# Sunan Ibn Majah - The Chapters on Jihad

*Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 23, 2026*

**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #2537

**Book:** The Chapters on Jihad | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Mahdi عبد الرحمن بن مهدي, Abu Hurairah, Hyan bin Bstam al-Hdhly al-Bsry حيان بن بسطام, Saleem bin Hiyyan سليم بن حيان

“We hoped that when he died it would be as a martyr in the cause of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “In that case the martyrs of my nation would be few. Being killed in the cause of Allah is martyrdom; dying of the plague is martyrdom; when a pregnant woman dies in childbirth that is martyrdom; and dying of drowning, or burning, or of pleurisy, is martyrdom.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-2537/)*

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