It is narrated from Hazrat Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Your Lord says, whoever sets out in My path to please Me, I guarantee him that if I take his life, I will admit him to Paradise, and if I bring him back, I will return him with reward and spoils of war.

Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that a time will soon come upon people when they will take pride in having fewer dependents just as they now take pride in having many dependents. People asked: O Abu Abdur Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him)! What will be the best wealth for a man on that day? He replied: A fine horse and a fine weapon that remain with him everywhere.

Hazrat Abu Zubyan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) went for jihad to the land of Rome and fell ill there. He said, "When I die and you confront the enemy, then bury me beneath your feet."

Hazrat Khalid bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I was an expert archer. Whenever Hazrat Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by me, he would say, "O Khalid! Come, let us practice archery." One day I showed some reluctance, so he said, "O Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him)! Come, I will tell you a hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Allah Almighty will admit three people into Paradise because of a single arrow: its maker, if he intended good in making it; its shooter; and the one who hands it to the shooter.' There are three playful acts in which there is reward: a man training his horse, a man having relations with his wife, and a man shooting an arrow from a bow and straightening it. Whoever learns archery and then abandons it has shown ingratitude for this blessing."

Hazrat Ishaq narrates from some men of Banu Salamah that during the time of Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), the water of a spring reached the graves of the martyrs of Uhud. Because of this, the graves of Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr bin Haram (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Amr bin Jamuh (may Allah be pleased with him) became exposed. It was decided that the graves of these personalities should be moved to another place. When we took out the blessed bodies of these personalities from the graves, they were as fresh as if they had passed away just yesterday. The parts of their faces were covered with a sheet and their feet were covered with a type of grass called Izkhir.

Hazrat Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that my father, Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), said to me: "O my son! If I were not concerned about these daughters, I would have sent you ahead of myself to the battlefield, but for their care, you should stay here in Madinah." Hazrat Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says that a few days later, my paternal aunt brought the bodies of my father and my uncle, loaded on a camel.

Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the verse of the Holy Qur’an:“Do not consider those who are killed in the way of Allah as dead; they are alive and are provided sustenance by Allah.”says that when Hazrat Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Mus’ab bin Umair (may Allah be pleased with him) were martyred in the Battle of Uhud, after their martyrdom they said,“If only our brothers could know of the goodness that Allah has granted us.”Allah Almighty said,“I will convey this message of yours to them.”Upon this, Allah Almighty revealed the verse from { وَلاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِینَ قُتِلُوا فِی سَبِیلِ اللہِ أَمْوَاتًا بَلْ أَحْیَائٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّہِمْ یُرْزَقُونَ فَرِحِینَ } to { المؤمنین } (Aal-e-Imran: 169).

It is narrated from Hazrat Tawus that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Allah Almighty has sent me with the sword before the Day of Judgment. Allah has placed my sustenance under the shadow of my spear. The fate of my opponents is humiliation and disgrace. Whoever imitates a people is one of them.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Shaddad narrates that when Hazrat Saad bin Muadh (may Allah be pleased with him) was in the throes of death, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: O leader of the people! May Allah grant you the best reward. You fulfilled the promise you made to Allah with truthfulness, and Allah will also fulfill the promise He made to you with truthfulness.

Muhammad says that when an army of disbelievers came from the east, a man from the Ansar attacked them and broke through their ranks, emerging from the other side. Then he attacked them from behind and again broke through their ranks and came out. He did this two or three times. When seen from a distance, it was Hazrat Sa'd bin Hisham. When this was mentioned to Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he recited this verse: Some people there are who sell their souls seeking Allah’s pleasure. (__QUR_N__ al-Baqarah: 207)