It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:`“The martyr does not feel anything more when he is killed than one of you feels if he is pinched (by a bug).”

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdullah bin Jabir bin ‘Atik, from his father, that his grandfather fell sick and the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came to visit him. One of his family members said:`“We hoped that when he died it would be as a martyr in the cause of Allah.”The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“In that case the martyrs of my nation would be few. Being killed in the cause of Allah is martyrdom; dying of the plague is martyrdom; when a pregnant woman dies in childbirth that is martyrdom; and dying of drowning, or burning, or of pleurisy, is martyrdom.”

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked: "Whom do you consider to be a martyr?" The people replied: "One who is killed in the way of Allah (is a martyr)." He said: "Then very few in my Ummah would be martyrs!" (Then the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "No, it is not so, rather) one who is killed in the way of Allah is a martyr, one who dies in the way of Allah is also a martyr, one who dies of a stomach disease is a martyr, and one who dies of plague is a martyr." Suhail says: 'Ubaidullah bin Maqsim informed me, who narrates from Abu Salih, that in it there is an additional wording: "And one who drowns and dies is also a martyr."

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) entered Makkah on the day of the Conquest, with a helmet on his head.

It was narrated from Sa’ib bin Yazid, if Allah wills, that the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) wore two coats of mail on the Day of Uhud, one over the other.

Sulaiman bin Habib said:`“We entered upon Abu Umamah and he saw some silver ornaments on our swords. He got angry and said: ‘People conquered lands and their swords were not adorned with gold and silver, but with lead and iron and ‘Alabi.’”

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) acquired his sword Dhulfiqar, from the spoils of war on the Day of badr.

It was narrated that ‘Ali bin Abi Talib said:`“When Mughirah bin Shu’bah fought alongside the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) he would carry a spear, and when he would come back he would throw his spear down so that someone would pick it up and give it back to him.”‘Ali said to him:“I will tell the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) about that.”He (the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )) said:“Do not do that, for it you do that it will not be picked up as a lost item to be returned.”

It was narrated that ‘Ali said:`“The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had an Arabian bow in his hand, and he saw a man who had a Persian bow in his hand. He said: ‘What is this? Throw it away. You should use this and others like it, and Qana* spears. Perhaps Allah will support His religion thereby and enable you to conquer lands.’”

It was narrated from ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir Al-Juhani that the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:`“Allah will admit three people to Paradise by virtue of one arrow: The one who makes it, seeking reward by making it well; the one who shoots it; and the one who hands it to him.”And the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“Shoot and ride, and if you shoot that is dearer to me than if you ride. All things that a Muslim man does for entertainment are in vain except for shooting arrows, training his horse and playing with his wife, for these are things that bring reward.”