It is narrated from Muhallab bin Abi Sufrah that he heard a man narrating from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that, fearing Abu Sufyan would launch a night attack, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you are attacked by night, let your call be 'Ha Mim, la yunsarun' (Ha Mim, they will not be helped)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), except that there is irsal (a missing link) in it; the man whom Muhallab bin Abi Sufrah did not name is Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tomorrow you will certainly meet the enemy, so let your battle cry be: 'Ha Mim, the enemy will not be victorious.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tomorrow you will certainly meet your enemy (so let your battle cry be Ha Mim, la yunsarun)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tomorrow you will face (the enemy), so let your battle cry (shi'ar) be: 'Ha Mim, la yunsarun' (Ha Mim, they will not be helped)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Salamah bin al-Akwa' (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) I took part in a military expedition under the command of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and at that time the battle cry (shi'ar) of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was 'Amit, amit' (Kill, kill). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Salamah bin al-Akwa' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the battle cry (shi'ar) of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was 'Amit, amit' (Kill, kill).

It is narrated from a man of the tribe of Muzaynah that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man calling out in his battle cry: "Ya Haram, ya Haram (O unlawful, O unlawful)", and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (correcting him) said: "(Say:) Ya Halal, ya Halal (O lawful, O lawful)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) as a mursal report, and the man left unnamed in this narration is Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal al-Muzani (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the like of it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Malik bin Aws bin al-Hadathan (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came to a gathering in the Prophet's Mosque where people were talking about a military detachment (sariyyah) that had perished in the path of Allah. One of them was saying: "They were Allah's workers who gave their lives in His path, and their reward is now binding upon Allah." Another was saying: "Allah knows best about their state; they will have what they intended." When they saw Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) approaching, leaning on his staff, they fell silent. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came near, gave salam and asked: "What were you talking about?" They said: "We were talking about this detachment that was martyred in the path of Allah. Some of us say that they were Allah's soldiers who died in His path and that their reward with Allah is certain, while others say that Allah knows their intentions best." At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Allah knows best. Indeed, some people fight for show and reputation; some people are such that when fighting descends upon them, they have no choice but to fight; and some people fight solely seeking the pleasure of Allah, and it is they who are truly the martyrs. Every person will be raised in the state in which he died. By Allah, no soul knows what will be done with it, except that person (the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)) about whom it has been made clear to us that all his past and future sins have been forgiven." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it; in this chapter they agreed on the hadith of Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him): "Whoever fights so that the word of Allah is uppermost, he is (fighting) in the path of Allah."

Abu al-Ajfa' al-Sulami said: I heard Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) say: "Another thing you say about those who are killed or die in these military expeditions of yours is: 'So-and-so was killed and he is a martyr', or 'So-and-so died a martyr', whereas it may be that he had loaded the rear of his mount with gold or silver seeking trade. So do not say that (definitively); rather, say what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Whoever is killed in the path of Allah or dies, he is in Paradise.'" This is a great and sahih (authentic) hadith, but neither of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) recorded it, because Salamah bin Alqamah, narrating from Ibn Sirin, said: "I was informed on the authority of Abu al-Ajfa'"; and I (Imam al-Hakim), if Allah wills, will mention in the Book of Marriage something by which its authenticity can be established.