On fighting in a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) among Muslims: Is the one who dies a martyr?
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The questioner : Shaykh, sometimes fitnahs (trial, discord or temptation) break out among Muslims, and each faction fights, claiming that they are a mujahid and striving in the path of Allah. Now, is the one who dies in this fighting a martyr, or how is it?
The Shaykh : No, he is not a martyr. The scholars said that if two factions fight out of tribalism or for leadership, they are both wrongdoers, and the killer and the killed are in the Fire. Yes.
The Shaykh : No, he is not a martyr. The scholars said that if two factions fight out of tribalism or for leadership, they are both wrongdoers, and the killer and the killed are in the Fire. Yes.
