What is the ruling on one who goes to jihad with the intention of being killed in the path of Allah?

Question : Some of the brothers who are scattered for jihad go with the intention of being killed in the path of Allah or of attaining martyrdom only. This is the intention that dominates him, to the extent that he sees religious violations but does not strive through calling to Allah, because the idea that he will be killed there has taken control of him.

Answer : Yes, in reality, the intentions of those who go to jihad are divided into three or four categories, among which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) distinguished. One fights out of tribal loyalty, or fights out of bravery, or fights to show his status, or fights so that the word of Allah is the supreme one. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) distinguished these.
The fifth is that he fights to escape the world, because he is a wretched, defeated person; whenever he knocks on a door, he is driven away. So he says, "I will go and find rest, instead of eating poison or being burned by fire. I will go, and perhaps I will be killed by these disbelievers and find rest." These are five. The sixth is that he goes so that the word of Allah is the supreme one, and this is the fourth that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned, and there is no need to mention it now because it has passed. The sixth is that he attains martyrdom only, meaning that he is killed in this jihad. It is known that there is no martyrdom unless one fights so that the word of Allah is the supreme one. If he fights merely to be killed, there is something troubling about this; there is something troubling about it.
Because he must rely on a correct intention so that his killing is based on a foundation. What is the correct intention? That the word of Allah is the supreme one. So he must go to jihad to fight so that the word of Allah is the supreme one. Martyrdom comes by way of necessity, meaning that one who fights so that the word of Allah is the supreme one and is then killed, at that time becomes a martyr. If a person desires martyrdom, or asks Allah for martyrdom, or goes for martyrdom merely to be killed, there is something troubling about his attaining the ranks of the martyrs. However, if he wants the legal martyrdom that is not established except on the basis that his fighting is so that the word of Allah is the supreme one, then there is no harm in that. That is, he attains martyrdom, if Allah wills, because this martyrdom is built on something. Legal martyrdom is built on something, and that is that the word of Allah is the supreme one. If a person keeps in mind that he wants martyrdom because he fights so that the word of Allah is the supreme one, then he attains it, and the intention that the word of Allah is the supreme one is intended by necessity, meaning that it is indicated by it, or martyrdom indicated it by way of necessity. But better than all of that is to present the original, and what is it? That his fighting is for exalting the word of Allah. So he goes and is asked, "Why do you go to fight?" He says, "For exalting the word of Allah." Then if he is killed on this intention, he becomes a martyr.