Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 2803

What is Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 2803?

Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 2803 is a narration recorded in this collection under Chapter 26: The Chapter on Jihad. This page presents the source record and its available text, translations and grading label. Use the reference and chapter link below to read it in context; numbering and wording may differ between editions.

Collection
Sunan Ibn Majah
Reference in Sirah
Hadith 2803
Narrator in the source
It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdullah bin Jabir bin ‘Atik رضی اللہ عنہ , from his father, that his grandfather
Displayed grading
Sahih

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي الْعُمَيْسِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبْرِ بْنِ عَتِيكٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ جَدِّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّهُ مَرِضَ فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُودُهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ:‏‏‏‏ إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ وَفَاتُهُ قَتْلَ شَهَادَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ 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 .

He 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.”

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdullah bin Jabir bin ‘Atik رضی اللہ عنہ , from his father, that his grandfather

Source information

Collection: Sunan Ibn Majah. Compiler: Imam Ibn Majah. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 2803.

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Source grading label: Sahih. A displayed label is source metadata, not an independent authentication by Sirah.

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