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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah came to me while I was sick, and some people from the Ansar were visiting me. He asked, "Do you know what a martyr is?" They remained silent. He asked again, "Do you know what a martyr is?" They continued to remain silent. He asked for the third time, "Do you know what a martyr is?" So I said to my wife, "Support me." She supported me, and I said, "Whoever embraces Islam, migrates, and then is killed in the cause of Allah, he is a martyr." The Messenger of Allah then said, "Verily, the martyrs of my nation are few. Killing in the cause of Allah is martyrdom, and drowning is martyrdom, and dying due to a belly disease is martyrdom, and death due to childbirth is martyrdom."  

أحمد:٢٢٧٠٢حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَافَى حَدَّثَنَا مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَيٍّ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ

أَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَرِيضٌفِي نَاسٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يَعُودُونِي فَقَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الشَّهِيدُ؟ فَسَكَتُوا فَقَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الشَّهِيدُ؟ فَسَكَتُوا قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الشَّهِيدُ؟ فَقُلْتُ لِامْرَأَتِي أَسْنِدِينِي فَأَسْنَدَتْنِي فَقُلْتُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ هَاجَرَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ شُهَدَاءَ أُمَّتِي إِذًا لَقَلِيلٌ الْقَتْلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْبَطْنُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْغَرَقُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالنُّفَسَاءُ شَهَادَةٌ