِيَّةٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِهِمْ ‏.‏ وَبِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ‏"‏ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي أُقْتَلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ أُحْيَى ‏"‏ ‏.‏ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏.‏

Translation

Ibn Abi Umar narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Araj, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: “Were it not difficult for the believers, I would never stay behind a detachment.” The rest is like their report. Through this chain, he also said: “By the One in whose hand is my soul, I would love to be killed in the path of Allah, then brought back to life,” with a report like that of Abu Zurah from Abu Hurayrah.