Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3162

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ، أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الشَّهَادَةَ بِصِدْقٍ بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Yunus ibn Abd al-Ala informed us; he said: Ibn Wahb narrated to us; he said: Abd al-Rahman ibn Shurayh narrated to me that Sahl ibn Abi Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf related to him, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever sincerely asks Allah, Mighty and Majestic, for martyrdom, Allah will bring him to the ranks of the martyrs, even if he dies in his bed.