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Sunan Ibn Majah 2803

Chapter: When martyrdom is hoped for

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2803

Narrator:Jabr

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعُمَيْسِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَتِيكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّهُ مَرِضَ فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ وَفَاتُهُ قَتْلَ شَهَادَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

"‏ إِنَّ شُهَدَاءَ أُمَّتِي إِذًا لَقَلِيلٌ الْقَتْلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْمَطْعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْمَرْأَةُ تَمُوتُ بِجُمْعٍ شَهَادَةٌ - يَعْنِي الْحَامِلَ - وَالْغَرِقُ وَالْحَرِقُ وَالْمَجْنُوبُ - يَعْنِي ذَاتَ الْجَنْبِ - شَهَادَةٌ ‏"

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdullah bin Jabir bin ‘Atik, from his father, that his grandfather fell sick and the Prophet (ﷺ) came to visit him. One of his family members said:

“We hoped that when he died it would be as a martyr in the cause of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “In that case the martyrs of my nation would be few. Being killed in the cause of Allah is martyrdom; dying of the plague is martyrdom; when a pregnant woman dies in childbirth that is martyrdom; and dying of drowning, or burning, or of pleurisy, is martyrdom.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2803).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( أَنْ كُنَّا ) كَلِمَة أَنْ مُخَفَّفَة مِنْ الثَّقِيلَة ( قَتْل شَهَادَة ) بِالنَّصْبِ وَالْإِضَافَة ( أَنَّ شُهَدَاء أُمَّتِي إِذَا ) أَيْ إِذَا لَمْ تَكُنْ الشَّهَادَة إِلَّا الْقَتْل وَقَدْ جَرَى مِنْهُمْ كَلَام اِقْتَضَى ذَلِكَ فَلِذَلِكَ رَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمَا ذُكِرَ قَوْله ( وَالْمَطْعُون شَهَادَة ) أَيْ مَوْت الْمَطْعُون أَوْ شَهَادَة بِمَعْنَى شَهِيد وَكَذَا فِيمَا بَعْده وَالْمَطْعُون الْمَيِّت بِالطَّاعُونِ قَوْله ( بِجُمْعٍ ) قَالَ الْخَطَّابِيُّ هُوَ أَنْ تَمُوتَ وَفِي بَطْنِهَا وَلَد زَادَ فِي النِّهَايَة وَقِيلَ أَوْ تَمُوتَ بِكْرًا قَالَ وَالْجُمْعُ بِالضَّمِّ بِمَعْنَى الْمَجْمُوع كَالذُّخْرِ بِمَعْنَى الْمَذْخُور وَكَسَرَ الْكَسَائِيّ الْجِيم وَالْمَعْنَى أَنَّهَا مَ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2803
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2803
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good chain (hasan)Isnaad Hasan The chain only No. 2803
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2803

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  • مسند ابن أبي شيبة (899)إِنَّ شُهَدَاءَ أُمَّتِي إِذًا لَقَلِيلٌ : الْقَتْلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ شَهَادَةٌ ، وَالْمَطْعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ تَمُوتُ بِجَمْعٍ شَهَادَةٌ ، وَالْغَرَقُ وَالْحَرْقُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْمَجْنُوبُ

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