Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3527b
"عن خالد بن اللجلاج: أن عمر بن الخطاب قال: كَرَمُ المرءِ تَقْوَاهُ، وَمُرُوءَتُهُ دِينُهُ، وَدِينُهُ حُسْنُ خُلُقِهِ، وَالْجُبْنُ وَالْجُرأَةُ غرائزُ، فَالْجَرئُ يُقَاتِلُ عَنْ مَنْ لاَ يَئُوبُ على أهله، وَالْجَبَانُ يَفِرُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ، وَالْقَتْلُ حَتْفٌ () مِنَ الحُتُوفِ، وَالشَّهِيدُ مَنِ احْتَسَبَ نَفْسَهُ، قَالَ: وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ يَرْفَعُهُ إلى رسولِ اللهِ ﷺ ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Khāld b. al-Ljlāj n ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb
- Karam al-Mrʾ
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"On the authority of Khalid ibn al-Lajlaj: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said: A man's nobility is his piety, his manliness is his religion, his religion is his good character, and cowardice and boldness are innate dispositions. The bold man fights for one who will not return to his family, and the coward flees from his father and mother. Killing is one of the deaths (ḥatf) among deaths, and the martyr is one who seeks reward for himself. He said: I do not know that he traced it back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."
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