It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Atik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever goes out of his house with the intention of jihad in the way of Allah." The narrator said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) joined his three fingers together and said: "And where are those who strive in the way of Allah (in their great reward)? Whoever goes out in the way of Allah, then falls from his mount and dies, his reward is established with Allah; and if an animal stings him and he dies, his reward is established with Allah; and whoever dies a natural death," The narrator said: This is an expression (hatf anfihi) that I had not heard from any Arab before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), meaning to die on one's bed, "his reward is established with Allah; and whoever is killed suddenly (on the battlefield), Paradise becomes obligatory for him." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.