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bukhari:4046 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

On the day of the battle of Uhud, a man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Can you tell me where I will be if I should get martyred?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "In Paradise." The man threw away some dates he was carrying in his hand, and fought till he was martyred .

البخاري:٤٠٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ فَأَيْنَ أَنَا؟ قَالَ: «فِي الْجَنَّةِ» فَأَلْقَى تَمَرَاتٍ فِي يَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ

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muslim:1899 – Saʿīd b. ʿAmr al-Ashʿathī And Sūwayd b. Saʿīd Wa-al-Lafẓ Lisaʿīd > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir > a man Ayn

Messenger of Allah, where shall I be if I am killed? He replied: In Paradise. The man threw away the dates he had in his hand and fought until he was killed (i. e. he did not wait until he could finish the dates). In the version of the tradition narrated by Suwaid we have the words:" A man said to the Prophet ﷺ. on the day of Uhud......"

مسلم:١٨٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الأَشْعَثِيُّ وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لِسَعِيدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ أَيْنَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ قَالَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَأَلْقَى تَمَرَاتٍ كُنَّ فِي يَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ وَفِي حَدِيثِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ

nasai:3154 – Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir

"I heard Jabir say: 'A man said on the day of Uhud: If I am killed in the cause of Allah, where do you think I will be? He said: In Paradise. He threw down some dates that were in his hand and fought until he was killed.'"

النسائي:٣١٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَأَيْنَ أَنَا قَالَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَأَلْقَى تَمَرَاتٍ فِي يَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ

ahmad:14314 – Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir

[Machine] "A man on the day of Uhud said to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , 'If I am killed, where will I be?' He said, 'In Paradise.' So he threw some dates that he had in his hand and fought until he was martyred. And Ghayr Amr said, 'He abandoned the food of this world.'"

أحمد:١٤٣١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ فَأَيْنَ أَنَا؟ قَالَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَأَلْقَى تَمَرَاتٍ كُنَّ فِي يَدِهِ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ وَقَالَ غَيْرُ عَمْرٍو تَخَلَّى مِنْ طَعَامِ الدُّنْيَا

ذِكْرُ إِيجَابِ الْجَنَّةِ لِمَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ

ibnhibban:4653 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > ʿAmr b. Muḥammad al-Nāqid > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"I heard Jabir say: 'A man said on the day of Uhud: If I am killed in the cause of Allah, where do you think I will be? He said: In Paradise. He threw down some dates that were in his hand and fought until he was killed.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3154)

ابن حبّان:٤٦٥٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَاتَلْتُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَقُتِلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَيْنَ أَنَا قَالَ «فِي الْجَنَّةِ» قَالَ فَأَلْقَى تُمَيْرَاتٍ فِي يَدِهِ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ

nasai-kubra:4347 – Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir

"I heard Jabir say: 'A man said on the day of Uhud: If I am killed in the cause of Allah, where do you think I will be? He said: In Paradise. He threw down some dates that were in his hand and fought until he was killed.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3154)

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٣٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَأَيْنَ أَنَا؟ قَالَ «فِي الْجَنَّةِ» قَالَ «فَأَلْقَى تَمَرَاتٍ كُنَّ فِي يَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ»

bayhaqi:17916 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

On the day of the battle of Uhud, a man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Can you tell me where I will be if I should get martyred?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "In Paradise." The man threw away some dates he was carrying in his hand, and fought till he was martyred . (Using translation from Bukhārī 4046)

البيهقي:١٧٩١٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ يَقُولُ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيْنَ أَنَا؟ قَالَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَأَلْقَى تُمَيْرَاتٍ كُنَّ فِي يَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سُفْيَانَ