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Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was sitting by a grave which was being dug at Madina. A man looked into the grave and said, 'An awful bed for the mumin. 'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, 'Evil? What you have said is absolutely wrong.' The man said, 'I didn't mean that, Messenger of Allah. I meant being killed in the way of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Being killed in the way of Allah has no like! There is no place on the earth which I would prefer my grave to be than here (meaning Madina). He repeated it three times

وحدثني عن مالك، عن يحيى بن سعيد، قال كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم جالسا وقبر يحفر بالمدينة فاطلع رجل في القبر فقال بيس مضجع المومن . فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " بيس ما قلت " . فقال الرجل اني لم ارد هذا يا رسول الله انما اردت القتل في سبيل الله . فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " لا مثل للقتل في سبيل الله ما على الارض بقعة هي احب الى ان يكون قبري بها منها " . ثلاث مرات يعني المدينة