Volume 4, Book 52, Number 67:
Narrated ‘Ikrima:
that Ibn ‘Abbas told him and ‘Ali bin ‘Abdullah to go to Abu Said and listen to some of his narra –
tions; So they both went (and saw) Abu Said and his brother irrigating a garden belonging to them.
When he saw them, he came up to them and sat down with his legs drawn up and wrapped in his
garment and said, “(During the construction of the mosque of the Prophet) we carried the adobe of
the mosque, one brick at a time while ‘Ammar used to carry two at a time. The Prophet passed by
‘Ammar and removed the dust off his head and said, “May Allah be merciful to ‘Ammar. He will be
killed by a rebellious aggressive group. ‘Ammar will invite them to (obey) Allah and they will invite
him to the (Hell) fire.”
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 52:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad:
The Prophet said, “A single endeavor in Allah’s Cause in the afternoon and in the forenoon is better
than the world and whatever is in it.”
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 53:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “Nobody who dies and finds good from Allah (in the Hereafter) would wish to
come back to this world even if he were given the whole world and whatever is in it, except the
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martyr who, on seeing the superiority of martyrdom, would like to come back to the world and get
killed again (in Allah’s Cause).”
Narrated Anas: The Prophet said, “A single endeavor (of fighting) in Allah’s Cause in the afternoon
or in the forenoon is better than all the world and whatever is in it. A place in Paradise as small as
the bow or lash of one of you is better than all the world and whatever is in it. And if a houri from
Paradise appeared to the people of the earth, she would fill the space between Heaven and the Earth
with light and pleasant scent and her head cover is better than the world and whatever is in it.”
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 54:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “By Him in Whose Hands my life is! Were it not for some men amongst the be –
lievers who dislike to be left behind me and whom I cannot provide with means of conveyance, I
would certainly never remain behind any Sariya’ (army-unit) setting out in Allah’s Cause. By Him in
Whose Hands my life is! I would love to be martyred in Al1ah’s Cause and then get resurrected and
then get martyred, and then get resurrected again and then get martyred and then get resurrected
again and then get martyred.
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 55:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet delivered a sermon and said, “Zaid took the flag and was martyred, and then Ja’far
took the flag and was martyred, and then ‘Abdullah bin Rawaha took the flag and was martyred too,
and then Khalid bin Al-Walid took the flag though he was not appointed as a commander and Allah
made him victorious.” The Prophet further added, “It would not please us to have them with us.” Aiy –
ub, a sub-narrator, added, “Or the Prophet, shedding tears, said, ‘It would not p ease them to be with
us.”
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 56:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Um Haram said, “Once the Prophet slept in my house near to me and got up smiling. I said, ‘What
makes you smile?’ He replied, ‘Some of my followers who (i.e. in a dream) were presented to me sail –
ing on this green sea like kings on thrones.’ I said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Invoke Allah to make me one of
them.” So the Prophet invoked Allah for her and went to sleep again. He did the same (i.e. got up and
told his dream) and Um Haran repeated her question and he gave the same reply. She said, “Invoke
Allah to make me one of them.” He said, “You are among the first batch.” Later on it happened that
she went out in the company of her husband ‘Ubada bin As-Samit who went for Jihad and it was the
first time the Muslims undertook a naval expedition led by Mu awiya. When the expedition came to
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an end and they were returning to Sham, a riding animal was presented to her to ride, but the anim –
al let her fall and thus she died.
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 41:
Narrated Abdullah bin Masud:
I asked Allah’s Apostle, “O Allah’s Apostle! What is the best deed?” He replied, “To offer the prayers
at their early stated fixed times.” I asked, “What is next in goodness?” He replied, “To be good and du –
tiful to your parents.” I further asked, what is next in goodness?” He replied, “To participate in Jihad
in Allah’s Cause.” I did not ask Allah’s Apostle anymore and if I had asked him more, he would have
told me more.
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 57:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet sent seventy men from the tribe of Bani Salim to the tribe of Bani Amir. When they
reached there, my maternal uncle said to them, “I will go ahead of you, and if they allow me to con –
vey the message of Allah’s Apostle (it will be all right); otherwise you will remain close to me.” So he
went ahead of them and the pagans granted him security But while he was reporting the message of
the Prophet , they beckoned to one of their men who stabbed him to death. My maternal uncle said,
“Allah is Greater! By the Lord of the Kaba, I am successful.” After that they attached the rest of the
party and killed them all except a lame man who went up to the top of the mountain. (Hammam, a
sub-narrator said, “I think another man was saved along with him).” Gabriel informed the Prophet
that they (i.e the martyrs) met their Lord, and He was pleased with them and made them pleased. We
used to recite, “Inform our people that we have met our Lord, He is pleased with us and He has made
us pleased ” Later on this Quranic Verse was cancelled. The Prophet invoked Allah for forty days to
curse the murderers from the tribe of Ral, Dhakwan, Bani Lihyan and Bam Usaiya who disobeyed Al –
lah and his Apostle