Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1021b
"عن مسروق قال: إن الشهداء ذكروا عند عمر بن الخطاب، فقال عمرُ للقوم: مَا تَرَوْنَ الشُّهَدَاءَ؟ قَالَ الْقَوْمُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: هُمْ منْ يُقْتَلُ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَغَازِي، فَقَالَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ: إنَّ (شُهَدَاءَكُمْ) إذَنْ لَكَثِيرٌ, إنِّي أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ: إِنَّ الشَّجَاعَةَ وَالْجُبْنَ غَرَائِزُ فِي النَّاسِ يَضَعُهَا الله حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ, فَالشُّجَاعُ يُقَاتِلُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ مَنْ لَا يُبَالِي أَنْ لَا يَؤُوبَ إلَى أَهْلِهِ, وَالْجَبَانُ فَارٌّ عَنْ حَلِيلَتِهِ، وَلَكِنَّ الشَّهِيدُ مَنِ احْتَسَبَ بِنَفْسِهِ, وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ مَا نَهَى (الله) وَالْمُسْلِم مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ"
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Msrwq
- n al-Shhdāʾ Dhkrwā
- d ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Fqāl ʿMr Llqwm Mā Tarawn al-Shuhadāʾ
Machine translation, not reviewed
Masruq said: The martyrs were mentioned in the presence of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, and 'Umar said to the people: 'What do you consider the martyrs to be?' The people said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, they are those who are killed in these campaigns.' He said at that: 'Then your martyrs would be many. I will tell you about that: courage and cowardice are dispositions among people which Allah places wherever He wills. The brave fights from behind one who does not care that he may not return to his family, and the coward flees from his wife. But the martyr is the one who seeks reward with his self. The emigrant is the one who abandons what Allah has forbidden, and the Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe.'
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Notes
[ش] ابن أبى شيبة
machine translation[Note] Ibn Abī Shaybah
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