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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجهادThe Chapters on Jihad
بَابُ : مَا يُرْجَى فِيهِ الشَّهَادَةُChapter: When martyrdom is hoped for
Hadith 2803
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعُمَيْسِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبْرِ بْنِ عَتِيكٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ ، أَنَّهُ مَرِضَ فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُودُهُ ، فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ : إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ وَفَاتُهُ قَتْلَ شَهَادَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّ شُهَدَاءَ أُمَّتِي إِذًا لَقَلِيلٌ ، الْقَتْلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ شَهَادَةٌ ، وَالْمَطْعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ تَمُوتُ بِجُمْعٍ شَهَادَةٌ يَعْنِي الْحَامِلَ ، وَالْغَرِقُ ، وَالْحَرِقُ ، وَالْمَجْنُوبُ يَعْنِي ذَاتَ الْجَنْبِ شَهَادَةٌ " .
´It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdullah bin Jabir bin ‘Atik, from his father, that his grandfather fell sick and the Prophet (ﷺ) came to visit him. One of his family members said:` “We hoped that when he died it would be as a martyr in the cause of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “In that case the martyrs of my nation would be few. Being killed in the cause of Allah is martyrdom; dying of the plague is martyrdom; when a pregnant woman dies in childbirth that is martyrdom; and dying of drowning, or burning, or of pleurisy, is martyrdom.”
Brief Explanation
1؎ : The meaning is that all of these will receive the reward and rank of martyrs (shuhada), even though their rulings are not the same as those of a martyr; therefore, they will be given ritual bath (ghusl), and their funeral prayer (salat al-janazah) will be performed. Despite this, the greatest martyr is still the one who is killed in the path of Allah, that is, in jihad.
