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ahmad:9175 – Muʿāwiyah > Zāʾidah > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Whoever speaks for the sake of Allah, and Allah knows better about who speaks for His sake, his wound on the Day of Judgment will appear as it was on the day it was inflicted. Its color will be the color of blood and its smell will be the smell of musk."  

أحمد:٩١٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كُلِمَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ كُلِمَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ يَجِيءُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ جُرْحُهُ كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ جُرِحَ لَوْنُهُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَرِيحُهُ رِيحُ مِسْكٍ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:2803 – ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is! Whoever is wounded in Allah's Cause....and Allah knows well who gets wounded in His Cause....will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wound having the color of blood but the scent of musk."  

البخاري:٢٨٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لاَ يُكْلَمُ أَحَدٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِلاَّ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَاللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ الدَّمِ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ  

muslim:1876d – ʿAmr al-Nāqid And Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

One who is wounded in the way of Allah-and Allah knows better who is wounded in His way-will appear on the Day of Judgment with his wound bleediing. The colour (of its discharge) will be the colour of blood, (but) its smell will be the smell of musk.  

مسلم:١٨٧٦d – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يُكْلَمُ أَحَدٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِلاَّ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَجُرْحُهُ يَثْعَبُ اللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ مِسْكٍ  

nasai:3147 – Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

"No one is wounded in the cause of Allah - and Allah knows best who is wounded in His cause - but he will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wounds bleeding the color of blood, but with the fragrance of musk."  

النسائي:٣١٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يُكْلَمُ أَحَدٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِلاَّ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَجُرْحُهُ يَثْعَبُ دَمًا اللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ  

tirmidhi:1656 – Qutaybah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "None is wounded in Allah's cause - and Allah knows better about who has been injured in His cause - except that he will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wound the color of blood but its scent will be the scent of musk."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. It has been reported through other routes from the Prophet ﷺ.
الترمذي:١٦٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يُكْلَمُ أَحَدٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِلاَّ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ اللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ الدَّمِ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
ibnmajah:2795 – Bishr b. Ādam And ʾAḥmad b. Thābit al-Jaḥdarī > Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > al-Qaʿqāʿ b. Ḥakīm > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

“There is no one who is wounded in the cause of Allah – and Allah knows best of who is wounded in His cause – but he will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wounds looking as they did on the day he was wounded; their color will be the color of blood but their smell will be the fragrance of musk.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٧٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ آدَمَ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلاَنَ عَنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَجْرُوحٍ يُجْرَحُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُجْرَحُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِلاَّ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَجُرْحُهُ كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ جُرِحَ وَاللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ مِسْكٍ  

malik:21-31 – Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By He in whose hand my self is! None of you is wounded in the way of Allah - and Allah knows best who is wounded in HisWay, but that when the Day of Rising comes, blood will gush forth from his wound. It will be the colour of blood, but its scent will be that of musk."  

مالك:٢١-٣١ – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لاَ يُكْلَمُ أَحَدٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِلاَّ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَجُرْحُهُ يَثْعَبُ دَمًا اللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ  

ahmad:9188 – Muʿāwiyah > Abū Isḥāq > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

“There is no one who is wounded in the cause of Allah – and Allah knows best of who is wounded in His cause – but he will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wounds looking as they did on the day he was wounded; their color will be the color of blood but their smell will be the fragrance of musk.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2795)   

أحمد:٩١٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ يُجْرَحُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُجْرَحُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِلَّا لَقِيَ اللهَ كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ جُرِحَ لَوْنُهُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَرِيحُهُ رِيحُ مِسْكٍ  

ahmad:9193 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. Ḥassān > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Dhakwān > Abū Hurayrah

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "None is wounded in Allah's cause - and Allah knows better about who has been injured in His cause - except that he will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wound the color of blood but its scent will be the scent of musk." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1656)   

أحمد:٩١٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ حَسَّانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يُكْلَمُ عَبْدٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ يَجِيءُ جُرْحُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَوْنُهُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَرِيحُهُ رِيحُ مِسْكٍ  

ahmad:9087 – Aswad > Sharīk > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: Whoever speaks in the way of Allah, Allah knows best who is speaking in His way. The wound's color will become the color of blood, and its scent will be the scent of musk."  

أحمد:٩٠٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ يَأْتِي الْجُرْحُ لَوْنُهُ لَوْنُ الدَّمِ وَرِيحُهُ رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ  

ahmad:7302 – Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād And Ibn ʿAjlān > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

One who is wounded in the way of Allah-and Allah knows better who is wounded in His way-will appear on the Day of Judgment with his wound bleediing. The colour (of its discharge) will be the colour of blood, (but) its smell will be the smell of musk. (Using translation from Muslim 1876d)   

أحمد:٧٣٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ وَابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يُكْلَمُ أَحَدٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِلَّا جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالْجُرْحُ يَثْعَبُ دَمًا اللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ مِسْكٍ وَأَفْرَدَهُ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ  

ahmad:10740 – Ṣafwān > Ibn ʿAjlān > al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

“There is no one who is wounded in the cause of Allah – and Allah knows best of who is wounded in His cause – but he will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wounds looking as they did on the day he was wounded; their color will be the color of blood but their smell will be the fragrance of musk.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2795)  

أحمد:١٠٧٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَجْرُوحٍ يُجْرَحُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُجْرَحُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِلَّا جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالْجُرْحُ كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ جُرِحَ اللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ مِسْكٍ  

ahmad:10870 – ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Dhakwān > Abū Hurayrah

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "None is wounded in Allah's cause - and Allah knows better about who has been injured in His cause - except that he will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wound the color of blood but its scent will be the scent of musk." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1656)   

أحمد:١٠٨٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يُكْلَمُ عَبْدٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ يَجِيءُ جُرْحُهُ يَوْمَالْقِيَامَةِ لَوْنُهُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَرِيحُهُ رِيحُ مِسْكٍ  

ahmad:10936 – Hāshim > Sharīk > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

"No one is wounded in the cause of Allah - and Allah knows best who is wounded in His cause - but he will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wounds bleeding the color of blood, but with the fragrance of musk." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3147)   

أحمد:١٠٩٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ يَجِيءُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَوْنُ جُرْحِهِ لَوْنُ الدَّمِ وَرِيحُهُ رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ  

ذِكْرُ مَجِيءِ مَنْ كُلِمَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَنْثَعِبُ دَمُهُ لِيُعْرَفَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْجَمْعِ

ibnhibban:4652 – al-Ḥusayn b. Idrīs > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

One who is wounded in the way of Allah-and Allah knows better who is wounded in His way-will appear on the Day of Judgment with his wound bleediing. The colour (of its discharge) will be the colour of blood, (but) its smell will be the smell of musk. (Using translation from Muslim 1876d)   

ابن حبّان:٤٦٥٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا يُكْلَمُ أَحَدٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِلَّا جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَجُرْحُهُ يَنْثَعِبُ دَمًا اللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ مِسْكٍ»  

nasai-kubra:4340 – Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

One who is wounded in the way of Allah-and Allah knows better who is wounded in His way-will appear on the Day of Judgment with his wound bleediing. The colour (of its discharge) will be the colour of blood, (but) its smell will be the smell of musk. (Using translation from Muslim 1876d)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٣٤٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يُكْلَمُ أَحَدٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِلَّا جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَجُرْحُهُ يَثْعَبُ دَمًا اللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ»  

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السيوطي:١٩٥٤٢a –

"مَا مِنْ مجروح يُجْرَحُ في سبيل اللهِ -وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُجْرَحُ في سَبِيله- إِلا جَاءَ يومَ القِيامَةِ وَجُرْحُه كَهَيئَتِه يَوْمَ جُرِحَ، اللَّونُ لَونُ دَمٍ وَالرِّيح ريحُ مِسْكٍ".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن أَبي هريرة
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السيوطي:٢٦٤٩٨a –

"لَا يُكْلَمُ أحَدٌ فِي سَبِيل الله -واللهُ أعْلَمُ بمَنْ يُكْلَمُ فِي سَبيله- إِلَّا جَاءَ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ وَجُرحُهُ يَثْعَبُ دَمًا، اللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ الدَّمِ، وَالرّيحُ رِيحُ المِسْكِ".  

[ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، [ن] النسائي عن أبي هريرة