Hadith #441
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ لَأَنْ أَحْلِفَ تِسْعًا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُتِلَ قَتْلًا أَحَ
بُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْلِفَ وَاحِدَةً أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُقْتَلْ وَذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَهُ نَبِيًّا وَاتَّخَذَهُ شَهِيدًا قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَالَ كَانُوا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ سَمُّوهُ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ
Isnad Chain
عبد الرزاق
سفيان
الأعمش
عبد الله بن مرة
أبي الأحوص
عبد الله
English Translation
'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Sufyan informed us, from al-A'mash, from 'Abdullah ibn Murrah, from Abu al-Ahwas, from 'Abdullah who said: 'I would swear nine times that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was killed as a slain martyr rather than swear once that he was not, for Allah عز وجل took him as a Prophet and made him a martyr.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 11, Hadith 441
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3679
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-40069