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muslim:1877aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah And Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik

" Nobody who dies and has something good for him with Allah will (ever like to) return to this world even though he were offered the whole world and all that is in its (as an inducement), except the martyr who desires to return and be killed in the world for the (great) merit of martyrdom that he has seen.  

مسلم:١٨٧٧aوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَحُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ تَمُوتُ لَهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ يَسُرُّهَا أَنَّهَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا وَلاَ أَنَّ لَهَا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا إِلاَّ الشَّهِيدُ فَإِنَّهُ يَتَمَنَّى أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فَيُقْتَلَ فِي الدُّنْيَا لِمَا يَرَى مِنْ فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:2795ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Abū Isḥāq > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Nobody who dies and finds good from Allah (in the Hereafter) would wish to come back to this world even if he were given the whole world and whatever is in it, except the martyr who, on seeing the superiority of martyrdom, would like to come back to the world and get killed again (in Allah's Cause)."  

البخاري:٢٧٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَمُوتُ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ يَسُرُّهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا وَأَنَّ لَهُ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا إِلاَّ الشَّهِيدَ لِمَا يَرَى مِنْ فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يَسُرُّهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَيُقْتَلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى  

nasai:3159Hārūn b. Muḥammad b. Bakkār > Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá / Ibn al-Qāsim b. Sumayʿ > Zayd b. Wāqid > Kathīr b. Murrah > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

"There is no soul on Earth that dies, and is in a good position before Allah, that would like to come back to you, even if it had all this world, except the one who is killed (in the cause of Allah); he wishes that he could come back and be killed again."  

النسائي:٣١٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَكَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ سُمَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ أَنَّ عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ حَدَّثَهُمْ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنْ نَفْسٍ تَمُوتُ وَلَهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَلَهَا الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ الْقَتِيلُ فَإِنَّهُ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فَيُقْتَلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى  

tirmidhi:1643ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Ḥumayd > Anas

That the Prophet ﷺ, "There is no person who dies having good (prepared for him) with Allah, who wishes to return to the world, and to have the world and all it contains, except for the martyr because of what he knows about the virtue of martyrdom. For, indeed he loves to return to the world so that he may be killed another time."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. Ibn 'Umar said: "Sufyan bin 'Uyainah said: "Amr bin Dinar was older than Az-Zuhri.'"
الترمذي:١٦٤٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَمُوتُ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا وَأَنَّ لَهُ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا إِلاَّ الشَّهِيدُ لِمَا يَرَى مِنْ فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَيُقْتَلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ كَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَسَنَّ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ
ahmad:14083Bahz > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "There is no person from the people of Paradise who would be pleased to return to the worldly life and have ten times its equivalent, except for the martyr. Indeed, he would love to return to the worldly life and be martyred ten times for what he has seen of the blessings."  

أحمد:١٤٠٨٣حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ أَحَدٌ يَسُرُّهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا وَلَهُ عَشَرَةُ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَّا الشَّهِيدَ فَإِنَّهُ وَدَّ أَنْ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَاسْتُشْهِدَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ لِمَا رَأَى مِنَ الْفَضْلِ  

ahmad:13964ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > Ḥumayd And Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

" Nobody who dies and has something good for him with Allah will (ever like to) return to this world even though he were offered the whole world and all that is in its (as an inducement), except the martyr who desires to return and be killed in the world for the (great) merit of martyrdom that he has seen. (Using translation from Muslim 1877a)   

أحمد:١٣٩٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ وَشُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ تَمُوتُ لَهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ يَسُرُّهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّ لَهَا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا إِلَّا الشَّهِيدَ يَتَمَنَّى أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فَيُقْتَلَ فِي الدُّنْيَا لِمَا يَرَى مِنْ فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ  

ahmad:14033ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There is no soul that is martyred for the sake of Allah, and when it dies it wishes to return to the world except the martyr, for he wishes to return to the world and be killed again due to the great reward he sees in martyrdom."  

أحمد:١٤٠٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ مَنْفُوسَةٍ تَمُوتُ لَهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ يَسُرُّهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا الشَّهِيدَ فَإِنَّهُ يَسُرُّهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَيُقْتَلَ لِمَا يَرَى مِنْ فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ  

ahmad:12557Ḥasan > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No soul dies and finds goodness with Allah, and it desires to return to the world, except for the martyr. Indeed, the martyr desires to return to the world and be killed again for what he sees of the virtue of martyrdom."  

أحمد:١٢٥٥٧حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ تَمُوتُ لَهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ فَيَسُرُّهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا الشَّهِيدَ فَإِنَّ الشَّهِيدَ يَسُرُّهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَيُقْتَلَ لِمَا يَرَى مِنْ فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ  

ahmad:12273ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No soul dies, having a good standing with Allah, and desires to return to this worldly life, except for the martyr. Verily, he desires to return to this world and be killed again due to the blessings he witnesses from martyrdom."  

أحمد:١٢٢٧٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ تَمُوتُ لَهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ يَسُرُّهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا الشَّهِيدُ فَإِنَّهُ يَسُرُّهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَيُقْتَلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى لِمَا يَرَى مِنْ فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ وَصْفِ مَنْ يَتَمَنَّى الْخُرُوجَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا

ibnhibban:7452Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná Bi-al-Mawṣil > Hudbah b. Khālid > Hammām b. Yaḥyá > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik
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ابن حبّان:٧٤٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى بِالْمَوْصِلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ أَحَدٌ يَسُرُّهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا وَلَهُ عَشَرَةُ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَّا الشَّهِيدُ فَإِنَّهُ وَدَّ أَنَّهُ رَجَعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَيُقْتَلُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ لِمَا يَرَى مِنَ الْفَضْلِ»  

nasai-kubra:4352Hārūn b. Muḥammad b. Bakkār b. Bilāl > Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > Zayd b. Wāqid > Kathīr b. Murrah > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

"There is no soul on Earth that dies, and is in a good position before Allah, that would like to come back to you, even if it had all this world, except the one who is killed (in the cause of Allah); he wishes that he could come back and be killed again." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3159)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٣٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَكَّارِ بْنِ بِلَالٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ أَنَّ عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ حَدَّثَهُمْ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنْ نَفْسٍ تَمُوتُ وَلَهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَلَهَا الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا الْقَتِيلُ فَإِنَّهُ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فَيُقْتَلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى»  

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السيوطي:١٩٦٧٤a

"مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ تَمُوتُ لَهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خير (يُسرُّهَا (*))، وأَنَّ لَهَا

الدُّنيا وَما فِيها، أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلى الدُّنْيَا، إلَّا الشهيدَ، فإِنَّهُ يَتَمَنَّى أَنْ يَرْجعَ إِلى الدُّنْيَا فَيقتلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرى لِما يرى مِنْ فَضْل الشَّهَادَةِ".  

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