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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the one who dies in a car accident awarded the reward of a martyr?

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The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe. From the Sunnah, this questioner from Iraq, Kirkuk, says: Is it true that the one who dies in a crushing accident is a martyr, and that the one who dies of an illness from which recovery is not expected is a martyr? What is the evidence for that? May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh:
The one who dies in a sudden accident, he has

The questioner:
the reward of a martyr. The one who dies in a fire, or by drowning, or by being crushed by a car or its overturning, sudden car accidents, he has

The Shaykh:
the reward of a martyr. Likewise, the woman who dies in childbirth has the reward of a martyr, as indicated by the hadith.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5912- هل من مات بحادث سيارة له أجر الشهيد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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