Hazrat Umar bin Abdullah Mawla Ghafrah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a son of Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) spent thirty days in jihad. When he returned, Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him, "I swear to you that you must go back and spend ten more days in jihad so that forty days are completed."

Hazrat Abu Umamah and Hazrat Jubair bin Nufair (may Allah have mercy on them) say that a time will come upon the people when the most virtuous jihad will be ribat (guarding the frontiers). The narrator says: I asked, when will that be? They replied: When battles become few, tributes increase, and war booty is considered lawful (without proper reason), then at that time the most virtuous jihad is ribat.

Hazrat Yazid bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) and Safwan bin Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) state that whoever passed away while traveling for jihad has attained the rank of martyrdom.

Hazrat Abu Umamah Bahili (may Allah have mercy on him) says that some nations will achieve many victories. The ornamentation of the swords of these nations will not be of gold or silver, but of red copper, white copper, and iron.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever suffers from a headache in the way of Allah, Allah Almighty forgives all his past sins.

Hazrat Abu Qabeel, may Allah have mercy on him, says that someone asked Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, whether Constantinople would be conquered first or Rome. Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, called for his box with rings and took out a book from it and began to read. Then he said that we used to sit around the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and write. Once, he was asked whether Constantinople would be conquered first or Rome. The Holy Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said that the city of Heraclius would be conquered first.

Hazrat Salman bin Rabee’ah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I have killed a hundred such men with this sword of mine who used to worship other than Allah; I did not kill any religious person among them.

Hazrat Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I myself saw, I was one of those five or six men whose every nail of the hands and feet had fallen off. Then he said that I do not know why I mentioned this; I seek its reward only from Allah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No one except the martyr has this distinction that when his soul departs, he wishes to return to the world and to the blessings of the world. He has this desire because when he sees the reward of martyrdom, he wishes to return to the world and be martyred again in the path of Allah.

Hazrat Mak’hool (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a martyr receives six kinds of rewards from Allah Almighty:
A. As soon as the first drop of his blood falls, Allah forgives his sins.
B. He is adorned with the ornament of faith.
C. He is married to the maidens of Paradise (Hoor al-Ayn).
D. The door of Paradise is opened for him.
E. The punishment of the grave is removed from him.
F. He is protected from the hardship of the Day of Judgment.