Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ لَأَنْ أَحْلِفَ بِاللَّهِ تِسْعًا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُتِلَ قَتْلًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْلِفَ وَاحِدَةً وَذَلِك بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ اتَّخَذَهُ نَبِيًّا وَجَعَلَهُ شَهِيدًا.
English Translation
Abu Mu’awiyah told us: al-A’mash told us, from Abdullah ibn Murrah, from Abu al-Ahwas, from Abdullah, who said: That I should swear by Allah nine times that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was killed by murder is more beloved to me than that I should swear it once — and that is because Allah, Mighty and Majestic, took him as a Prophet and made him a martyr.