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Is a mujahid who dies from his wounds after a day considered a martyr?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, the father. The questioner says: If a mujahid is wounded in battle and then transported for treatment, and he dies after a day or two, is he considered a martyr?

Answer:
No, the martyr is the one who dies in the battle. As for the one who is transported and dies outside the battle, he is not considered among the martyrs, but he may be considered to have died in the cause of Allah. May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, the father. In the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
as saying, “The two rak'as at dawn are better than this world and what it contains.”صلى الله عليه وسلم ركعتا الفجر خير من الدنيا وما فيها
Mishkat al-Masabih 1164
. If he dies outside the battle, he is washed, shrouded, and prayed over, and he is treated with the treatment of a funeral. This is different from the one who is killed in the battle; he is not washed, not shrouded in his clothes, and no prayer is performed over him, because he is a martyr with Allah the Exalted. Thus, the rulings differ between these two cases. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يعتبر المجاهد إذا مات من جرحه بعد يوم شهيدًا؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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