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tabarani:21290[Chain 1] Hārūn b. Kāmil al-Miṣrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Yūnus [Chain 2] Ismāʿīl b. al-Ḥasan al-Khaffāf al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Basah b. Khālid > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] About a woman named Sumaytah from the Banu Layth ibn Bakr, who was in the chamber of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , she said, "I heard her mentioning Safiyyah, the daughter of Abu Ubayd, saying that she heard the Prophet ﷺ say, 'Whoever among you is able to die in Madinah, then let him die there, for indeed he dies as a martyr and will be interceded for.'"  

الطبراني:٢١٢٩٠حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ كَامِلٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْخَفَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا عَنْبَسَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنْ صُمَيْتَةَ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فِي حِجْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُهَا تُحَدِّثُ صَفِيَّةَ ابْنَةَ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَمُتْ فَإِنَّهُ يَمُتْ شَهِيدًا وَيُشَفَّعُ لَهُ»  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá

ذِكْرُ تَشْفِيعِ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ لِمَنْ مَاتَ بِهَا مِنْ أُمَّةِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ

ibnhibban:3742Ibn Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > al-Ṣumaytah Āmraʾah from Banī Layth > Samiʿtuhā > Ṣafiyyah b. Abū ʿUbayd

[Machine] I heard Safiyyah bint Abi Ubaidah saying that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whoever among you is able to die only in Madinah, then let him die there, for whoever dies there, it will intercede for him and testify for him."  

ابن حبّان:٣٧٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ الصُّمَيْتَةَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُهَا تُحَدِّثُ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ لَا يَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَمُتْ بِهَا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَمُتْ بِهَا تَشْفَعْ لَهُ وَتَشْهَدُ لَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:4271Khālid b. Nziār > al-Qāsim b. Mabrūr > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] That the Sumeitah woman from the tribe of Banu Layth ibn Bakr was in the chamber of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "I heard her telling Safiyyah bint Abi Ubayd that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Whoever among you is able to die in Medina, let him die there, for I will intercede for him or testify for him.'"  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٢٧١أخبرنا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ نزِارٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مَبْرُورٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ الصُّمَيْتَةَ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فِي حِجْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهَا تُحَدِّثُ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَمُتْ بِهَا؛ فَإِنِّي أَشْفَعُ لَهُ أَوْ أَشْهَدُ لَهُ»