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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْقَتْلَى مِنَ الشُّهَدَاءِ إِنَّمَا أُمِرَ بَرْدِهِمْ إِلَى مَصَارِعِهِمْ لِئَلَّا يُدْفَنُوا فِي غَيْرِهَا

ibnhibban:3184ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > Shaybān b. Abū Shaybah > Abū ʿAwānah > al-Aswad b. Qays > Nubayḥ al-ʿAnazī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] From Nu'bayh Al-'Anazi, from Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, who said: The Prophet ﷺ went out from Al-Madinah to fight against the polytheists. My father, 'Abdullah, said to me, "O Jabir, it is not necessary for you to be with the people of Al-Madinah in order to know what will happen to us. By Allah, if it wasn't for the fact that I am leaving behind daughters, I would have loved to be killed in your presence. While I was still with the people of Al-Madinah, my cousin's son came with my father and uncle, following them on a camel. They entered Al-Madinah to bury them in our graves. Suddenly, a man came running and shouted, 'Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ orders you to return with the corpses and bury them where they were killed.' So we returned with the corpses to where they were killed.  

ابن حبّان:٣١٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ

عَنْ نُبَيْحٍ الْعَنَزِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ لِيُقَاتِلَهُمْ فَقَالَ لِي أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَا جَابِرُ لَا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ فِي نُظَّارِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ إِلَى مَا يَصِيرُ أَمْرُنَا فَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَوْلَا أَنِّي أَتْرُكُ بَنَاتٍ لِي بَعْدِي لَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا فِي النَّظَّارِينَ إِذْ جَاءَ ابْنُ عَمَّتِي بِأَبِي وَخَالِي عَادَلَهُمَا عَلَى نَاضِحٍ فَدَخَلَ بِهِمَا الْمَدِينَةَ لِيَدْفِنَهُمَا فِي مَقَابِرِنَا إِذْ لَحِقَ رَجُلٌ يُنَادِي «أَلَا إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَرْجِعُوا بِالْقَتْلَى فَتَدْفِنُوهَا فِي مَصَارِعِهَا حَيْثُ قُتِلَتْ» قَالَ فَرَجَعْنَاهُمَا مَعَ الْقَتْلَى حَيْثُ قُتِلَتْ