The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit Abdullah bin Thabit during his illness and found him overcome by it. He called out to him, but he did not respond. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return," and added, "We have lost you, Abu Rabi."The women cried out and wept, and Jabir began trying to quiet them.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Leave them. But once it has become due, let no one weep."They asked, "Messenger of Allah, what is meant by 'become due'?"He replied, "When he dies."His daughter said, "By Allah, I had hoped you would be a martyr, for you had completed your preparations."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah has granted him his reward according to his intention. And what do you consider martyrdom to be?"They replied, "Being killed in the path of Allah."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There are seven martyrs besides the one killed in the path of Allah. The one who dies of plague is a martyr, the one who drowns is a martyr, the one who dies of pleurisy is a martyr, the one who dies of an abdominal illness is a martyr, the one who dies by fire is a martyr, the one who dies under a collapsed structure is a martyr, and the woman who dies in childbirth is a martyr."
أن رسول الله ﷺ جاء يعود عبد الله بن ثابت فوجده قد غلب عليه، فصاح به فلم يجبه، فاسترجع رسول الله ﷺ وقال: غلبنا عليك يا أبا الربيع، فصاح النسوة، وبكين فجعل جابر يسكتهن. فقال رسول الله ﷺ: دعهن فإذا وجب فلا تبكين باكية. قالوا: يا رسول الله وما الوجوب؟ قال: إذا مات فقالت ابنته والله إن كنت لأرجو أن تكون شهيدا، فإنك كنت قد قضيت جهازك فقال رسول الله ﷺ: إن الله قد أوقع أجره علي قدر نيته، وما تعدون الشهادة؟ قالوا: القتل في سبيل الله. فقال رسول الله ﷺ الشهداء سبعة سوى القتل في سبيل الله، المطعون شهيد، والغرق شهيد، وصاحب ذات الجنب شهيد، والمبطون شهيد، والحرق شهيد، والذي يموت تحت الهدم شهيد، والمرأة تموت بجمع شهيد.
Malik narrated it in Janaiz (36) from Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Jabir bin Atik, from Atik bin Harith, who was the grandfather of Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Jabir on his mother's side, that he informed him that Jabir bin Atik informed him, and he related it. Abu Dawud (3111) and Nasai (1846) also narrated it, and Ibn Hibban (3189) and Hakim (1/351) graded it sahih, through various routes from Malik with the same wording. Its chain is hasan, as was discussed earlier in Janaiz, chapter on the permissibility of weeping over the dead.The companion in this hadith is Jabir bin Atik, though he is also called Jubayr bin Atik, as Mizzi held in Tuhfat Ashraf (2/402). It has also been said that they were two brothers, as Mizzi held in Tahzib Kamal (1/428). In my view, the more likely position is that they are one and the same person, and the correct form of his name is Jubayr, though Malik used to call him Jabir. Hakim recorded in Marifat Ulum al-Hadith (p. 150), from Muzani, who said, I heard Shafii say, "Malik made an error regarding Umar bin Uthman, when it is actually Amr bin Uthman, and regarding Jabir bin Atik, when it is actually Jubayr bin Atik." Daraqutni said in Ilal (13/414), "No one has followed Malik in his statement, 'Jabir bin Atik.' And Allah knows best."As for his statement, "pleurisy," it refers to a hot swelling that occurs in the membrane lining the ribs. And his statement, "you have already completed your preparations," means, you have already made ready what you need for your journey to fight. And his statement, "a woman who dies bijamun," means, in her postpartum state, or her child dies and she dies as well from the spread of poison through her body. The word jamun here means that death has brought together the child and the mother. Whoever has interpreted it as referring to Muzdalifa has made an error.