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

في سبيل االله فازم أصحابه وعلم ما عليه في الازام وماله في الرجوع ، فرجع حتى يهريق دمه فيقول االله :
انظروا إلى عبدي رجع رجاء فيما عندي وشفقة مما عندي حتى يهريق دمه
Ahmad narrated in his Musnad from Ibn Mas’ūd that <strong>the</strong> Prophet said, “Our Lord wonders at
two men: a man who stirs from his bed … to Salāt (prayer) … and a man who raids in <strong>the</strong> Path of Allāh,
and his companions are defeated, and he realizes what awaits him in defeat and what awaits him in
returning (to combat) - but he returns (to combat) until his blood is spilled. Allāh says, “Look at My
servant! He went back (to combat) hopeful and anxious for that which is with Me,
until his blood was spilled.” 24
Ibn An-Nuhās رحمه االله commented, “Even if <strong>the</strong>re was no o<strong>the</strong>r au<strong>the</strong>ntic Hadīth regarding
this topic, except this - it would suffice us as evidence for <strong>the</strong> virtue of plunging (into <strong>the</strong>
enemy ranks).” 25
Ten:
ثلاثة يحبهم االله ...
الرجل يلقى العدو في فئة فينصب لهم نحره حتى يقتل أو يفتح لأصحابه
The Messenger of Allāh said, “Three types of people are beloved by Allāh…” and amongst <strong>the</strong>m
was mentioned, “The man who meets <strong>the</strong> enemy force, so he displays (or erects) his throat to <strong>the</strong>m (i.e.
fights <strong>the</strong>m facing <strong>the</strong>m and going towards <strong>the</strong>m, not turning back), until he is killed, or his companions are
made victorious.” 26
And in ano<strong>the</strong>r narration, <strong>the</strong> Messenger of Allāh صلى االله عليه و سلم said:
ثلاثة يحبهم االله ، ويضحك إليهم،‏ ويستبشر م :
فإما أن يقتل،‏ وإما أن ينصره االله ويكفيه،‏ فيقول االله
الذي إذا انكشفت فئة؛ قاتل وراءها بنفسه الله عز وجل،‏
: انظروا إلى عبدي كيف صبر لي نفسه؟!‏
“Three people are loved by Allāh (Most High), and He laughs at <strong>the</strong>m, and joys at <strong>the</strong>m: The one, when
(his) group is left open (i.e. defeated), he fights behind <strong>the</strong>m (i.e. when <strong>the</strong>y are retreating) by himself, for
24
Refer to Al-Musnad (6/22, # 3,949) with <strong>the</strong> Tahqīq of Imām Ahmad Shākir, where he said, “Its
chain is Sahīh.” Al-Haythamī said in Mujma’ Az-Zawā’id (2/255), “Ahmad and Abū Ya’lā narrated it,
as did At-Tabarānī in Al-Kabīr, and its chain is Hasan. Abū Dāwūd narrated it in abbreviated form
(2/326). Al-Albānī said in Mishkāt Al-Masābīh (1207), “It is ei<strong>the</strong>r Hasan or Sahīh.” Also in Subul As-
Salām of As-San’ānī (4/1348-1349).
25 Refer to Mashāri’ Al-Ashwāq Ilā Masāri’ Al-‘Ush’shāq (1/532).
26
Refer to Kitāb Al-Jihād (1/84) of Ibn Al-Mubārak; declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī in Sahīh Al-Jāmi’
(3074).
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