Hadith 35788

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibnJabir ibn Atik that Atik ibn al-Harith, the grandfather of Abdullahibn Abdullah ibn Jabir on his mother's side, told him that Jabir ibnAtik had told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, came to visit Abdullah ibn Thabit and found him inhis death-throes. He called to him but he did not reply. The Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "We belong toAllah, and to Him we are returning," and added, "You are being takenfrom us, Abur-Rabi`." The women cried out and wept, and Jabir beganto silence them. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, said, "Leave them, and when the necessary time comes, noneof the women should cry." They said, "Messenger of Allah, what is thenecessary time?" and he replied, "When he dies." The dying man'sdaughter said, "By Allah, I hope that you will be a martyr, for youhave completed your preparations for battle," and the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah has madehis reward fall according to his intention. What do you consider dyinga martyr to be?" They said, "Death in the way of Allah." The Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There areseven kinds of martyr other than those killed in the way of Allah.Someone who is killed by the plague is a martyr, someone who drowns isa martyr, someone who dies of pleurisy is a martyr, someone who diesof a disease of the belly is a martyr, someone who dies by fire is amartyr, someone who dies under a falling building is a martyr and awoman who dies in childbirth is a martyr."