Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 20670 — What is mentioned on the virtue

Abu Ubaydah bin Hudhayfah said: Once Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari and Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with them) were in the mosque when a man came and said: "O Abdullah bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him)! If I take my sword and fight in jihad holding firmly to the intention of seeking Allah's pleasure, and I am killed in that state, where will I go?" He said: "To Paradise." At this Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Understand this man's question and explain the right thing to him, for by misunderstanding the matter he could even go to Hell." Then Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If you understood the truth correctly, then took your sword and were martyred in the path of Allah, you will go to Paradise. But if a person errs in understanding the truth and is not guided to the path of truth, and he is killed in that state, he will go to Hell." At this all the people said: "You have spoken the truth."