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Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Umar ibn
al-Khattab used to say, "O Allah! I ask you for martyrdom in Your way
and death in the city of Your Messenger!"
Muwatta Malik Book 21, Hadith 36
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Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was
sitting by a grave which was being dug at Madina. A man looked into
the grave and said, 'An awful bed for the mumin. 'The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, 'Evil? What you
have said is absolutely wrong.'
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Umar ibn
al-Khattab said, "The nobility of the mumin is his taqwa. His deen is
his noble descent. His manliness is his good character. Boldness and
cowardice are but instincts which Allah places wherever He wills. The
coward shrinks from defending even his father and mother, and the bold
one fights for the sake of the combat not for the spoils. Being slain
is but one way of meeting death, and the martyr is the one who gives
himself, expectant of reward from Allah."