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ahmad:17786Abū al-Yamān > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Muḥammad b. Ziyād al-Alhānī

[Machine] It was mentioned in the presence of Abi 'Anabah al-Khawlani that the martyrs were mentioned, so they mentioned the mutilated, the poisoned, and the drowned. Abu 'Anabah became angry and said, "Our companions narrated to us from our Prophet ﷺ that he said, 'The martyrs of Allah are the most trustworthy of His creation on the earth, they are either killed or die.'"  

أحمد:١٧٧٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْأَلْهَانِيِّ قَالَ

ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ أَبِي عِنَبَةَ الْخَوْلَانِيِّ الشُّهَدَاءُ فَذَكَرُوا الْمَبْطُونَ وَالْمَطْعُونَ وَالنُّفَسَاءَ فَغَضِبَ أَبُو عِنَبَةَ وَقَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَصْحَابُ نَبِيِّنَا عَنْ نَبِيِّنَا ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ شُهَدَاءَ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ أُمَنَاءُ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ من خَلْقِهِ قُتِلُوا أَوْ مَاتُوا