Volume 9, Book 85, Number 76:
Narrated Khabbab bin Al-Art:
We complained to Allah’s Apostle (about our state) while he was leaning against his sheet cloak in
the shade of the Ka’ba. We said, “Will you ask Allah to help us? Will you invoke Allah for us?” He
said, “Among those who were before you a (believer) used to be seized and, a pit used to be dug for
him and then he used to be placed in it. Then a saw used to be brought and put on his head which
would be split into two halves. His flesh might be combed with iron combs and removed from his
bones, yet, all that did not cause him to revert from his religion. By Allah! This religion (Islam) will
be completed (and triumph) till a rider (traveler) goes from San’a’ (the capital of Yemen) to Had –
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ramout fearing nobody except Allah and the wolf lest it should trouble his sheep, but you are impa –
tient.” (See Hadith No. 191, Vol. 5)

Volume 5, Book 59, Number 378:
Narrated Khabbab bin Al-Art:
We migrated in the company of Allah’s Apostle, seeking Allah’s Pleasure. So our reward became
due and sure with Allah. Some of us have been dead without enjoying anything of their rewards
(here), and one of them was Mus’ab bin ‘Umar who was martyred on the day of the battle of Uhud,
and did not leave anything except a Namira (i.e. a sheet in which he was shrouded). If we covered
his head with it, his feet became naked, and if we covered his feet with it, his head became naked. So
the Prophet said to us, “Cover his head with it and put some Idhkhir (i.e. a kind of grass) over his feet
or throw Idhkhir over his feet.” But some amongst us have got the fruits of their labor ripened, and
they are collecting them.
Narrated Anas: His uncle (Anas bin An-Nadr) was absent from the battle of Badr and he said, “I
was absent from the first battle of the Prophet (i.e. Badr battle), and if Allah should let me participate
in (a battle) with the Prophet, Allah will see how strongly I will fight.” So he encountered the day of
Uhud battle. The Muslims fled and he said, “O Allah ! I appeal to You to excuse me for what these
people (i.e. the Muslims) have done, and I am clear from what the pagans have done.” Then he went
forward with his sword and met Sad bin Mu’adh (fleeing), and asked him, “Where are you going, O
Sad? I detect a smell of Paradise before Uhud.” Then he proceeded on and was martyred. No-body
was able to recognize him till his sister recognized him by a mole on his body or by the tips of his
fingers. He had over 80 wounds caused by stabbing, striking or shooting with arrows.