Sahih Muslim Book - 33, Hadith - 4918

وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَنَسٌ : عَمِّيَ الَّذِي سُمِّيتُ بِهِ لَمْ يَشْهَدْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَدْرًا ، قَالَ : فَشَقَّ عَلَيْهِ ، قَالَ : أَوَّلُ مَشْهَدٍ شَهِدَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غُيِّبْتُ عَنْهُ ، وَإِنْ أَرَانِيَ اللَّهُ مَشْهَدًا فِيمَا بَعْدُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيَرَانِي اللَّهُ مَا أَصْنَعُ ، قَالَ : فَهَابَ أَنْ يَقُولَ غَيْرَهَا ، قَالَ : فَشَهِدَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ ، قَالَ : فَاسْتَقْبَلَ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَنَسٌ : يَا أَبَا عَمْرٍو ، أَيْنَ ؟ فَقَالَ : وَاهًا لِرِيحِ الْجَنَّةِ أَجِدُهُ دُونَ أُحُدٍ ، قَالَ : فَقَاتَلَهُمْ حَتَّى قُتِلَ ، قَالَ : فَوُجِدَ فِي جَسَدِهِ بِضْعٌ وَثَمَانُونَ مِنْ بَيْنِ ضَرْبَةٍ وَطَعْنَةٍ وَرَمْيَةٍ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَتْ أُخْتُهُ ، عَمَّتِيَ الرُّبَيِّعُ بِنْتُ النَّضْرِ ، فَمَا عَرَفْتُ أَخِي إِلاَّ بِبَنَانِهِ ، وَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ : {رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضَى نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِيلاً} ، قَالَ : فَكَانُوا يُرَوْنَ أَنَّهَا نَزَلَتْ فِيهِ وَفِي أَصْحَابِهِ.

It was narrated that Thabit said: "Anas said: 'My paternal uncle after whom I was named was not present with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) at (the battle of) Badr, and he was upset about that. He said: "I have missed the first battle where the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) was present, but if Allah gives me the opportunity to be at any other battle with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w). Allah, exalted is He, will see what I will do." He was afraid to say more than that. He was present with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) on the day of (the battle of) Uhud. He met Sa'd bin Mu'adh, and Anas said to him: "O Abu 'Amr, where are you going?" He said: "I smell the fragrance of Paradise beside Uhud." He fought them until he was killed, and eighty-odd wounds were counted on his body, inflicted with swords, spears and arrows. [Anas bin Malik] said: "His sister, my paternal aunt Ar-Rubayyi' bint An-Nadir, said: 'I could not recognize my brother except by his finger tips.' Then this Verse was revealed: 'Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah [i.e. they have gone out for Jihad, and showed not their backs to the disbelievers]; of them some have fulfilled their obligations (i.e. have been martyred); and some of them are still waiting, but they have never changed (i.e. they never proved treacherous to their covenant which they concluded with Allah) in the least.' And they thought that it had been revealed concerning him and his companions."