It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was at al-Rawha when a Bedouin came down from a height to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked: "Who are these people, and where do you intend to go?" He was told: "They are (heading to) Badr with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." He said: "Why is it that I see you in a shabby state and with few weapons?" The Companions replied: "We are awaiting one of two good things: either we are killed and then we get Paradise, or we prevail and Allah combines both for us, that is, victory and Paradise." He asked: "Where is your Prophet?" They said: "Here he is." He said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Prophet of Allah! I do not have my war equipment (weapons) with me; let me fetch my equipment and then I will join you." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go to your family and fetch your equipment." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out for Badr, and the man went home until he had finished what he needed. Then he joined the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at Badr while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was arranging the people in ranks for battle. He too joined the ranks with them. Then the people fought, and he was among those whom Allah granted the rank of martyrdom. When Allah had defeated the polytheists and granted victory to the believers, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed among the martyrs, with Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) accompanying him (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Umar, listen! You love accounts (of wisdom and lessons). Indeed, the martyrs too have their chiefs, nobles and kings, and O Umar, this man is one of them." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioning the martyrs of Uhud, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By Allah! I wished that I too had been left (martyred) with my companions at the foot of the mountain." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him): We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Battle of Tabuk, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "If you wish, shall I tell you of the head of the whole matter, its pillar and the peak of its summit?" I said: Certainly, O Messenger of Allah! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The head of the matter is Islam, its pillar is the prayer, and the peak of its summit is jihad." 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 Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of Uhud Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with him) said (to me): "Will you not come so that we may supplicate to Allah?" So they went aside to a corner in private. First Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) supplicated: "O my Lord! When we meet the enemy tomorrow, make me face a man of fierce strength and fierce anger; I will fight him for Your sake and he will fight me; then grant me victory over him so that I kill him and take his spoils." Then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with him) stood and supplicated: "O Allah! Tomorrow make me face a man of fierce anger and great strength; I will fight him for Your sake and he will fight me; then he will seize me and cut off my nose and ears, so that when I meet You tomorrow (on the Day of Resurrection) You will ask: O Abdullah, for what were your nose and ears cut off? And I will say: For You and for Your Messenger. And You will say: You have spoken the truth." Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said (to his son): O my son! The supplication of Abdullah bin Jahsh was better than my supplication. I saw him at the end of the day with his ears and nose hanging on a thread. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whichever Muslim fights in the path of Allah for as long as the interval between two milkings of a she-camel, Paradise becomes obligatory for him. And whoever sincerely asks Allah for martyrdom, and then dies or is killed, will have the reward of a martyr." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. It also has a sahih (authentic) chain on the condition of the two Shaykhs in abridged form, and they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sincerely asks Allah for martyrdom, and then dies, Allah will grant him the reward of a martyr."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sincerely asks Allah for martyrdom, Allah will raise him to the ranks of the martyrs even if he dies on his bed." 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 Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that, when setting out against the Kharijites, he wrote a letter in which (it was written that) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people! Do not wish to meet the enemy, and ask Allah for well-being; but when you do meet them, be patient and steadfast, and know that Paradise is beneath the shade of the swords." 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 Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any army fighting in the path of Allah that obtains spoils receives two-thirds of its reward of the Hereafter in advance (in this world), and one-third remains for them. And if they do not obtain spoils, their reward (for the Hereafter) is complete." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Mu'adh bin Anas al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his father that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the reward of prayer, fasting and the remembrance of Allah is multiplied seven hundred times over spending in the path of Allah." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.