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

Fifteen:
قال الشافعي رضي االله عنه تخلف رجل من الأنصار عن أصحاب بئر معونة ، فرأى الطير عكوفا ً على مقتلة
أصحابه ، فقال لعمرو بن أمية ، سأقدم على هؤلاء العدو ، فيقتلوني ، ولا أتخلف عن مشهد قتل فيه أصحابنا
ففعل ، فقتل ، فرجع عمرو بن أمية ، فذكر ذلك لرسول االله صلى االله عليه وسلم فقال فيه قولا ً حسنا ً ،
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ويقال :
قال لعمرو
فهلا تقدمت ؟
Al-Bayhaqī narrated, “Ash-Shāfi’ī رحمه االله said, “One of <strong>the</strong> Ansār was late behind when <strong>the</strong>
massacre of <strong>the</strong> Companions next to <strong>the</strong> well of Ma’unah took place. By <strong>the</strong> time he arrived
vultures were already devouring his companions. He told ‘Amr ibn Umayyah: “I am going
to go forward onto this enemy, so that <strong>the</strong>y can kill me. I don’t want to be left behind
when our companions have been killed.” He did as he had said, and he was killed. When
‘Amr ibn Umayyah (<strong>the</strong> only survivor of <strong>the</strong> incident) told <strong>the</strong> Messenger of Allāh about
what happened, <strong>the</strong> Messenger of Allāh said good words about that man and <strong>the</strong>n he asked
‘Amr ibn Umayyah: “And why didn’t you go ahead with him” 35
And in this Hadīth, <strong>the</strong> Prophet صلى االله عليه و سلم did not object to <strong>the</strong> one who went forth
with <strong>the</strong> intention to be killed – Ra<strong>the</strong>r, he encouraged it to <strong>the</strong> one who returned back, that
he should have gone forth also, and been martyred like his companions.
Sixteen:
عن أنس بن مالك أن رسول االله صلى االله عليه وسلم أ ُفرد يوم أحد في سبعة من الأنصار ورجلين من قريش ،
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فلما رهقوه قال )
ثم رهقوه أيضا ً ، فقال
من يردهم عنا وله الجنة أو هو رفيقي في الجنة ؟
من يردهم عنا وله الجنة أو هو رفيقي في الجنة ؟
، فتقدم رجل من الأنصار فقاتل حتى قتل
فتقدم رجل من الأنصار ، فقاتل
لصاحبيه:‏ )
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حتى قتل ، فلم يزل كذلك حتى قتل السبعة ، فقال رسول االله صلى االله عليه وسلم
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أصحابنا
ما أنصفنا
On <strong>the</strong> authority of Anas ibn Mālik that (when <strong>the</strong> enemy got <strong>the</strong> upper hand) on <strong>the</strong> day of
<strong>the</strong> Battle of Uhud, <strong>the</strong> Messenger of Allāh صلى االله عليه و سلم was left with only seven men
from <strong>the</strong> Ansār and two men from <strong>the</strong> Quraysh. When <strong>the</strong> enemy advanced towards him
and overwhelmed him, he said, “Whosoever repels <strong>the</strong>m from us, for him is Paradise, or he will be my
Companion in Paradise.” A man from <strong>the</strong> Ansār came forward and fought (<strong>the</strong> enemy) until he
was killed. The enemy advanced and overwhelmed him again and he repeated <strong>the</strong> words,
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Refer to As-Sunan Al-Kubrā by Al-Bayhaqī (9/100).
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