Does the mujahid receive the reward of a martyr?
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The questioner : And this is what 'Abdullah al-'Abbas said. Can it be inferred from the saying of Allah the Exalted, [An-Nisa 4:74], that the one who fights in the cause of Allah and is not granted martyrdom has the same reward as the martyr?
The Shaykh : That cannot be derived from it, but it can be derived from another hadith that whoever desires martyrdom but does not attain it, Allah records for him the reward of a martyr.
And he who fights in the cause of Allah and is killed or achieves victory - We will bestow upon him a great reward.
وَمَن يُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُقْتَلْ أَوْ يَغْلِبْ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًاThe Shaykh : That cannot be derived from it, but it can be derived from another hadith that whoever desires martyrdom but does not attain it, Allah records for him the reward of a martyr.
Source
ابن العثيمين - اللقاء المفتوح عن عشر ذي الحجة — archive.org (1:17:59)
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