Calling someone a Shaheed (Martyr)

Calling someone a Shaheed (Martyr) 

Question:

 Is it allowed for us to bear witness for anyone who was killed fighting in the path of Allaah with the term: ‘Shahaadah’ (martyrdom) and can we unrestrictedly apply for him the term ‘so and so is Shaheed’ (a martyr) just as some of the people unrestrictedly apply it on some of the callers?

Answer:

The issue in this case is straight forward; since Al-Bukhaaree mentions in his Saheeh in the book of Jihaad: chapter: it is not to be said; so and so is a Shaheed, and then he mentions some hadeeth in that section. So from the Shaheed is the one who is Shaheed in that which is apparent, and from them is the Shaheed in that which is secret/hidden, whilst the people are not aware that he is Shaheed. So the Shaheed in that which is apparent when he is killed in battle may have died upon a bad intention, whilst the secret/hidden one may be killed and it not be known of him – or that it may not be presumed that he reached the level of Shaheed. Then there is the Shaheed who died from other than being killed as the Prophet (Sallaallaahu 'alaihi wa ‘alaa aalihi wa sallam) said:

 The Shuhadaa (martyrs) are five: The one who dies in a plague, the one who dies of a stomach ailment, the one who drowns, the one who is crushed to death, and the martyr in the path of Allaah, and the hadeeth is found in the two saheehs of Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim. So if you said: ‘so and so is a Shaheed in accordance with that which is apparent’ then there is nothing wrong with this Inshaa Allaah, and if you fear that he may not have been upon the Sunnah or that he may not have been sincere – since this is because the meaning of Shaheed is that you are ruling for him Paradise, and you would not want to make the ruling upon him of Paradise because ruling out who enters Paradise is not for us, so one does not make the ruling of Paradise for anyone except for one whom Allaah has ruled Paradise for, or Allaahs Messenger (Sallaallaahu 'alaihi wa ‘alaa aalihi wa sallam) has ruled Paradise for. As for us, then we hope for the doer of good with all good and with Paradise, and we fear for the wrongdoer with punishment and the hell fire.

 Shaykh Muqbil bin Haadee (rahimahullaah)

 Ghaaratul Ashritah, volume 2, page 284-285

 Translated by Aboo Haatim Muhammad Farooq

https://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=333

Does the Soul Go to Paradise or Hell Directly After Death - Shaykh Muhammad al-Uthaymin | Translated by Salah al-Irani حفظه الله

Originally published on 29 Aug 2016 by DuSunnah.com

TRANSLATOR: Ṣalaḥ al-Irānī

SOURCE: http://www.ibnothaimeen.com/all/noor/article_691.shtml by Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Sāliḥ al-Uthaymīn

Questioner:

When a person dies, do they [immediately] go to paradise or the hell-fire after their death, or do they remain in the grave until the Day of Judgement? We ask for your clarification of this matter with some additional facts  relating to it?

Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn:

The body of the dead will remain on earth, in the place that it was buried in, until the Day of Judgement. Allāh ﷻ said,

وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ ۞

“And the Trumpet will be blown (i.e. the second blowing) and behold! From  the graves they will come out quickly to their Lord.” (Q 36:51)

And He ﷻ said,

وَمِن وَرَائِهِم بَرْزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ۞

“And behind them is mediary world (barzakh) until the Day when they will be resurrected.” (Q 23:100)

Therefore the body (of the deceased person ) will remain on earth. As for their soul, then it is either in Paradise or Hell

Allāh ﷻ said,

الَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ ۙ يَقُولُونَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۞

“Those whose lives the angels take while they are in a pious state (i.e. pure from all evil, and worshipping none but Allāh Alone) saying (to them): peace be on you enter you Paradise, because of (the good) which you used to do (in the world).” (Q 16:32)

So Allāh ﷻ has made clear that this statement (of the Angels) will be at the time of death, meaning that they will enter into paradise on the day of their death, and this only for the soul, not  for the body. It has also been reported from the Prophet ﷺ that he said: ”If the dead person in the grave is a believer, then a door to Paradise  will  be opened for them, and its  comfort and bliss will come to them. As for the non-Muslim, then their soul is (likewise) taken to the punishment.

Allāh ﷻ said about the people of Fir’awn,

 النَّارُ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا غُدُوًّا وَعَشِيًّا ۖ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ أَدْخِلُوا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَشَدَّ الْعَذَابِ ۞

“The Fire; they are exposed to it, morning and afternoon,  and on the Day when the Hour will be established (it will be said) to the angels): ”Cause Fir’awn’s (Pharaoh) people to enter the severest torment!” (Q 40:46)

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا فِيمَ كُنتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ ۚ

قَالُوا أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَا ۚ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ مَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًا ۞

“Verily! As for those whom the angels take  (in death) while they are wronging  themselves (as they stayed among the  disbelievers even though emigration was obligatory  for them), they (angels) say, “In what (condition) were you?” They  reply:  “We were weak and oppressed on earth. “They (angels) say:  “Was not the earth of Allāh spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?  “Such men will find their abode in Hell – What an evil destination!” (Q 4:97)

وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ يَتَوَفَّى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۙ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ وَذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ ۞

“And if you could see when the angels take away the souls of those who disbelieve (at death), they smite their faces and their backs, (saying): “Taste the punishment of the blazing Fire.” (Q 8:50)

So this is evidence that the deceased person who is a believer will meet their reward in Paradise on the day  of their death, and the non-Muslim will meet their punishment on the day of their death. This is in regards to the soul. As for the body, then indeed it will remain on earth until the Day of Judgement, and the soul  will become reunited with it, either (being) punished or blessed, as the narrations indicate. 

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Transcriber's note: edited on 2/23/2019 @ 8:09 PM, changes made as follows; Allāh instead of Allaah, ۞  added at the end of every ayah (ex. arabic texts).

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