Muwatta Malik #1038
Jihad
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ كَرَمُ الْمُؤْمِنِ تَقْوَاهُ وَدِينُهُ حَسَبُهُ وَمُرُوءَتُهُ خُلُقُهُ وَالْجُرْأَةُ وَالْجُبْنُ غَرَائِزُ يَضَعُهَا اللَّهُ حَيْثُ شَاءَ فَالْجَبَانُ يَفِرُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ وَالْجَرِيءُ يُقَاتِلُ عَمَّا لاَ يَؤُوبُ بِهِ إِلَى رَحْلِهِ وَالْقَتْلُ حَتْفٌ مِنَ الْحُتُوفِ وَالشَّهِيدُ مَنِ احْتَسَبَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Umar ibn
al-Khattab said, "The nobility of the mumin is his taqwa. His deen is
his noble descent. His manliness is his good character. Boldness and
cowardice are but instincts which Allah places wherever He wills. The
coward shrinks from defending even his father and mother, and the bold
one fights for the sake of the combat not for the spoils. Being slain
is but one way of meeting death, and the martyr is the one who gives
himself, expectant of reward from Allah."
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This hadith is #1038 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Jihad.