Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 9549

Sayyiduna Rabi' al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit my nephew Jabr al-Ansari. His family began to weep over him. Jabr said to them: "Do not hurt the Messenger of Allah with your voices." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let these women weep as long as this man is alive; when death occurs, the women should fall silent." One of those present said: "We did not expect that your death would be like this, on your bed; we thought you would be martyred in the path of Allah while taking part in battle with the Messenger of Allah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Is martyrdom only in being killed in the path of Allah? In that case the martyrs of my ummah would be few. Martyrdom comes through being wounded, martyrdom comes through disease of the belly, martyrdom comes through plague, the death of a woman in childbirth at the time of delivery is martyrdom, dying by burning is martyrdom, dying by drowning and dying beneath rubble is martyrdom, and dying of pleurisy (dhat al-janb) is martyrdom."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.