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nasai:3162Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father from his grandfather

"Whoever asks Allah, the mighty and Sublime, sincerely for martyrdom, Allah will cause him to reach the status of the martyrs even of he dies in his bed."  

النسائي:٣١٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ ﷻ الشَّهَادَةَ بِصِدْقٍ بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Dārimī, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī

The station of martyrdom is granted to the one who makes a duʿāʾ for it regardless of how one dies

muslim:1909Abū al-Ṭāhir and Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Abū al-Ṭāhir > Ḥarmalah > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Abū Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father from his grandfather

that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Who sought martyrdom with sincerity will be ranked by Allah among the martyrs even if he died on his bed."  

In his version of the tradition Abd Tahir did not mention the words:" with sincerity".
مسلم:١٩٠٩حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ وَحَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَاللَّفْظُ لِحَرْمَلَةَ قَالَ أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ حَرْمَلَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ بِصِدْقٍ بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ۔»  

وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ بِصِدْقٍ
abudawud:1520Yazīd b. Khālid al-Ramlī > Ibn Wahb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shurayḥ > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If anyone asks Allah for martyrdom sincerely, Allah will make him reach the ranks of martyrs even if he died on his bed.  

أبو داود:١٥٢٠حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ صَادِقًا بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ  

tirmidhi:1653Muḥammad b. Sahl b. ʿAskar al-Baghdādī > al-Qāsim b. Kathīr al-Miṣrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father from his grandfather

From his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever asks Allah for Martyrdom sincerely in his heart, Allah will grant the status of martyrdom for him, even if he were to die in his bed."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Gharib as a narration of Sahl bin Hunaif. We do not know of it except from the report of 'Abdur-Rahman bin Shuraih. 'Abdullah bin Salih reported it from 'Abdur-Rahman bin Shuraih, and 'Abdur-Rahman bin Shuraih's kunyah is Abu Shuriah, and he is from Iskandarani. There is something on this topic from Mu'adh bin Jabal.
الترمذي:١٦٥٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ عَسْكَرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَهْلَ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ صَادِقًا بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ يُكْنَى أَبَا شُرَيْحٍ وَهُوَ إِسْكَنْدَرَانِيٌّ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ
ibnmajah:2797Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá And ʾAḥmad b. ʿĪsá al-Miṣriyyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Abū Shurayḥ ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father from his grandfather

“Whoever asks Allah for martyrdom, sincerely from his heart, Allah will cause him to reach the status of the martyrs even if he dies in his bed.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٧٩٧حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْمِصْرِيَّانِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ بِصِدْقٍ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ  

darimi:2451al-Qāsim b. Kathīr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If anyone asks Allah for martyrdom sincerely, Allah will make him reach the ranks of martyrs even if he died on his bed. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1520)   

الدارمي:٢٤٥١أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ شُرَيْحٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَهْلَ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ صَادِقًا مِنْ قَلْبِهِ بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ»  

hakim:2412Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Wahb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father from his grandfather

"Whoever asks Allah, the mighty and Sublime, sincerely for martyrdom, Allah will cause him to reach the status of the martyrs even of he dies in his bed." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3162)  

الحاكم:٢٤١٢وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أَنْبَأَ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ بِصِدْقٍ بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم

ذِكْرُ تَبْلِيغِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ وَإِنْ جَاءَتْهُ مَنِيَّتُهُ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ

ibnhibban:3192al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir > Ibn Wahb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If anyone asks Allah for martyrdom sincerely, Allah will make him reach the ranks of martyrs even if he died on his bed. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1520)   

ابن حبّان:٣١٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ بِصِدْقٍ بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ»  

tabarani:5550Bakr b. Sahl > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Abū Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If anyone asks Allah for martyrdom sincerely, Allah will make him reach the ranks of martyrs even if he died on his bed. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1520)   

الطبراني:٥٥٥٠حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَهْلَ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ سَأَلَ اللهَ الشَّهَادَةَ صَادِقًا مِنْ قَلْبِهِ بَلَّغَهُ اللهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:4355Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If anyone asks Allah for martyrdom sincerely, Allah will make him reach the ranks of martyrs even if he died on his bed. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1520)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٣٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ سَأَلَ اللهَ الشَّهَادَةَ بِصِدْقٍ بَلَّغَهُ اللهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ»  

bayhaqi:18555Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Wahb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever asks Allah for martyrdom sincerely, Allah will grant him the rank of martyrs even if he dies in his bed."  

البيهقي:١٨٥٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أنبأ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ سَأَلَ اللهَ الشَّهَادَةَ بِصِدْقٍ بَلَّغَهُ اللهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي الطَّاهِرِ وَحَرْمَلَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ وأَخْرَجَهُ أَيْضًا مِنْ حَدِيثِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ
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السيوطي:٢١٦٧٥a

"مَنْ سَأَلَ الله الشَّهَادَةَ (من قلبهِ صادقًا) بَلَّغَهُ الله مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وإنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ".  

الدارمي، [م] مسلم ، [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان عن سهل بن أَبي أُمامة بن سهل بن حنيف عن أَبيه عن جده