From Miqdam ibn Ma’dikarib, who said: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: A martyr has six virtues with Allah: he is forgiven at the first flow [i.e. of blood]; he sees where he will take his seat in Jannah; he is saved from the punishment of the grave; he is safe from the greatest dread; the crown of dignity is placed on his head, the rubies of which are better than the world and all that is in it; he is given in marriage to seventy-two of the wide-eyed maidens [hur ‘ain]; and he is allowed to intercede for seventy of his relatives.