أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَکَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَی وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ سُمَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ عَنْ کَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ أَنَّ عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ حَدَّثَهُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَا عَلَی الْأَرْضِ مِنْ نَفْسٍ تَمُوتُ وَلَهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْکُمْ وَلَهَا الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا الْقَتِيلُ فَإِنَّهُ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فَيُقْتَلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَی
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3167
It was narrated from Kathir bin Murrah that ‘Ubadah bin As Samit told them that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “There is no soul on Earth that dies, and is in a good position before Allah, that would like to come back to you, even if it had all this world, except the one who is killed (in the cause of Allah); he wishes that he could come back and be killed again.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020