Hadith 17797
حَدَّثَنَا
عَفَّانُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ :
أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ حَفْصٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ
أَبَا مُصَبِّحٍ ، أَوْ ابْنَ مُصَبِّحٍ شَكَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، عَنِ
ابْنِ السِّمْطِ ، عَنْ
عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَادَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ رَوَاحَةَ ، فَمَا تَحَوَّزَ لَهُ عَنْ فِرَاشِهِ ، فَقَالَ :
" أَتَدْرُونَ مَنْ شُهَدَاءُ أُمَّتِي ؟ " قَالُوا : قَتْلُ الْمُسْلِمِ شَهَادَةٌ . قَالَ : " إِنَّ شُهَدَاءَ أُمَّتِي إِذًا لَقَلِيلٌ ، قَتْلُ الْمُسْلِمِ شَهَادَةٌ ، وَالطَّاعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ يَقْتُلُهَا وَلَدُهَا جَمْعًا " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to visit Hazrat Abdullah bin Rawahah (may Allah be pleased with him) when he was ill. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had not yet left his bedside when he said: "Do you know who are the martyrs of my Ummah?" The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) replied: "The martyr is the Muslim who is killed in the battlefield." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If it were so, then the martyrs of my Ummah would be very few. The Muslim who is killed (unjustly) is also a martyr, the one who dies in a plague is also a martyr, and the woman who dies due to her child (i.e., the woman who dies during childbirth due to the pain of delivery) is also a martyr."