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Sahih Muslim: Hadith 4831

33. The Book on Government

صحيح مسلم

1/29 Chapter:

Clarifying the meaning of the Statement of the Prophet (ﷺ): "Do not revert to disbelief (Kuffar) after I am Gone, striking one another's necks"

باب ‏"‏ لاَ تَرْجِعُوا بَعْدِي كُفَّارًا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ ‏"‏ ‏‏

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Sahih Muslim
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وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، وَحُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏‏ مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ تَمُوتُ لَهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ يَسُرُّهَا أَنَّهَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا وَلاَ أَنَّ لَهَا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا إِلاَّ الشَّهِيدُ فَإِنَّهُ يَتَمَنَّى أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فَيُقْتَلَ فِي الدُّنْيَا لِمَا يَرَى مِنْ فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ ‏"‏ ‏‏
It has been narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
" Nobody who dies and has something good for him with Allah will (ever like to) return to this world even though he were offered the whole world and all that is in its (as an inducement), except the martyr who desires to return and be killed in the world for the (great) merit of martyrdom that he has seen.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 1877 a
In-book : Book 33, Hadith 163
USC-MSA web (English) : Book 20, Hadith 4634  (deprecated)