Thinking about death

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2520

سُبْحَانَهُ : أَنَا أُبَلِّغُهُمْ عَنْكُمْ . قَالَ : فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ { وَلاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا }

subḥānah : anā uballighuhum ʿankum . qāla : fa-anzala-Llāh { walā taḥsabanna adh-dhīna qutilūā fī sabīli-Llāh amwātan }

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When your brethren were smitten at the battle of Uhud, Allah put their spirits in the crops of green birds which go down to the rivers of Paradise, eat its fruit and nestle in lamps of gold in the shade of the Throne. Then when they experienced the sweetness of their food, drink and rest, they asked: Who will tell our brethren about us that we are alive in Paradise provided with provision, in order that they might not be disinterested in jihad and recoil in war? Allah Most High said: I shall tell them about you; so Allah sent down; "And do not consider those who have been killed in Allah's path." till the end of the verse

Source

Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 2520

Ḥasan
  • Al-Albani: Hasan
  • Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Hasan
  • Shuaib Al Arnaut: Hasan
  • Zubair Ali Zai: Hasan
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