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

This Hadīth, and <strong>the</strong> one after it, is a clear evidence for <strong>the</strong> virtue of Jihād operations in
which it is almost certain that one will die - and it indicates that Jihād has special rules which
permit what may normally be prohibited.
And on <strong>the</strong> authority of Anas ibn Mālik رضي االله عنه , that a man asked, “O Messenger of
Allāh! If I plunge and penetrate into <strong>the</strong> rows of <strong>the</strong> mushrikīn, and I fight <strong>the</strong>m until I am
killed – will I go to Paradise” The Prophet صلى االله عليه و سلم replied, “Yes.” So <strong>the</strong> man
plunged into <strong>the</strong> rows of <strong>the</strong> mushrikīn, and fought, until he was killed. 21
It is also narrated, that on <strong>the</strong> Day of Uhud, ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattāb said to his bro<strong>the</strong>r, Zayd
ibn Al-Khattāb, “Take my armor, O my bro<strong>the</strong>r!” So Zayd answered, “I want Shahādah
(martyrdom) just as you do!” So <strong>the</strong>y both left all <strong>the</strong> armor behind. 22
Eight:
أفضل الشهداء الذين يقاتلون في الصف الأول فلا يلفتون وجوههم حتى يقتلوا،‏ أولئك يتلبطون في الغرف
العلى من الجنة،‏ يضحك إليهم ربك،‏ فإذا ضحك ربك إلى عبد في موطن فلا حساب عليه
The Messenger of Allāh صلى االله عليه و سلم said, “The best of <strong>the</strong> martyrs are those who fight in <strong>the</strong> first
rows of battle, <strong>the</strong>y do not turn <strong>the</strong>ir faces (in any direction), until <strong>the</strong>y are killed. Those, are <strong>the</strong> ones who
will fly in <strong>the</strong> Highest Chambers in Jannah; and your Lord laughs at <strong>the</strong>m, and if your Lord laughs at a
slave in this world – <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong>re is no account for him.” 23
Nine:
عجب ربنا من رجلين ، رجل ثار عن وطأته ولحافه من بين أهله وحبه إلى صلاته فيقول االله عزوجل
: انظروا
إلى عبدي ثار عن فراشه ووطأته من بين حبه وأهله إلى صلاته رغبة فيما عندي وشفقة مما عندي ، ورجل غزا
laugh upon His slave’ So he replied, “That He sees His slave submerge himself into <strong>the</strong> battle to fight without
any armor.” So ‘Awf ibn Al-Hārith took off his armor, and he went forth and fought, till he was killed
as a martyr.” Narrated in Nayl Al-Awtār (7/212) of Ash-Shawkānī, and Al-Isābah (3/42) of Ibn
Hajar.
21 Narrated by Al-Hākim. Refer to Imām Ash-Shawkānī’s Nayl Al-Awtār (7/212).
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Narrated by At-Tabarānī, and Al-Haythamī narrated it under <strong>the</strong> chapter, “Going After Martyrdom”-
in Mujma’ Az-Zawā’id. And Al-Haythamī said, “Narrated by At-Tabarānī, and its narrators are
au<strong>the</strong>ntic narrators.” Also refer to Al-Istī’āb of Ibn ‘Abdil-Barr.
23 Refer to Kitāb Al-Jihād of Ibn Al-Mubārak (1/85). And narrated in similar words by Imām Ahmad,
Abū Ya’lā, At-Tabarānī, and Sa’īd ibn Mansūr. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī in Sahīh Al-Jāmi’ (1107),
and similar in As-Silsilah As-Sahīhah (2558).
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