{"_id":"67467591687e6965e8f7c021","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"What makes one a martyr and can non-Muslims be martyrs?\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"What makes one a martyr and can non-Muslims be martyrs? Also, is it true that martyrs don't feel pain when they die?\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"The term \\\"shahīd\\\" in Arabic, translated as martyr, originates from the root word associated with witnessing. A martyr is referred to as a shahīd because they bear witness to their place in Jannah. \"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"There are three categories of martyrs:\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\",\"bold\":true,\"underline\":true},\"insert\":\"Martyr in this world and the afterlife\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\": This individual is killed in a battle while fighting non-Muslim enemies with the aim of upholding the religion. This is the martyr that is often referred to in the Quran and hadith. We do not wash or perform the funeral prayer upon these martyrs.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\",\"bold\":true,\"underline\":true},\"insert\":\"Martyr in this world only\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\": Similar to the first category, this person dies in battle but not for the sake of upholding the religion; rather, their motive is worldly. Though we cannot ascertain their true intentions, they are treated like the first category. However, Allah does not recognize them as martyrs.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\",\"bold\":true,\"underline\":true},\"insert\":\"Martyr in the afterlife only\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\": Such an individual will be acknowledged as a martyr in the afterlife, yet in this life, they undergo the customary washing and funeral prayers. This group encompasses those killed unjustly, victims of plagues, drowning, fire incidents, women who die in childbirth, individuals perishing under collapsed structures, and those killed while defending themselves, property, or honor.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"Non-Muslims cannot be considered martyrs. \"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"Regarding the experience of pain during death, we have the following hadith:\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"“The martyr does not experience the pain of being killed except to the extent that one of you experiences the pain of a single ant bite.”\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668da0570b76658b4c233497","tag":"Death: Other","count":37},{"_id":"668d9ff30b76658b4c232a0f","tag":"Death: Non-Muslims","count":11},{"_id":"67467591687e6965e8f7c01f","tag":"Martyr","count":2},{"_id":"67467591687e6965e8f7c01c","tag":"Shaheed","count":1}],"createdOn":"2024-11-27T01:27:45.775Z"}