The testimony that a specific person is a martyr
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner asks: Is it permissible to say about someone who died in a battle that he is specifically a martyr?
The Shaykh:
We hope for him that he is a martyr. We do not rule that anyone is a martyr; rather, we hope for it for him. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Except for those whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) testified to as martyrs. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner asks: Is it permissible to say about someone who died in a battle that he is specifically a martyr?
The Shaykh:
We hope for him that he is a martyr. We do not rule that anyone is a martyr; rather, we hope for it for him. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Except for those whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) testified to as martyrs. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل وتمام الكلام في هذا المقام العظيم يتبين بأصول نافعة جامعة — islamhouse.com (1:04:02)
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