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174 — Ahmad ibn Imrān ibn Abd al-Malik narrated to us. He said: Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to me. He said: Yūnus ibn Abī Ishāq narrated to me, from al-Ayzār ibn Hurayth, who said: Khālid ibn al-Walīd said: “By Allah, I do not know from which day of mine I should flee: a day on which Allah—majestic is His glory—intends to grant me martyrdom, or a day on which Allah—majestic is His glory—intends to bestow an honor upon me.”
١٧٤ - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْعَيْزَارِ بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوليدِ: «وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي مِنْ أَيِّ يَوْمِي أَفِرُّ، مِنْ يَوْمٍ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ ﷿ أَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي فِيهِ شَهَادَةً، أَمْ مِنْ يَوْمٍ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ ﷿ أَنْ يُهْدِيَ لِي فِيهِ كَرَامَةً»