the-islamic-ruling-on-the-permissibility-of-self-sacrificial-operations-suicide-or-martyrdom

combing Pharaoh’s daughter’s hair, and <strong>the</strong> comb fell from her hand, and said, “In <strong>the</strong> Name
of Allāh.” The daughter asked, “Do you mean my fa<strong>the</strong>r” She said, “No, ra<strong>the</strong>r, my Lord and
your fa<strong>the</strong>r’s Lord is Allāh.” The daughter said, “Should I tell my fa<strong>the</strong>r” She said, “Yes.”
When she told him, he summoned her, and asked her, “Do you have a Lord o<strong>the</strong>r than me”
She said, “My Lord and your Lord is Allāh.” Pharaoh ordered a copper furnace to be heated,
and ordered that she and her children be thrown into it. She said, “Can I ask for only one
thing” Pharaoh replied, “What is it” She said, “I would like for you to collect my bones, and my
children’s bones in one piece of cloth, and bury us.” He said, “That is your right upon us.”
Her children were thrown in front of her eyes, one after ano<strong>the</strong>r- till <strong>the</strong>y came to <strong>the</strong> last
boy who was being breastfed. She looked reluctant, but her son said, “O mo<strong>the</strong>r! Go
ahead, for <strong>the</strong> torment of this world is much less than <strong>the</strong> torment of <strong>the</strong> Hereafter!”
So she threw herself into it.” 17
And in this Hadīth, <strong>the</strong> Allāh made <strong>the</strong> infant speak, as was <strong>the</strong> infant in <strong>the</strong> preceding story
of People of <strong>the</strong> Ditch - telling <strong>the</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r to jump into <strong>the</strong> fire, which indicates <strong>the</strong> virtue
of this deed. And if sacrificing one’s own self for <strong>the</strong> sake of <strong>the</strong> Dīn was not permissible,
our Sharī’ah would not have praised and extolled this action. And <strong>the</strong> speech of this infant is
nothing but a miraculous symbol, showing <strong>the</strong> virtue of such a sacrificial deed.
Six:
عن أسلم أبي عمران قال :
كنا بمدينة الروم فأخرجوا لنا صفا ً عظيما ً من الروم فخرج إليهم من المسلمين مثله
، وعلى أهل مصر عقبة بن عامر وعلى الجماعة فضالة بن عبيد ، فحمل رجل من المسلمين على صف الروم
حتى دخل بينهم ، فصاح الناس وقالوا :
االله عنه فقال
أيها الناس
سبحان االله يلقي بيده إلى التهلكة ، فقام أبو أيوب الأنصاري رضي
إنكم لتؤولون هذا التأويل ، وإنما نزلت هذه الآية فينا معشر الأنصار لما أعز االله
الإسلام وكثر ناصروه ، فقال بعضنا لبعض سرا ً دون رسول االله صلى االله عليه وسلم ، إن أموالنا قد ضاعت
:
وإن االله قد أعز الإسلام وكثر ناصروه ،
فلو أقمنا في أموالنا وأصلحنا ما ضاع منها ، فأنزل االله تعالى على
نبيه يرد علينا ما قلنا ) وأ َنفِق ُوا فِي سبِيلِ‏ الل َّهِ‏ ولا تل ْق ُوا بِأ َيدِيك ُم إِل َى التهل ُك َةِ‏ وكانت التهلكة الإقامة على
الأموال وإصلاحها وتركنا الغزو ، فما زال أبو أيوب شاخصا ً حتى دفن بالقسطنطينية
(
On <strong>the</strong> authority of Aslam Abī ‘Imrān, that when <strong>the</strong>y were fighting a mighty army of <strong>the</strong>
Romans, a man in <strong>the</strong> Muslim army attacked <strong>the</strong> Roman ranks until he plunged himself into
<strong>the</strong>ir ranks, and was in <strong>the</strong>ir midst. The people shouted, saying, “SubhānAllāh! Glory be to
رضي االله عنه Allāh! He has thrown himself into destruction!” Thereupon, Abū Ayyūb Al-Ansārī
:
17 Imām Ahmad Shākir رحمه االله declared it Sahīh in his Tahqīq (verification) of Al-Musnad (4/295, #
2,822).
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