The Book of the Sunnah
Sunan Ibn Mājah 190
يَا رَبِّ تُحْيِينِي فَأُقْتَلُ فِيكَ ثَانِيَةً . فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ سُبْحَانَهُ إِنَّهُ سَبَقَ مِنِّي أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهَا لاَ يَرْجِعُونَ . قَالَ يَا رَبِّ فَأَبْلِغْ مَنْ وَرَائِي . قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {وَلاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ}
yā rabbi tuḥyīnī fa-uqtalu fīka thāniyatan . faqāla ar-rabbu subḥānah innah sabaqa minnī annahum ilayhā lā yarjiʿūna . qāla yā rabbi fa-abligh man warāʾī . qāla fa-anzala-Llāh taʿālā walā taḥsabanna adh-dhīna qutilūā fī sabīli-Llāh amwātan bal aḥyāʾun ʿinda rabbihim yurzaqūna
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
(Talhah bin Khirash said:"I head Jabir bin 'Abdullah say" 'When 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin )Haram) was killed on the Day of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah met me, and said: "O Jabir, shall I not tell you what Allah has said to your father?" Yahya said in his Hadith: "And he said: 'O Jabir, why do I see you broken-hearted?' I (Jabir) said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my father has been martyred and he has left behind dependents and debts.' He said: 'Shall I not give you the glad tidings of that with which Allah met your father?' I said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Allah never spoke to anyone except from behind a screen, but He spoke to your father directly, and He said: "O My slave! Ask something from Me and I shall give it to you." He said: "O Lord, bring me back to life so that I may be killed in Your cause a second time." The Lord, Glorified is He, said: "I have already decreed that they will not return to life." He said: "My Lord, then convey (this news) to those whom I have left behind." Allah said: "Think not of those as dead who are killed in the way of Allah, Nay, they are alive, with their Lord, and they have provision
Source
Sunan Ibn Mājah · 190
- Al-Albani: Hasan
- Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi: Hasan
- Shuaib Al Arnaut: Hasan
- Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Hasan