WE RELATE FROM the Ṣaḥīḥs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim from Anas 
who narrated that the Messenger of Allah 
came to visit Umm Ḥarām 
and fell asleep. He woke up and smiled. She said: “What is making you smile, Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Some of the people of my Ummah were shown to me. They were on an expedition in the Way of Allah, riding the back of the sea like kings on thrones (or, like kings).” She said: “Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah to make me one of them.” The Messenger of Allah made du‘ā’ for her. [1].I say that thabaj al-baḥr, with fatḥah on the thā’ and the bā’ followed by jīm, means ‘[the sea’s] back’: and Umm Ḥarām is written with rā’.
who narrated that the Messenger of Allah came to visit Umm Ḥarām and fell asleep. He woke up and smiled. She said: “What is making you smile, Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Some of the people of my Ummah were shown to me. They were on an expedition in the Way of Allah, riding the back of the sea like kings on thrones (or, like kings).” She said: “Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah to make me one of them.” The Messenger of Allah made du‘ā’ for her. [1].I say that thabaj al-baḥr, with fatḥah on the thā’ and the bā’ followed by jīm, means ‘[the sea’s] back’: and Umm Ḥarām is written with rā’.We relate in the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd, at-Tirmidhī, an-Nasā’ī and Ibn Mājah from Mu‘ādh who reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah say: “Whoever asks Allah sincerely and truthfully from the heart to be killed, and then dies or is killed, will have the reward of a martyr.” [2].At-Tirmidhī describes this hadith as ṣaḥīḥ.
who reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah say: “Whoever asks Allah sincerely and truthfully from the heart to be killed, and then dies or is killed, will have the reward of a martyr.” [2].At-Tirmidhī describes this hadith as ṣaḥīḥ.We relate in the Ṣaḥīḥ of Muslim from Anas who reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever sincerely seeks martyrdom will be granted it, even if he does not attain it.” [3].
who reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever sincerely seeks martyrdom will be granted it, even if he does not attain it.” [3].We relate in the Ṣaḥīḥ of Muslim from Sahl ibn Ḥunayf who reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever sincerely asks Allah 
for martyrdom, Allah will make him reach the status of the martyrs even if he dies in his bed.” [4].
who reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever sincerely asks Allah for martyrdom, Allah will make him reach the status of the martyrs even if he dies in his bed.” [4].References
[1] Al-Bukhārī (2788) and Muslim (1912).
[2] Abū Dāwūd (2541), at-Tirmidhī (1657), an-Nasā’ī (6/25), and Ibn Mājah (2792). Ibn Ḥajar grades it as ṣaḥīḥ.
[3] Muslim (1908).
[4] Muslim (1909).