Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sincerely asks Allah Almighty to be killed in His path, and then dies (a natural death) or is killed, will have the reward of a martyr. And whoever suffers a wound in the path of Allah, or suffers a hardship, when he comes on the Day of Resurrection that wound will be greater than before; its colour will be like saffron and its fragrance will be like the fragrance of musk. And whoever suffers any wound in the path of Allah, the seal of the martyrs is placed upon him."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Sa'id bin Yusuf al-Rahabi, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy), while the majority of the imams declared him da'if (weak). The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجهاد / 9537
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (3465) ، أخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 3465»