If I were to swear by Allah nine times that, indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has been killed, that would be more beloved to me than swearing only once that he was not killed, because Allah ﷻ took His Prophet and made him into a martyr. He said: Then I mentioned that to Ibrahim, and he said: They used to say that the Jews poisoned him and his Abū Bakr. (Using translation from Aḥmad 4139)
لَأَنْ أَحْلِفَ تِسْعًا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قُتِلَ قَتْلًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْلِفَ وَاحِدَةً أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُقْتَلْ وَذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ جَعَلَهُ نَبِيًّا وَاتَّخَذَهُ شَهِيدًا قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَالَ كَانُوا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ سَمُّوهُ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ