Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever sets out in the way of Allah (for jihad), Allah becomes his guarantor. (Allah Almighty says:) His faith in Me and his affirmation of My messengers has made him leave (his home for this sacrifice). (I guarantee) that either I will return him with reward and spoils of war, or (after being martyred) I will admit him into Paradise. (The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:) And if I did not consider it difficult for my ummah, I would never stay behind from accompanying the army, and my wish is that I be killed in the way of Allah, then brought back to life, then killed again, then brought back to life, then killed again.