He fell ill, so the Prophet ﷺ came to visit him. One of his family members said, "We were hoping his death would be martyrdom, killed in the path of Allah."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The martyrs of my nation would then be few indeed. Being killed in the path of Allah is martyrdom, dying of plague is martyrdom, a woman who dies with a child still in her womb is a martyr, meaning the pregnant woman, drowning is martyrdom, burning is martyrdom, and pleurisy is martyrdom."
حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة حدثنا وكيع عن أبي العميس
أنه مرض فأتاه النبي ﷺ يعوده فقال قائل من أهله إن كنا لنرجو أن تكون وفاته قتل شهادة في سبيل الله فقال رسول الله ﷺ إن شهداء أمتي إذا لقليل القتل في سبيل الله شهادة والمطعون شهادة والمرأة تموت بجمع شهادة يعني الحامل والغرق والحرق والمجنوب يعني ذات الجنب شهادة
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[Its isnad is hasan] Abu Dawud narrated it in the Book of Funerals, chapter on the merit of one who dies of plague, hadith no. 3111, from the hadith of Abdullah bin Abdullah, in full, and Ibn Hibban graded it sahih, hadith no. 1616, as did Hakim (1/352-353) and Dhahabi, and Nawawi said, "It is sahih by consensus, even though the two Sheikhs did not include it."