THE REWARD OF JIHAD H 1343 "The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, set out with his Companions and arrived at Badr ahead of the idolators and instructed: 'No one should go before me.' As the unbelievers approached, the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, 'Now stand up and proceed towards Paradise its extent encompasses the heavens and the earth.' Thereupon Umair, the son of Hamam inquired, 'O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, does Paradise encompass the heavens and the earth?' He answered, 'Yes.' Umair exclaimed, 'Well, well.' The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, asked him, 'What has urged you to say well, well?' He answered, 'O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, by Allah, I uttered these words to express the hope that I might become an inhabitant of Paradise.' Whereupon the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, informed him, 'You are one of its inhabitants.' After that he took some dates from his quiver and began to eat them and said, 'If I were to survive until I finish eating these dates, that would be a long interval.' So he threw down the remaining dates, rushed into the battle and was martyred." R 1343 Muslim with a chain up to Anas who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this. H 1344 "Some people came to the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, and requested him to send some men with them to teach the Koran and the Prophetic ways. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, sent seventy men from the tribe of Ansar who were known as Reciters and among them was my (Anas') maternal uncle, Haram. These people used to recite the Koran and occupy themselves at night teaching and learning it. During the day, they brought water to the Mosque and gathered wood for fuel which they then sold. With their earnings they bought food for the people of Suffa (the needy people who remained in attendance in the Mosque) and other poor people. The seventy Ansari's who were sent with these people were martyred. As they were being martyred they supplicated saying, 'O Allah, convey from us to our Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, that we have met You and are pleased with You and that You are pleased with us.' A man came to Haram from behind him with a spear and thrust it through his body, whereupon Haram exclaimed, 'By the Lord of the Ka'ba I am a winner.' The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, informed his Companions: 'Your brethren have been murdered and they supplicated: O Allah, convey from us to our Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, that we have met You and are pleased with You and that You are pleased with us." R 1344 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Anas who related this.
1315- وعن أنس رضي الله عنه ، قَالَ : انْطَلَقَ رسولُ الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم وَأصْحَابُهُ حَتَّى سَبَقُوا المُشْرِكِينَ إِلَى بَدْرٍ ، وَجَاءَ المُشْرِكُونَ ، فَقَالَ رَسولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : "لاَ يَقْدمَنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى شَيْءٍ حَتَّى أكُونَ أنَا دُونَهُ" . فَدَنَا المُشْرِكُونَ ، فَقَالَ رسولُ الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : "قُومُوا إِلَى جَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّماوَاتُ وَالأرْضُ" قَالَ : يَقُولُ عُمَيْرُ بن الحُمَامِ الأنْصَارِيُّ رضي الله عنه : يَا رسولَ اللهِ ، جَنَّةٌ عَرْضُهَا السَّماوَاتُ وَالأرْضُ ؟ قَالَ : "نَعَمْ" قَالَ : بَخٍ بَخٍ ؟ فَقَالَ رسولُ الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : "مَا يَحْمِلُكَ عَلَى قَولِكَ بَخٍ بَخٍ ؟" قَالَ : لاَ وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِلاَّ رَجَاءَ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنْ أهْلِهَا ، قَالَ : "فَإنَّكَ مِنْ أهْلِهَا" فَأخْرَجَ تَمَرَاتٍ مِنْ قَرَنِهِ ، فَجَعَلَ يَأكُلُ مِنْهُنَّ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : لَئِنْ أَنَا حَييتُ حَتَّى آكُلَ تَمَرَاتِي هذِهِ إنّهَا لَحَياةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ ، فَرَمَى بِمَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنَ التَّمْرِ ، ثُمَّ قَاتَلَهُمْ حَتَّى قُتِلَ . رواه مسلم . " القَرَن" بفتح القاف والراء : هُوَ جُعْبَةُ النشَّابِ .