Is it permissible to declare a specific person a martyr?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for us to say to a specific person who was killed in jihad that he is a martyr, or is that only in general terms?

Answer:
The martyr is the one the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) specified. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) specified that whoever fights to exalt the word of Allah the Exalted and Exalted, and is sincere to Allah the Exalted in his jihad, if he is killed in the battle, he is a martyr. We do not assert for anyone that he is a martyr based on independent legal reasoning without evidence. As for without evidence, we hope for him that he is a martyr.
We do not assert martyrdom for anyone except with evidence from the Book of Allah or from the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). But we hope for the mujahideen in the path of Allah that they are martyrs if they are killed in the battle. Yes.