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

Fifteenth)
Shaykh Al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah said, “And it is narrated from Muslim in his Sahīh from <strong>the</strong>
Prophet صلى االله عليه و سلم <strong>the</strong> story of <strong>the</strong> People of <strong>the</strong> Ditch, and in it is that <strong>the</strong> young boy
ordered <strong>the</strong> killing of himself for <strong>the</strong> Maslahah (benefit) of making <strong>the</strong> Dīn triumphant. And
for this reason, <strong>the</strong> Four Imāms permitted <strong>the</strong> Muslim to immerse into <strong>the</strong> ranks of <strong>the</strong> kuffār
- even if he knows that most likely <strong>the</strong> enemies will kill him – (so <strong>the</strong>y permitted this) as long
as <strong>the</strong>re is a benefit for <strong>the</strong> Muslims in (him doing) that…” 72
Sixteenth)
Followers of Imām Dāwūd Ath-Thāhirī
Imām Ibn Hazm said, “Nei<strong>the</strong>r Abū Ayyūb Al-Ansārī nor Abū Mūsā Al-Ash’arī criticized <strong>the</strong>
man plunging alone into a raging enemy force and remaining steadfast until he was killed…
It has been au<strong>the</strong>ntically narrated that a man from amongst <strong>the</strong> Companions asked <strong>the</strong>
Messenger of Allāh صلى االله عليه و سلم about what makes Allāh laugh upon His slave, and he
answered, “The slave immersing himself into <strong>the</strong> enemy without armor” - whereupon <strong>the</strong> man
removed his armor and penetrated <strong>the</strong> enemy (ranks, fighting) until he was killed.” 73
72 Refer to Majmū’ Al-Fatāwā (28/540).
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Refer to Al-Muhallā (7/294).
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