موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الجهادBook: On the Explanation of Jihad
بَابُ مَا تَكُونُ فِيهِ الشَّهَادَةُChapter on Matters Requiring Testimony
Hadith 993
وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ، قَالَ : " كَرَمُ الْمُؤْمِنِ تَقْوَاهُ، وَدِينُهُ حَسَبُهُ، وَمُرُوءَتُهُ خُلُقُهُ، وَالْجُرْأَةُ وَالْجُبْنُ غَرَائِزُ يَضَعُهَا اللَّهُ حَيْثُ شَاءَ، فَالْجَبَانُ يَفِرُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ، وَالْجَرِيءُ يُقَاتِلُ عَمَّا لَا يَئُوبُ بِهِ إِلَى رَحْلِهِ، وَالْقَتْلُ حَتْفٌ مِنَ الْحُتُوفِ، وَالشَّهِيدُ مَنِ احْتَسَبَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ "
Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated that Sayyiduna Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say: The honor of a believer is in his piety, and his religion is his nobility, and his dignity is his character. Bravery and cowardice are both innate qualities; Allah places these traits in whomever He wills. The coward flees, abandoning his parents, while the brave one fights against the person whom he knows will not let him reach home. Killing is one of the deaths among deaths, and the martyr is the one who willingly surrenders his soul to Allah.
