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«لَوَددْتُ أنِّي أُقَاتلُ في سَبِيلِ اللهِ، فَأُقْتلُ، ثُمَّ أُحْيَا فَأُقْتلُ»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Chain of transmission
- Malik ibn Anas
- Abd Allah ibn Dhakwan Abu al-Zinad
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz al-A'raj
- Abu Hurayra
- Muhammad
Summary
Malik transmits from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj, from Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him), that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: by Him in whose hand my soul is, I would love to fight in God's path and be killed, then be given life and be killed, then be given life and be killed; and Abu Hurayra used to say this three times, swearing by God. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Jihad. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Abu Hurayra, Abd Allah ibn Dhakwan, Abu al-Zinad, Abd al-Rahman ibn Hormoz, al-A'raj. Built on in the chapters on jihad and martyrdom (shahada).
Connections
People and things also explored
Muwatta 1325· Muwatta 1326· Muwatta 1283· Muwatta 1284· Muwatta 29· Muwatta 33· Muwatta 40· Muwatta 71
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.592
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 1324”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-7-1324/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.