Sahih al-Bukhari 6607

Hadith text

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:There was a man who fought most bravely of all the Muslims on behalf of the Muslims in a battle (Ghazwa) in the company of the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) looked at him and said. "If anyone would like to see a man from the people of the Fire, let him look at this (brave man)." On that, a man from the People (Muslims) followed him, and he was in that state i.e., fighting fiercely against the pagans till he was wounded, and then he hastened to end his life by placing his sword between his breasts (and pressed it with great force) till it came out between his shoulders. Then the man (who was watching that person) went quickly to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "I testify that you are Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "Why do you say that?" He said, "You said about so-and-so, 'If anyone would like to see a man from the people of the Fire, he should look at him.' He fought most bravely of all of us on behalf of the Muslims and I knew that he would not die as a Muslim (Martyr). So when he got wounded, he hastened to die and committed suicide." There-upon the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A man may do the deeds of the people of the Fire while in fact he is one of the people of Paradise, and he may do the deeds of the people of Paradise while in fact he belongs to the people of Fire, and verily, (the rewards of) the deeds are decided by the last actions (deeds)

Sahl bin Sa'd bataate hain: Ek aisa aadmi tha jo ek jang mein Nabi (SAW) ke saath Musalmaanon ki taraf se sabse zyaada bahaduri se ladha. Nabi (SAW) ne uski taraf dekha aur kaha, 'Agar koi Aag waalon mein se ek aadmi dekhna chaahe, to wo isse (is bahaadur aadmi ko) dekhe.' Isper Musalmaanon mein se ek shaks uske peechhe gaya, aur wo isi haalat mein tha, yaani mushrikon ke khilaaf shiddat se ladta hua, yahaan tak ke wo zakhmi ho gaya, aur phir usne jaldi se apni zindagi khatm karne ke liye apni talwaar apni chhaati ke beech rakhi (aur zor se dabaayi) yahaan tak ke wo uske kandhon se paar ho gayi. Phir wo aadmi (jo use dekh raha tha) jaldi se Nabi (SAW) ke paas gaya aur kaha, 'Main gawaahi deta hoon ke aap Allah ke Rasool hain!' Nabi (SAW) ne unse pucha, 'Tum aisa kyun keh rahe ho?' Usne kaha, 'Aapne falaan aadmi ke baare mein kaha tha, "Agar koi Aag waalon mein se ek aadmi dekhna chaahe, use isse dekhna chaahiye." Wo hum sab mein Musalmaanon ki taraf se sabse zyaada bahaduri se lada, aur mujhe pata tha ke wo Musalmaan (shaheed) ki tarah nahi marega. To jab wo zakhmi hua, usne jaldi marne ki koshish ki aur khudkushi kar li.' Isper Nabi (SAW) ne kaha, 'Ek shaks Aag waalon ke amaal kar sakta hai jabke haqeeqat mein wo Jannat waalon mein se ek hai, aur wo Jannat waalon ke amaal kar sakta hai jabke haqeeqat mein wo Aag waalon mein se hai, aur beshak, (amaal ke ajr ka) faisla aakhri karyon (amalon) se hota hai.'

Sahih al-Bukhari 6607 · Book 82, Hadith 13