The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "Whom do you count as a martyr among you?"They replied, "Whoever is killed in the path of Allah."He said, "In that case, the martyrs of my nation would be few. Being killed in the path of Allah is martyrdom, dying of a stomach illness is martyrdom, drowning is martyrdom, a woman who dies in childbirth is a martyr, and dying of the plague is martyrdom."
حدثنا عبد الرزاق حدثنا معمر عن سهيل بن أبي صالح عن أبيه
قال رسول الله ﷺ ما تعدون الشهيد فيكم قالوا من قتل في سبيل الله قال إن شهداء أمتي إذا لقليل القتل في سبيل الله شهادة والبطن شهادة والغرق شهادة والنفساء شهادة والطاعون شهادة
Its isnad is sahih. It is found in Jami al-Masanid wal-Sunan 7:23, taken from this very place. Tayalisi related it, 2407, from Wahib. Muslim related it, 2:105, through Jareer. And Ibn Majah related it, 2804, through Abdul-Aziz bin Mukhtar. All three transmit it from Suhayl, from his father, from Abu Hurairah, with a similar wording. Their wordings show some variation in specifying the martyrs.It will also come again with similar wording at 10772, through the transmission of Hammad from Suhayl. It will also come again with similar wording at 9693, through the transmission of Umar bin Hakam bin Thawban from Abu Hurairah.Malik related its meaning concisely in Muwatta, page 131, within a hadith from Sumayy, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurairah, and it will come again through the transmission of Malik at 8288 and 10910. Malik's hadith was related by Bukhari, 6:32-33, and Muslim, 3:105.His statement, "The martyrs of my nation are..." appears in kh as "The martyr of my nation is...", which is a printing error, the correct version being found in the manuscript sources and in Jami al-Masanid.His statement, "and one who dies of an abdominal ailment is a martyr," with the ta pronounced with fatha, means one who dies from a disease in his belly, such as dropsy or the like. So said Ibn Athir.