Volume 4, Book 52, Number 48:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Whoever believes in Allah and His Apostle, offer prayer perfectly and fasts the
month of Ramadan, will rightfully be granted Paradise by Allah, no matter whether he fights in Al –
lah’s Cause or remains in the land where he is born.” The people said, “O Allah’s Apostle ! Shall we
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acquaint the people with the is good news?” He said, “Paradise has one-hundred grades which Allah
has reserved for the Mujahidin who fight in His Cause, and the distance between each of two grades
is like the distance between the Heaven and the Earth. So, when you ask Allah (for something), ask
for Al-firdaus which is the best and highest part of Paradise.” (i.e. The sub-narrator added, “I think
the Prophet also said, ‘Above it (i.e. Al-Firdaus) is the Throne of Beneficent (i.e. Allah), and from it
originate the rivers of Paradise.”)
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 49:
Narrated Samura:
The Prophet said, “Last night two men came to me (in a dream) and made me ascend a tree and
then admitted me into a better and superior house, better of which I have never seen. One of them
said, ‘This house is the house of martyrs.”
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 50:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “A single endeavor (of fighting) in Allah’s Cause in the forenoon or in the after –
noon is better than the world and whatever is in it.”
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 51:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “A place in Paradise as small as a bow is better than all that on which the sun
rises and sets (i.e. all the world).” He also said, “A single endeavor in Allah’s Cause in the afternoon or
in the forenoon is better than all that on which the sun rises and sets.”
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.”