How to reconcile the hadith seeking refuge from burning, collapse, and falling, with the hadith: that the martyrs are seven, among whom is the one who dies of burning?
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The questioner : He says: Al-Nasa'i narrated from Abu al-Yusr that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: Sunan an-Nasa'i 5531Hasan (Darussalam), and our Shaykh authenticated it in "Sahih al-Nasa'i." There is another hadith in which it says: to the end. The question: How do we reconcile the two hadiths? The first hadith contains seeking refuge from death under collapse, drowning, and burning, while he (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled that one who dies by these means is a martyr?
The Shaykh : Yes, the answer to this problem does not come to my mind right now. However, it can be said that drowning and burning are among the trials by which Allah tests His believing servants. But this does not mean that a Muslim should ask his Lord for such a trial. But if our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) decrees such a trial for him, and he is patient with it, then he is in the ruling of a martyr, though not a true martyr. This can be said, and Allah knows best.
Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minat-taraddi, wal-hadmi, wal-gharaqi, wal-hariqi, wa a'udhu bika, an yatakhabbatanish-shaitanu 'indal-mawti, wa a'udhu bika an amuta fi sabilika mudbiran, wa a'udhu bika an amuta ladigha (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from being thrown from a high place or crushed beneath a falling wall, or drowning or being burned, and I seek refuge with You from being led astray by the Shaitan at the time of death, and I seek refuge with You from dying in Your cause while fleeing from the battlefield, and I seek refuge with You from dying of a scorpion sting.)
اللهم إني أعوذ بك من التردِّي ، والهدم ، والغرق ، والحريق ، وأعوذ بك أن يتخبَّطني الشيطان عند الموت ، وأعوذ بك أن أموت في سبيلك مدبرًا ، وأعوذ بك أن أموت لديغًاThe martyrs are seven, among whom are: the one who drowns and the one who burns, or drowning and burning, and the one who dies under collapse.
الشهداء سبعة - ومنها - : الغريق والحريق أو الغرق والحرق والذي يموت تحت الهدمThe Shaykh : Yes, the answer to this problem does not come to my mind right now. However, it can be said that drowning and burning are among the trials by which Allah tests His believing servants. But this does not mean that a Muslim should ask his Lord for such a trial. But if our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) decrees such a trial for him, and he is patient with it, then he is in the ruling of a martyr, though not a true martyr. This can be said, and Allah knows best.
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