(30) باب تَمَنِّي الْقَتْلِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى .
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:
"I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, were it not that some men among the believers would not like to stay behind when I went out (to fight), and I could not find any mounts for them, I would not have stayed behind from any campaign that fought in the cause of Allah. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I wish that I could be killed in the cause of Allah, then brought back to life, then killed, then be brought back to life, then killed.'" (DE)
Reference (DE): Sunan an-Nasa'i 3152 (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 25, Hadith 68 (DE)
English translation (DE): Vol. 1, Book 25, Hadith 3154 (DE)