Imaam Aboo Ya`laa - rahimahullaah - reported in his „Musnad‟ (11/238-239/6357):
“Ibraaheem ibn Ziyaad Sabalaan narrated to us: Aboo Mu`aawiyah narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Ishaaq narrated to us: from Jameel ibn Abee Maymoonah: from 'Ataa· ibn Yazeed alLaythee: from Aboo Hurairah, who said: Allaah's Messenger, sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam, said:
"Whoever goes out to perform Hajj, and he dies, then Allaah will write for him the reward of a person who performs Hajj until the Day of Resurrection; and whoever goes out to perform 'Umrah, and he dies, then Allaah will write for him the reward of one who performs 'Umrah until the Day of Resurrection; and whoever goes out as a fighter in Allaah’s cause, and he dies, then Allaah will write for him the reward of one who fights in Allaah’s cause until the Day of Resurrection.”
* Shaikh al-Albaanee - rahimahullaah - said in Saheehut-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb (no.1114): "Saheeh ligharihi"
[Compiled by Aboo Talhah Daawood ibn Ronald Burbank rahimahullah]