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bayhaqi:18550 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Muḥammad / Ibn Sīrīn > Abū al-ʿAjfāʾ > Khaṭab ʿUmar al-Nās

[Machine] "And another saying that you say to those who were killed in your battles: 'So and so was killed as a martyr, and so and so died as a martyr.' And perhaps he had only embraced something insignificant like a piece of gold or a piece of paper, seeking worldly gains or engaging in trade. So do not say that, but say what the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Whoever is killed in the cause of Allah, or dies, then they are in Paradise.'"  

البيهقي:١٨٥٥٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ المُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَجْفَاءَ قَالَ خَطَبَ عُمَرُ ؓ النَّاسَ قَالَ

وَأُخْرَى تَقُولُونَهَا لِمَنْ قُتِلَ فِي مَغَازِيكُمْ هَذِهِ قُتِلَ فُلَانٌ شَهِيدًا وَمَاتَ فُلَانٌ شَهِيدًا وَلَعَلَّهُ يَكُونُ قَدْ أَوْقَرَ دَفَّتَيْ رَاحِلَتِهِ ذَهَبًا أَوْ وَرِقًا يَبْتَغِي الدُّنْيَا أَوْ قَالَ التِّجَارَةَ فَلَا تَقُولُوا ذَلِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوْ مَاتَ فَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

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ahmad:340 – Sufyān > Ayyūb > Ibn Sīrīn Samiʿah from Abū al-ʿAjfāʾisamiʿt ʿUmar > Lā Tughlūā Ṣuduq al-Nisāʾ

I heard ʿUmar say: Do not make womenʿs dowries too expensive, for if it were a sign of honour in this world or a sign of piety in the Hereafter, the most likely of you to do it would have been the Prophet ﷺ. But he did not give any of his daughters in marriage or marry any of his wives for more than twelve Ooqiyyah, Furthermore, you say during your campaigns. So and so was killed as a martyr, So and so died as a martyr, but perhaps he loaded his mountʿs back with gold and silver, hoping to do trade. So do not say that; rather say as Muhammad said: “Whoever died for the sake of Allah is in Paradise.”  

أحمد:٣٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ أَبِي

الْعَجْفَاءِسَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ لَا تُغْلُوا صُدُقَ النِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّهَا لَوْ كَانَتْ مَكْرُمَةً فِي الدُّنْيَا أَوْ تَقْوَى فِي الْآخِرَةِ لَكَانَ أَوْلاكُمْ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ؛ مَا أَنْكَحَ شَيْئًا مِنْ بَنَاتِهِ وَلا نِسَائِهِ فَوْقَ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ أُوقِيَّةًوَأُخْرَى تَقُولُونَهَا فِي مَغَازِيكُمْ قُتِلَ فُلانٌ شَهِيدًا مَاتَ فُلانٌ شَهِيدًا وَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ أَوْقَرَ عَجُزَ دَابَّتِهِ أَوْ دَفَّ رَاحِلَتِهِ ذَهَبًا وَفِضَّةً يَبْتَغِي التِّجَارَةَ فَلا تَقُولُوا ذَاكُمْ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

hakim:2521 – Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Abū al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Qaṭīʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Ismāʿīl / Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ayyūb Wahishām And Ibn ʿAwn > Muḥammad > Abū al-ʿAjfāʾ al-Sulamī > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

[Machine] "His departure was like gold or a piece of paper seeking trade. Do not say that it is yours, rather say as the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Whoever is killed in the cause of Allah, or dies, they are in Paradise.'"  

الحاكم:٢٥٢١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى أَنْبَأَ مُسَدَّدٌ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَا ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَهِشَامٌ وَابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَجْفَاءِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ وَأُخْرَى فَتَقُولُونُهَا لِمَنْ قُتِلَ فِي مَغَازِيكُمْ أَوْ مَاتَ قُتِلَ فُلَانٌ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ أَوْ مَاتَ فُلَانٌ شَهِيدًا وَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَوْقَرَ عَجُزَ دَابَّتِهِ أَوْ قَالَ

رَاحِلَتِهِ ذَهَبًا أَوْ وَرِقًا يَلْتَمِسُ التِّجَارَةَ فَلَا تَقُولُوا ذَاكُمْ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ مَاتَ فَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ كَبِيرٌ صَحِيحٌ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَلَا وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا لِقَوْلِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ نُبِّئْتُ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَجْفَاءِ وَأَنَا ذَاكِرٌ بِمَشِيئَةِ اللَّهِ فِي كِتَابِ النِّكَاحِ مَا يُسْتَدَلُّ بِهِ عَلَى صِحَّتِهِ صحيح
bayhaqi:12910 – Abū al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Muḥammad > Abū al-ʿAjfāʾ al-Sulamī > Khaṭab ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

[Machine] "And others of you say for those who are killed in your wars or if someone dies, 'So-and-so is a martyr,' as if he had distributed his belongings in charity, with sincere intention, or said, 'For the sake of trade.' Do not say that, but say as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever is killed in the cause of Allah or dies, then he is in Paradise.'"  

البيهقي:١٢٩١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عَبْدَانَ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَجْفَاءِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ خَطَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَقَالَ

وَأُخْرَى تَقُولُونَهَا لِمَنْ قُتِلَ فِي مَغَازِيكُمْ هَذِهِ أَوْ مَاتَ قُتِلَ فُلَانٌ شَهِيدًا وَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ أَوْقَرَ دَفَّتَيْ رَاحِلَتِهِ ذَهَبًا أَوْ وَرِقًا يَبْتَغِي بِهِ الدُّنْيَا أَوْ قَالَ التِّجَارَةَ فَلَا تَقُولُوا ذَاكُمْ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوْ مَاتَ فَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ