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Sahih al-Bukhari 5733

Chapter: What has been mentioned about the plague

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5733

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ سُمَىٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

الْمَبْطُونُ شَهِيدٌ، وَالْمَطْعُونُ شَهِيدٌ ‏"

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He (a Muslim) who dies of an abdominal disease is a martyr, and he who dies of plague is a martyr."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5733).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

حَدِيث أَبِي هُرَيْرَة رَفَعَهُ " الْمَبْطُون شَهِيد , وَالْمَطْعُون شَهِيد " هَكَذَا أَوْرَدَهُ مُخْتَصَرًا مُقْتَصِرًا عَلَى هَاتَيْنِ الْخَصْلَتَيْنِ , وَقَدْ أَوْرَدَهُ فِي الْجِهَاد مِنْ رِوَايَة عَبْد اللَّه بْن يُوسُف عَنْ مَالِك مُطَوَّلًا بِلَفْظِ " الشُّهَدَاء خَمْسَة : الْمَطْعُون وَالْمَبْطُون وَالْغَرِق وَصَاحِب الْهَدْم وَالْمَقْتُول فِي سَبِيل اللَّه " وَأَشَرْت هُنَاكَ إِلَى الْأَخْبَار الْوَارِدَة فِي الزِّيَادَة عَلَى الْخَمْسَة , وَالْمُرَاد بِالْمَطْعُونِ مَنْ طَعَنَهُ الْجِنّ كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ تَقْرِيره فِي أَوَّل الْبَاب.…

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