صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإمارة
The Book on Government
باب فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى:
Chapter: The virtue of Martyrdom in the cause of Allah
Hadith 1877
This hadith is listed as number 4867 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، وَحُمَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ تَمُوتُ لَهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ يَسُرُّهَا أَنَّهَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا ، وَلَا أَنَّ لَهَا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا إِلَّا الشَّهِيدُ ، فَإِنَّهُ يَتَمَنَّى أَنْ يَرْجِعَ ، فَيُقْتَلَ فِي الدُّنْيَا لِمَا يَرَى مِنْ فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ " .
It has been narrated on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:" Nobody who dies and has something good for him with Allah will (ever like to) return to this world even though he were offered the whole world and all that is in its (as an inducement), except the martyr who desires to return and be killed in the world for the (great) merit of martyrdom that he has seen.
