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Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar
that Umar ibn al-Khattab was washed and shrouded and prayed over, yet
he was a martyr, may Allah have mercy on him .
Muwatta Malik Book 21, Hadith 38
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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."
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Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard the people of
knowledge say that martyrs in the way of Allah were not washed, nor
were any of them prayed over. They were buried in the garments in
which they were slain.