[Machine] Abu Talha read this verse, "March forth, whether light or heavy" [At-Tawbah 41]. He said, "Allah has commanded us to go out and has ordered us to go out. We went out in our youth and in our old age. Prepare me." His sons said to him, "May Allah have mercy on you, you have already fought during the time of the Prophet ﷺ , Abu Bakr, and Umar, and now we are fighting for you." He fought in a battle and died. They sought an island to bury him, but they were unable to do so until seven days had passed, and his body did not decompose.
أَنَّ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {انْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا} [التوبة 41] فَقَالَ اسْتَنْفَرَنَا اللَّهُ وَأَمَرَنَا اللَّهُ وَاسْتَنْفَرْنَا شُيُوخًا وَشَبَابًا جَهِّزُونِي فَقَالَ بَنَوْهُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ إِنَّكَ قَدْ غَزَوْتَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَنَحْنُ نَغْزُو عَنْكَ الْآنَ فَغَزَا الْبَحْرَ فَمَاتَ فَطَلَبُوا جَزِيرَةً يَدْفِنُونَهُ فِيهَا فَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا تَغَيَّرَ