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

“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 until he was killed. This state continued until <strong>the</strong>
صلى االله عليه و سلم seven Ansār were killed (one after <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r). Then <strong>the</strong> Messenger of Allāh
said to his two (remaining Qurayshī) Companions, “We have not done justice to our Companions.” 36
Seventeen:
قال قال ابن اسحاق وترس أبو دجانة دون رسول االله بنفسه يقع النبل في ظهره وهو منحن عليه حتى كثر
فيه النبل
Ibn Kathīr narrated on <strong>the</strong> authority of Ibn Is’hāq, that, “Abū Dujānah رضي االله عنه made
himself <strong>the</strong> human shield of <strong>the</strong> Prophet صلى االله عليه و سلم , and arrows would strike his back,
and it made him suffer, until many arrows had struck him.” 37
So we see from this Hadīth, that it is permissible to sacrifice one’s self for <strong>the</strong> sake of
صلى االله protected <strong>the</strong> commander – and this is not something which is specific to <strong>the</strong> Prophet
. So if it is permissible to sacrifice one’s self for <strong>the</strong> commander – <strong>the</strong>n what about عليه و سلم
for <strong>the</strong> entire Dīn
:
Eighteen:
عن يزيد بن أبي عبيد قال قلت لسلمة ابن الأكوع رضي االله عنه
عليه وسلم يوم الحديبية قال على الموت
على أي شيء بايعتم رسول االله صلى االله
It is narrated in <strong>the</strong> two Sahīhs from Yazīd ibn Abī ‘Ubayd, who said, “I asked Salamah ibn
al-Akwa’ رضي االله عنه , “For what did you give your Bay’ah (pledge of allegiance) to <strong>the</strong>
Messenger of Allāh, on <strong>the</strong> Day of Hudaybiyah” He replied, “For death.” 38
Nineteen:
:
:
36
Refer to <strong>the</strong> Sahīh of Muslim (1789). As for <strong>the</strong> statement of <strong>the</strong> Prophet صلى االله عليه و سلم , “We
have not done justice to our Companions.” Imām An-Nawawī explained, “The meaning of it is that, <strong>the</strong>
Quraysh did not do justice to <strong>the</strong> Ansār; because <strong>the</strong> two Qurayshīs did not come out to fight, but
ra<strong>the</strong>r, it was <strong>the</strong> Ansār who came out, one after <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r (and each one of <strong>the</strong>m was killed).”
37 Refer to Al-Bidāyah Wan-Nihāyah (4/34).
38
Refer to Fat’h al-Bārī (6/117), Al-Bukhārī (4169, 7206); and Muslim (1860).
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