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bukhari:5732 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > ʿĀṣim > Ḥafṣah b. Sīrīn > Lī Anas b. Mālik Yaḥyá Bimā Māt > from al-Ṭāʿūn

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "(Death from) plague is martyrdom for every Muslim."  

البخاري:٥٧٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ حَدَّثَتْنِي حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ سِيرِينَ قَالَتْ قَالَ لِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ يَحْيَى بِمَا مَاتَ قُلْتُ مِنَ الطَّاعُونِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الطَّاعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ  

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bukhari:2830 – Bishr b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh > ʿĀṣim > Ḥafṣah b. Sīrīn > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Plague is the cause of martyrdom of every Muslim (who dies because of it).  

البخاري:٢٨٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الطَّاعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ  

muslim:1916a – Ḥāmid b. ʿUmar al-Bakrāwī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid / Ibn Ziyād > ʿĀṣim > Ḥafṣah b. Sīrīn > Lī Anas b. Mālik Bimā Māt Yaḥyá b. Abū ʿAmrah > Bi-al-Ṭṭāʿūn

Anas b. Malik asked me the cause of death of Yahya b. 'Abu 'Amra. I said: (He died) of plague. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that death by plague is martyrdom for a Muslim.  

مسلم:١٩١٦a – حَدَّثَنَا حَامِدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْبَكْرَاوِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ قَالَتْ قَالَ لِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ بِمَا مَاتَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ بِالطَّاعُونِ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الطَّاعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ  

ahmad:13305 – Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq al-Ṭālqānī > ʿAbdullāh / Ibn Mubārak > ʿĀṣim b. Sulaymān > Ḥafṣah b. Sīrīn > Anas b. Mālik

Anas b. Malik asked me the cause of death of Yahya b. 'Abu 'Amra. I said: (He died) of plague. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that death by plague is martyrdom for a Muslim. (Using translation from Muslim 1916a)  

أحمد:١٣٣٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الطَّالْقَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُبَارَكٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الطَّاعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ  

ahmad:13801 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdullāh > ʿĀṣim b. Sulaymān > Ḥafṣah Āb.ah Sīrīn > Anas b. Mālik

Anas b. Malik asked me the cause of death of Yahya b. 'Abu 'Amra. I said: (He died) of plague. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that death by plague is martyrdom for a Muslim. (Using translation from Muslim 1916a)  

أحمد:١٣٨٠١ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ ابْنَةِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الطَّاعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ  

ahmad:13709 – ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Ḥafṣah b. Sīrīn > Lī Anas b. Mālik Bim Māt Yaḥyá b. Abū ʿAmrah > Bi-al-Ṭṭāʿūn > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Plague is the cause of martyrdom of every Muslim (who dies because of it). (Using translation from Bukhārī 2830)  

أحمد:١٣٧٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ سِيرِينَ قَالَتْ قَالَ لِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ بِمَ مَاتَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ؟ فَقُلْتُ بِالطَّاعُونِ فَقَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الطَّاعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ  

ahmad:12519 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Thābit > ʿĀṣim > Ḥafṣah Qālatsaʾal Anas b. Mālik Bimā Māt Ibn Abū ʿAmrah > Ūā Bi-al-Ṭṭāʿūn

Anas b. Malik asked me the cause of death of Yahya b. 'Abu 'Amra. I said: (He died) of plague. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that death by plague is martyrdom for a Muslim. (Using translation from Muslim 1916a)  

أحمد:١٢٥١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ قَالَتْسَأَلَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ بِمَا مَاتَ ابْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ؟ فَقَالُوا بِالطَّاعُونِ فَقَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الطَّاعُونُ شَهَادَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ