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ahmad:1401Wakīʿ > Ṭalḥah b. Yaḥyá b. Ṭalḥah > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaddād

“Who will take care of them?ʿ Talhah said: “I will.” So they stayed with Talhah. The Prophet ﷺ sent out an expedition and one of them (these three men) went on that expedition and was martyred. Then he sent out an expedition, and another of them went on that expedition and was martyred. Then the third one died in his bed. Talhah said: “I dreamt that these three people who had stayed with me were in Paradise, and I saw the one who had died in his bed was ahead of them. I saw the one who was martyred last next to him, and I saw the one who was martyred first at the back. I was confused about that so I went to the Prophet ﷺ and told him about that. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “What did you find so strange about that? No one is better before Allah than a believer who lives longer as a Muslim, because of his fasting, takbeer and tahleel.ʿ  

أحمد:١٤٠١حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنِي طَلْحَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ

أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنْ بَنِي عُذْرَةَ ثََلَاثَةً أَتَوْا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَسْلَمُوا قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ يَكْفِينِِيهِمْ؟ قَالَ طَلْحَةُ أَنَا قَالَ فَكَانُوا عِنْدَ طَلْحَةَ فَبَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَعْثًا فَخَرَجَ فيه أَحَدُهُمْ فَاسْتُشْهِدَ قَالَ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ بَعْثًا فَخَرَجَ فِيهِ آخَرُ فَاسْتُشْهِدَ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَاتَ الثَّالِثُ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ قَالَ طَلْحَةُ فَرَأَيْتُ هَؤُلاءِ الثَّلاثَةَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا عِنْدِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَرَأَيْتُ الْمَيِّتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ أَمَامَهُمْ وَرَأَيْتُ الَّذِي اسْتُشْهِدَ أَخِيرًا يَلِيهِ وَرَأَيْتُ الَّذِي اسْتُشْهِدَ أَوَّلَهُمِ آخِرَهُمْ قَالَ فَدَخَلَنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا أَنْكَرْتَمِنْ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَفْضَلَ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يُعَمَّرُ فِي الْإِسْلامِ لِتَسْبِيحِهِ وَتَكْبِيرِهِ وَتَهْلِيلِهِ  


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السيوطي:٧-٢٧b

"عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ شَدَّادٍ قَالَ: جَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ مِنْ بَنِى عُذْرَةَ إِلَى النَّبِىِّ ﷺ فَأَسْلَمُوا، فَقَالَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ مَنْ يَكْفِينِى هَؤُلَاءِ؟ فَقَالَ طَلْحَةُ أَنَا، قَالَ: فَكَانُوا عِنْدِى قَالَ: فَضَرَبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بَعْثًا فَخَرجَ فِيهِ أحَدُهُمْ فَاسْتُشْهد، ثُمَّ مَكَثُوا مَا شَاءَ الله، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ بَعْثًا آخَرَ فَخَرج فِيه الثَّانِى فَاسْتُشْهِدَ وَبَقِىَ الثَّالِثُ حَتَّى مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ، قَالَ طَلْحَةُ: فَرَأيْتُ كَأنِّى أَدْخُلُ الجنَّةَ فَرَأَيْتُهُمْ أَعْرِفُهُمْ بأَسْمَائِهِمْ وَسِيمَاهُمْ، قَالَ: فَإِذَا الَّذِى مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ دَخَلَ أَوَّلهُمْ، وَإذَا الثَّانِى مِنَ المُسْتَشْهدِينَ عَلى إِثْرِهِ، وَإِذَا أَوَّلُهُمْ آخِرُهُمْ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلَنِى مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَفْضَلَ عِنْدَ الله مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يُعَمَّرُ فِى الإِسْلَامِ لِتَكْبِيرِهِ، وَتَحْمِيدِهِ، وَتَسْبِيحِهِ، وَتَهْلِيِلِهِ".  

ابن زنجويه