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MARTYRS IN ISLAM

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO DIE THE DEATH OF SHAHEED ACCORDING TO SHARIAH, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT KILLED ON THE BATTLEFIELD. HOWEVER, THE LAWS OF SUCH A SHAHEED IN RESPECT OF GHUSL AND KAFAN WILL NOT APPLY TO THEM. IN THE }KHIRAT, THOUGH, THEY WILL ATTAIN THE STATUS OF SHAHEED.

  1. One who dies through a stomach ailment.

  2. One who is crushed by a wall.

  3. One who drowns.

  4. One who dies from pleurisy.

  5. A woman who dies in labour or while pregnant.

  6. A girl who dies a virgin.

  7. One who dies from tuberculosis.

  8. One who dies in a strange land.

  9. One who dies after falling from a mount.

  10. One who dies from any fever.

  11. One who dies defending his wife, wealth, or honour.

  12. One who is killed unjustly.

  13. One who dies while bearing a hidden love, but with chastity.

  14. One who chokes to death.

  15. One who is savaged by a beast.

  16. One who dies in unjust imprisonment.

  17. One who dies from the beating of an unjust ruler.

  18. One who is fatally bitten by a snake or poisonous insect.

  19. One who dies while seeking knowledge of Deen.

  20. A muazzin who gives azaan solely for the pleasure of Allah, and dies in this employment.

  21. An honest trader.

  22. A man who earns an honest, halaal living to support his family, and maintains them on the Law of Allah.

  23. One who dies of seasickness.

  24. One who dies through excessive vomiting.

  25. A woman who dies while patiently bearing her husband’s second marriage.

  26. One who recites the following dua 25 times daily: Allahum baarik lee fee mautee wafeema badullmaut. (O Allah! Bless me in death and in the life after death.)

  27. One always in the habit of reading chasht salah and fasting three days every month.

  28. One who never misses the witr salah, be it at home or on a journey.

  29. One who adheres to the sunnat of Rasoolullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) at a time when the Ummat has gone corrupt.

  30. One who recites the following verse 40 times during an illness and then dies therefrom: Laa ilaaha illaa anta subhaanaka inni kunto minaz zaalimeen