Sunan an-Nasa'i 1846

‘Utbah ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Utbah informed us: I read to Malik, from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Jabr ibn ‘Atik, that ‘Atik ibn al-Harith—‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abdullah’s maternal grandfather—informed him that Jabir ibn ‘Atik informed him: The Prophet came to visit ‘Abdullah ibn Thabit and found that he had been overcome [by illness]. The Prophet called to him, but he did not answer. The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Indeed, we belong to Allah and to Him we return,’ and said: ‘We have been overcome by your loss, Abu al-Rabi‘.’ The women cried out and wept, and Ibn ‘Atik began quieting them. The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Leave them. When death has come, let no woman weep.’ They asked: ‘What is meant by its coming, Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘Death.’ His daughter said: ‘I had hoped you would be a martyr, for you had already prepared your gear.’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Allah, Mighty and Sublime, has granted him his reward according to his intention. What do you consider martyrdom?’ They said: ‘Being killed in the cause of Allah, Mighty and Sublime.’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘There are seven kinds of martyrdom besides being killed in the cause of Allah, Mighty and Sublime: one who dies of plague is a martyr; one who dies of an abdominal illness is a martyr; one who drowns is a martyr; one who is crushed in a collapse is a martyr; one who dies of pleurisy is a martyr; one who is burned is a martyr; and a woman who dies in pregnancy or childbirth is a martyr.’