صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإمارة
The Book on Government
باب بَيَانِ الشُّهَدَاءِ:
Chapter: About the Martyrs
Hadith 1914
This hadith is listed as number 4940 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَي بْنُ يَحْيَي ، قَالَ : قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ سُمَيٍّ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي بِطَرِيقٍ ، وَجَدَ غُصْنَ شَوْكٍ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فَأَخَّرَهُ ، فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فَغَفَرَ لَهُ " ، وَقَالَ : " الشُّهَدَاءُ خَمْسَةٌ الْمَطْعُونُ ، وَالْمَبْطُونُ وَالْغَرِقُ ، وَصَاحِبُ الْهَدْمِ ، وَالشَّهِيدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ " .
It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) that the, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: While a man walks along a path, finds a thorny twig lying on the way and puts it aside, Allah would appreciate it and forgive him The Holy Prophet (ﷺ) said: The martyrs are of five kinds: one who dies of plague; one who dies of diarrhoea (or cholera) ; one who is drowned; one who is buried under debris and one who dies fighting in the way of Allah.
