It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Were it not that it would be too difficult for my Ummah, I would not have stayed behind from any expedition. But they could not find mounts, and I could not find any mounts for them, and it would be too hard for them to stay behind when I went out. And I wish that I could be killed in the cause of Allah, then brought back to life, then killed, then brought back to life, then killed," three times.
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 3151 In-book : Book 25, Hadith 67 English translation : Vol. 1, Book 25, Hadith 3153
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